Not sure he will ever cut it as a test opener, I'd move him to 4 and bring in sibley.
Not sure he will ever cut it as a test opener, I'd move him to 4 and bring in sibley.
I'm sorry kmag but I just love all your predictions being wrong again lol.The clouds are moving in. I doubt England will need to bat again.
So when does Steve Smith become Sir Steven Peter Devereux Smith of the Shire?
How off was I?0 chance England win from here.
5% chance they manage to salvage a draw.
Decent morning session, maybe 2 wickets down, then a quick collapse after lunch
Cricket is shit, boring sport never liked it.
Grumble grumble.
^I would remove Burns. Too slow, doesn't look confident enough.
Anderson screwed England.
^I would remove Burns. Too slow, doesn't look confident enough.
Anderson screwed England.
More or less the same as my side. I do think roy would be better served coming in when the ball is doing as much, but I'm happy for him to get a few more goes as a opener, but Sibley is scoring buckets of runs in the county championship.Buttler still has some money in the bank from last year. Bairstow has surely had his chips. Has been shit for ages and is petulant to go with it. Ali looks like his brittle self-confidence has shattered. He's 32 now, if he hasn't sorted himself out by now, he isn't going to. Lets move on. Roy gets another go at opener for me. Looked OK today before his ridiculous brain fart. Denly has no business being anywhere near international cricket in any format and is 33. What's the fucking point?
Burns
Roy
Root
Stokes
Woakes
Foakes
Buttler
Curran
Leach
Broad
Archer
More or less the same as my side. I do think roy would be better served coming in when the ball is doing as much, but I'm happy for him to get a few more goes as a opener, but Sibley is scoring buckets of runs in the county championship.
Also if buttler staying in the side I just don't see him batting below woakes and foakes.
Buttler still has some money in the bank from last year. Bairstow has surely had his chips. Has been shit for ages and is petulant to go with it. Ali looks like his brittle self-confidence has shattered. He's 32 now, if he hasn't sorted himself out by now, he isn't going to. Lets move on. Roy gets another go at opener for me. Looked OK today before his ridiculous brain fart. Denly has no business being anywhere near international cricket in any format and is 33. What's the fucking point?
Burns
Roy
Root
Stokes
Woakes
Foakes
Buttler
Curran
Leach
Broad
Archer
I would take Sibley
Buttler...I think he probably should be higher up the order but at the same time, I think he needs some easy runs to get his eye back in. He's been off form for a while, including in the World Cup, final aside. Woakes looks bang in form with the bat and deserves the promotion. Foakes and Buttler could go either way but the rhyme is important to me.
For South Africa? He's amongst the best bowler of all time in the game. His stats are freakish especially considering the era he played in favoured batsmen and he has several match winning performances - even on flat pitches.In all the Ashes excitement we missed Dale Steyn officially retiring from test cricket: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...eyn-retires-tests-focus-limited-overs-cricket
Not really surprising considering he could barely last through 2 games in the IPL this year.
He's a legit great of the game for South Africa though, so sad to see.
Somehow in my mimd he retired long time ago. Dude haven't played anything full in such a long time. His world cup no show was sad. I think he should just retire completely. His stats will only get worse.In all the Ashes excitement we missed Dale Steyn officially retiring from test cricket: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...eyn-retires-tests-focus-limited-overs-cricket
Not really surprising considering he could barely last through 2 games in the IPL this year.
He's a legit great of the game for South Africa though, so sad to see.
Don't want to get too bullish, because anything can happen, but Australia has a VERY good record at Lord's in tests....
Hey if this weather keeps up for 5 days I think we have a good chance for a draw this match. Fingers crossed.