Not sure he will ever cut it as a test opener, I'd move him to 4 and bring in sibley.
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Congrats SteveSmitralia
Yes I am salty. Very salty.
Being a man down obviously has a big impact and possibly a match changing one but the batting from Ali, Denly, Buttler and Bairstow in particular was fucking abysmal and three of them should be fired into the fucking sun tout fucking suite. Roy wasn't great either but even his piss poor effort was a decent bit better than those four, albeit that that ridiculous shot set off the collapse.
Losing our banker at Edgbaston is not good.
For all that England shat the bed, Australia were not that great but when you've got probably the second best batsman in test history in your side, it doesn't fucking matter.
in summary: fuck off
Yes I am salty. Very salty.
Being a man down obviously has a big impact and possibly a match changing one but the batting from Ali, Denly, Buttler and Bairstow in particular was fucking abysmal and three of them should be fired into the fucking sun tout fucking suite. Roy wasn't great either but even his piss poor effort was a decent bit better than those four, albeit that that ridiculous shot set off the collapse.
Losing our banker at Edgbaston is not good.
For all that England shat the bed, Australia were not that great but when you've got probably the second best batsman in test history in your side, it doesn't fucking matter.
in summary: fuck off
I'm sorry kmag but I just love all your predictions being wrong again lol.
Though to be fair I've made plenty of bad calls too in my time of viewing cricket over the years.
He has a stain on his reputation, HRH could never be associated with such a terrible person. She'd probably be worried he'd twitch as she dropped the sword and lose an ear.
For so long we were shite at odi cricket because we basically picked our test players in the one day side.
We finally adapted and built a side to play a good brand of odi cricket. But now we've gone the opposite way and shoe horning quality odi players into the test team, instead of trying to build a team to play and win test cricket.
Our batting is a joke, Bairstow, Buttler and Ali need to go. Denly ain't good enough. Roy I have big doubts about but we should give him a couple more tests, though he really shouldn't be opening.
unfortunately I just don't believe players like bairstow and buttler will be dropped anytime soon but this should be the team for the next test.
Burns
Sibley
Root
Roy
Stokes
Foakes
Curran
Woakes
Broad
Archer
Leach
We finally adapted and built a side to play a good brand of odi cricket. But now we've gone the opposite way and shoe horning quality odi players into the test team, instead of trying to build a team to play and win test cricket.
Our batting is a joke, Bairstow, Buttler and Ali need to go. Denly ain't good enough. Roy I have big doubts about but we should give him a couple more tests, though he really shouldn't be opening.
unfortunately I just don't believe players like bairstow and buttler will be dropped anytime soon but this should be the team for the next test.
Burns
Sibley
Root
Roy
Stokes
Foakes
Curran
Woakes
Broad
Archer
Leach
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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
Burns
Roy
Root
Stokes
Woakes
Foakes
Buttler
Curran
Leach
Broad
Archer
To slow? Wtf. You must be an england selector. It's a fucking 5 day test match. He was the only England batsmen that can truly hold his head high after this game fir showing some graft.
We cannot remove Burns. That is literally the best performance from an England opener not called Cook since Andrew Strauss retired in 2012.
No shit.
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.
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.
Yeah when he was scoring runs against india last summer he was batting about 7. I find it very odd him coming in ahead of Stokes.
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.
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.
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.
Sad to see him go but his body just couldn't keep up anymore. Got to see him live once in an ODI. Such an exciting bowler to watch.
England needed to win at Edgbaston. If you can't win at your 'fortress' you're shit out of luck at the home of cricket, a venue which seems to help the majority of teams take a dump on us.
To be honest after we lost the toss, then Anderson pulled up lame I wasn't expecting a win. Australia at 120 odd for 8 was a red herring, was only so long our remaining seamers could last, especially without a competent enough spinner to allow them to rest and rotate.
My 11 for the next test would be Burns, Sibley, Root, Roy, Stokes, Buttler, Woakes, Curran, Broad, Archer/Stone (Depending on Archer fitness), Leach
To be honest after we lost the toss, then Anderson pulled up lame I wasn't expecting a win. Australia at 120 odd for 8 was a red herring, was only so long our remaining seamers could last, especially without a competent enough spinner to allow them to rest and rotate.
My 11 for the next test would be Burns, Sibley, Root, Roy, Stokes, Buttler, Woakes, Curran, Broad, Archer/Stone (Depending on Archer fitness), Leach
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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.
England needs two more good bowlers ( some one who averages sub 25)
And don't we know it. Aussie must be favourites at that ground and if they win there, they only need a draw from the remaining three games to retain the urn.
India currently about to beat WI in T20.
Need 14 from 16. Kohli bossing it.
EDIT - Ha, as soon as i hit post he got caught.
Need 14 from 16. Kohli bossing it.
EDIT - Ha, as soon as i hit post he got caught.
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West Indies is clearly not full strength. India is to good in this scenarios. I am looking forward to how India does against good team in test.
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Amla was and is gentlemen. Going to miss his classic style. Guy was so good that he beat kohli for fastest runs many times. Mischaracterized by media for being slow. Hate ipl for not using him. Always respect for you Hashim Amla. Love and peace.
I was at Lords last night for the T20 blast Surrey v Middlesex.
Amazing atmosphere. Had a great time. Good to see Morgan and AB knock it about. It was a bargain as well at £15 a ticket. well worth it.
Amazing atmosphere. Had a great time. Good to see Morgan and AB knock it about. It was a bargain as well at £15 a ticket. well worth it.
Hey if this weather keeps up for 5 days I think we have a good chance for a draw this match. Fingers crossed.
I feel very sorry for people who get tickets for these rainy days. Its really hard to get tickets, they cost a bomb and then you might not get to see any play.
Looks like today will be a wash out (there's a small chance that they'll get an hour after tea: I imagine who ever wins the toss will bowl if that's the case) tomorrow should be fine, Friday after lunch will be dicey, as will Sunday. We could potentially be looking at a 2 and a half day test which given the states of the batting line ups doesn't mean a result is out of the question.
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It was gayle and kohli show. Kohli is above 60 again. Nonsense. Gayle might have played his last one day.
But Root goes first ball next over. I don't really see what Siddle brings that Hazelwood doesn't do 8 mph better.
