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West Indies v England: ODI Series

SuperSub said:
I don't understand why the England selectors seem to have developed this fascination of packing the white ball side full of bits and pieces cricketers. This year the likes of Hain, Banton and even Vince have had good white ball records yet they are nowhere near the side while you have them picking Overton solely to bat at 8 with no specialist batsmen in the squad. It seems like they have completely forgot that a strong batting lineup was a key reason behind our white ball success under Morgan.
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It’s all about the vibes these days. Apparently.
 

Voice of fair play said:
Still would have went with a top order batter and Curran one place further down
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Yep 4-7 would all bat 7 at best if you were picking England best possible XI(with a view to CT in Pakistan)

I still dunno if turfing our Roy and now Bairstow was the way to go. I'd also have Hain in the side.

Duckett
Jacks
Root
Brook
Stokes
Buttler
Livingstone
Carse
Rashid
Wood
Archer

Subs Topley Rehan Salt Curran
 
mackembhoy said:
Yep 4-7 would all bat 7 at best if you were picking England best possible XI(with a view to CT in Pakistan)

I still dunno if turfing our Roy and now Bairstow was the way to go. I'd also have Hain in the side.

Duckett
Jacks
Root
Brook
Stokes
Buttler
Livingstone
Carse
Rashid
Wood
Archer

Subs Topley Rehan Salt Curran
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You haven’t picked Hain there ;-)
 
mackembhoy said:
Yep 4-7 would all bat 7 at best if you were picking England best possible XI(with a view to CT in Pakistan)

I still dunno if turfing our Roy and now Bairstow was the way to go. I'd also have Hain in the side.

Duckett
Jacks
Root
Brook
Stokes
Buttler
Livingstone
Carse
Rashid
Wood
Archer

Subs Topley Rehan Salt Curran
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Gives you hope seeing that side chalk and cheese from this one!!!

Would like to see Jamie Smith in just not sure where.
 
chunkyshanhawk53 said:
You haven’t picked Hain there ;)
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I know your just jesting

But if they didn't pick him when everyone had COVID against Pakistan and he only had him the best List A average in history at the time.

Now we're picking players like Cox who played a grand total of 4 list As. Guys not got a hope in hell even with the third best List A average of all time.
 
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Voice of fair play said:
Gives you hope seeing that side chalk and cheese from this one!!!

Would like to see Jamie Smith in just not sure where.
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Played more list A than Brook has outside of England.

Champions Trophy will be stokes last ODI outing if they pick him and he wants to I'd imagine, just cos of fitness.

So would be a way into that middle order for Smith ahead of 2027 World Cup. I hope Buttler is still a force come 2027 World cup albeit he'll be 37 by then.

I also hope Root is still playing both formats in 2027. Him winning an Ashes, World Cup and overtaking Tendulkar all in the same year would be some way to go out and he doesn't turn 37 till the very end of that year.
 
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