Mudball
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Is England batting on a different pitch?? Seems to be suddenly moving around and biting
2019 Cricket
- Thread starter fundy
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HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Seemed they opted for the light roller between innings. Not sure some of the commentators agreed with the decision
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Poor old Athers lol, stitched up like a good un there
gregbwfc
Q-School Graduate
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Hopefully the selectors saw enough from Crawley for him to get a decent go in the side at 3 now ahead of Denly
Game interestingly poised now tho
Game interestingly poised now tho
what about Butler, have we seen enough, how many games is that now without a score.. not convinced with the keeping either?
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
as longs as its not Dear Jonny they replace him with
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
as longs as its not Dear Jonny they replace him with
then the broken record will definitely be back lol
one thing confused me why is pick Archer if his Quckest ball was mid 80's ( from what i saw) i get picking him if he is getting it down at over 90 but Broad is faster than that and more consistant, didn't see woods speeds but
same for him?
same for him?
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
nah Wood was over 90mph at times, decent enough wheels but a complete and utter waste on a pitch like this unless it really goes up and down tomorrow. Theyre picking the side they want for the Ashes not for a test v WI at the Rose Bowl. Big argument to have picked neither of them here and saved them for Old Trafford where hopefully there will be more pace and bounce and played 2 from Broad, Woakes and Curran
if theyd picked the right side theyd have bowled first too lol
have i missed something but Archer sending it down at low 80, what happened to the guy who was the only bowler that troubled smith in the ashes and bowling at mid 90's?
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
He was high 80s early on, but quickly saw little point in bowling flat out, bigger issue was he bowled too short most of the time
remain to be convinced hes a new ball bowler either, think hes better with an older ball
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
So who would you like to see as a keeper/batsman as picking a specialist keeper seems a long forgotten notion, especially from those that haven't played for England. Surely hard and unfair to bring anyone into the fold at this stage with no-one having played any cricket for so long so until we get regular longer format cricket back are we not stuck with the options we haveas longs as its not Dear Jonny they replace him with
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
could always pick a specialist keeper who averages over 40 in test match cricket who played in the warm up game, or maybe the other keeper who played in the warm up game and got 80 odd, tbh anyone but JB or JB lol
Paperboy
Mini Cam
Foakes for me unlucky with an injury, better keeper then the JB's. Also has as many centuries as Buttler!
Wabinez
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Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
How the my keep persisting with Buttler in the test team is beyond me. I think that Stokes must have lobbied hard for his mate to be included here.
Foakes is your best keeper. He must play in the second test.
Foakes is your best keeper. He must play in the second test.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
200 to win for WI
