Your team for Sri Lanka



Your Team for 1st test, now that we can see who is on tour.

Sibley
Crawley
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler
Foakes (wk)
Bess
Woakes
Leach
Broad

See Buttler got a good score today and is a good player of spin as is foakes.
Foakes needs to be wicketkeeper for me in sub continent.
Think its between Curran and woakes for the all rounder spot unless england want to give parkinson a go and have stokes and broad as their new ball bowlers.
 
Your Team for 1st test, now that we can see who is on tour.

Sibley
Crawley
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler
Foakes (wk)
Bess
Woakes
Leach
Broad

See Buttler got a good score today and is a good player of spin as is foakes.
Foakes needs to be wicketkeeper for me in sub continent.
Think its between Curran and woakes for the all rounder spot unless england want to give parkinson a go and have stokes and broad as their new ball bowlers.
Buttler is never a specialist batsman. Ever. Sorry, he’s not.
 
Your Team for 1st test, now that we can see who is on tour.

Sibley
Crawley
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler
Foakes (wk)
Bess
Woakes
Leach
Broad

See Buttler got a good score today and is a good player of spin as is foakes.
Foakes needs to be wicketkeeper for me in sub continent.
Think its between Curran and woakes for the all rounder spot unless england want to give parkinson a go and have stokes and broad as their new ball bowlers.

Haway man,such muddled thinking again

we have finally got a settled batting order and you pick Buttler asbatsman and moveRoot out of position at 3 where he struggles badly

the batting line up picks itself,we really need to move awayfrom ideas like this

The whole silver wood policy is solidity and consistency in a batting line up

not messing around the likes of Ali n bairstow by them having bat 3 positions in the same series

crawley
Sibley
Denly
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler (WK)
Woakes
Curran
Bess
Leach

ifit’s the same pitches as last them they will pick this team or Parkinson for one of Curran or woakes

if it’s a flat pitch then obviously broad plays

just if it spins from ball one you want seamers who can bat
 
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Haway man,such muddled thinking again

we have finally got a settled batting order and you pick Buttler asbatsman and moveRoot out of position at 3 where he struggles badly

the batting line up picks itself,we really need to move awayfrom ideas like this

The whole silver wood policy is solidity and consistency in a batting line up

not messing around the likes of Ali n bairstow by them having bat 3 positions in the same series

crawley
Sibley
Denly
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler (WK)
Woakes
Curran
Bess
Leach

ifit’s the same pitches as last them they will pick this team or Parkinson for one of Curran or woakes

if it’s a flat pitch then obviously broad plays

just if it spins from ball one you want seamers who can bat
I get what your saying, but I wouldn't have denly in when he struggles against spin.
Really think it'll be ridiculous if foakes doesnt play having travelled.
 
I'd be tempted to play 3 spinners and just use Stokes as the 2nd quick. He was excellent here last time albeit he was probably used more as an impact bowler
 
I get what your saying, but I wouldn't have denly in when he struggles against spin.
Really think it'll be ridiculous if foakes doesnt play having travelled.

Nah

Settled side

If you play foakes then you have to play Jennings too

Both picked as they play spin well
I'd be tempted to play 3 spinners and just use Stokes as the 2nd quick. He was excellent here last time albeit he was probably used more as an impact bowler

Yeah I’d agree if pitches same as last time

Sounds like they will be more flat

Stokes bowled really well last time, shame wood or archer not there
 
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Haway man,such muddled thinking again

we have finally got a settled batting order and you pick Buttler asbatsman and moveRoot out of position at 3 where he struggles badly

the batting line up picks itself,we really need to move awayfrom ideas like this

The whole silver wood policy is solidity and consistency in a batting line up

not messing around the likes of Ali n bairstow by them having bat 3 positions in the same series

crawley
Sibley
Denly
Root
Stokes
Pope
Buttler (WK)
Woakes
Curran
Bess
Leach

ifit’s the same pitches as last them they will pick this team or Parkinson for one of Curran or woakes

if it’s a flat pitch then obviously broad plays

just if it spins from ball one you want seamers who can bat

The Rat called it

this is the team in the warm up and will be in Galle

Should be Woakes ahead of Curran mind

absolutely the correct team, good strong clear thinking by management, not remotely muddled.

now its down to the players to deliver.
 
No foakes or Jennings, Parkinson in tonight's team. Bit of a joke foakes is overlooked for buttler
Curran v woakes for the final spot with broad to start the 1st test
 
I'm due to fly tomorrow so hoping that something more concrete comes out of the COBRA meeting. With India shutting their borders to anyone but diplomats I can't help but think that they will pressure SL into doing the same given their proximity. But I'm probably just being glass half empty because I've been looking forward to it so much.
 
I'm due to fly tomorrow so hoping that something more concrete comes out of the COBRA meeting. With India shutting their borders to anyone but diplomats I can't help but think that they will pressure SL into doing the same given their proximity. But I'm probably just being glass half empty because I've been looking forward to it so much.

Have you already got your visa?
 

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