England Cricket Tours 2018-19 (and everything off the field during that period)
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Got to feel sorry for the fans who have spent a lot to go out there.
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Called it - Foakes has to play.
I'm sticking with the same team I put forward a week ago - I wouldn't play Stokes if not fit to bowl but he will get in anyway. Only doubt over who is 3rd quick only 2 of Woakes/ Curran/ Stone/ Broad can play.
Burns
Jennings
Denly
Root
Moeen
Buttler
Foakes
Woakes
Curran
Rashid
Anderson
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It hardly matters who plays in this match, with the weather forecast!0
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Cant see why they would not play Stokes, even if he couldnt bowl.cantersaddick said:Called it - Foakes has to play.
I'm sticking with the same team I put forward a week ago - I wouldn't play Stokes if not fit to bowl but he will get in anyway. Only doubt over who is 3rd quick only 2 of Woakes/ Curran/ Stone/ Broad can play.
Burns
Jennings
Denly
Root
Moeen
Buttler
Foakes
Woakes
Curran
Rashid
Anderson
Possibly Stone in for Woakes/Curran
Hope Foakes plays, as if he is successful then it will give the selectors some thoughts about playing Bairstow and Buttler purely as batters permanently.
Burns
Jennings
Moeen (not that i want him there)
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Foakes
Woakes/Leach
Curran/Leach
Rashid
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England win toss & bat 1st
Rory Burns
Keaton Jennings
Moeen Ali
Joe Root(c)
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler
Ben Foakes(wk)
Sam Curran
Adil Rashid
Jack Leach
James Anderson
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10-2, 3 overs
Burns out for 9.
Ali out for a golden duck.0 -
Burns out for 9 nicking one down leg.
And Ali gone next ball for a golden duck. Smashes in to off peg... a bit out.
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Test Cricket is back then... don't you just love it :-)0
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This is a total shambles, Jennings looked good until he tried to cut one that was too full.
Stokes sweeping so far from the ball, awful execution.
Now we have 2 keepers batting at 6 and 7, one of the 3 seamers at 5 and your main off spinner at 3.
Says a lot about the standard of batting in the county championship.
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106-5 after 26 overs. I like these new one day Tests.3
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A truly awful display of batting in conditions that were not that difficult
Burns - unlucky to get a tickle down the leg side
Ali - simply not a Test no. 3. You have to be tight and circumspect and the way he was bowled with no feet or head movement is an example of neither
Root - gave it the charge and yorked himself
Jennnings - you don't cut a full ball off middle and leg when you're three down under a hundred
Stokes - played a one day shot in exposing all three stumps trying to sweep. Play the shot by all means but once out of the line of off stump you can't be LBW so why show all three?
A lot rests on Buttler and Foakes now1 -
This team looks like a team picked by committee, batsmen picked because they can bowl and bowlers picked cos they can bat.3
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And Jennings picked because he's from the right sort of family3
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You are never unlucky to get out to a tickle down leg side. Should either be dispatched with ease for a four or left alone.Addick Addict said:A truly awful display of batting in conditions that were not that difficult
Burns - unlucky to get a tickle down the leg side
Ali - simply not a Test no. 3. You have to be tight and circumspect and the way he was bowled with no feet or head movement is an example of neither
Root - gave it the charge and yorked himself
Jennnings - you don't cut a full ball off middle and leg when you're three down under a hundred
Stokes - played a one day shot in exposing all three stumps trying to sweep. Play the shot by all means but once out of the line of off stump you can't be LBW so why show all three?
A lot rests on Buttler and Foakes now2 -
I don't know anything about Foakes, but he looks very assured & comfortable for a man on debut0
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I'm not saying anything. Don't want to put the mockers on him.2
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Maybe they should reverse the batting order - seems more runs are scored from wickets 6-10 than 1-5.Cafc43v3r said:This team looks like a team picked by committee, batsmen picked because they can bowl and bowlers picked cos they can bat.
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Thinking about the future (and not this series), we should dump Jennings (dropped twice today) and ask Bairstow to open. Foakes should now keep the gloves because he is a better keeper than Bairstow and a lot better than Buttler.
The team would look something like this:
Burns
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Foakes
Ali
Curran/Woakes
Rashid
Broad/Stones
Anderson
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I like that - except not happy with Stokes at 4 - we seem a batsman light there.Addick Addict said:Thinking about the future (and not this series), we should dump Jennings (dropped twice today) and ask Bairstow to open. Foakes should now keep the gloves because he is a better keeper than Bairstow and a lot better than Buttler.
The team would look something like this:
Burns
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Foakes
Ali
Curran/Woakes
Rashid
Broad/Stones
Anderson
Re Stokes, his batting average is 33. If you were to take off the magnificent innings in Cape Town of 258 his average would be 30. Not the sort of average that i would like for an England no 4.
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Trouble is most of our batsmen struggle to average 33 in first class cricket let alone Test cricket which is why we've struggled with a top 4. You could try Pope again at 4 but who do you leave out from that line up - unless we go with just one spinner or three seamers and two spinners depending on the conditions?The_President said:
I like that - except not happy with Stokes at 4 - we seem a batsman light there.Addick Addict said:Thinking about the future (and not this series), we should dump Jennings (dropped twice today) and ask Bairstow to open. Foakes should now keep the gloves because he is a better keeper than Bairstow and a lot better than Buttler.
The team would look something like this:
Burns
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Foakes
Ali
Curran/Woakes
Rashid
Broad/Stones
Anderson
Re Stokes, his batting average is 33. If you were to take off the magnificent innings in Cape Town of 258 his average would be 30. Not the sort of average that i would like for an England no 4.
The other issue with playing Pope is that we would have four Surrey players in the side and that's not allowed under ICC rules.
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The way Foakes has batted here, perhaps he's the one who should be playing as a top order specialist batsman!
The selection seems all over the place. Denly was clearly penciled in for No 3, has a bad game in the final "warm up one day " and is dumped2 -
Foakes could move up the order but, if he is keeping too, wouldn't want to see him higher than 5 at this stage of his career. And if he is playing he has to keep.killerandflash said:The way Foakes has batted here, perhaps he's the one who should be playing as a top order specialist batsman!
The selection seems all over the place. Denly was clearly penciled in for No 3, has a bad game in the final "warm up one day " and is dumped1 -
321-8 at close
Excellent 87* from Foakes - good job he's not Australian because superstition might get the better of him!
Unbeaten partnership of 15 with Leach of which Leach has made all bar one!2 -
Hold on, where will they fit Pope,Roy, and the other Curran into the team ?4
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You forgot Stoneman, Dernbach, Jacks, Virdee, Rickeeeeeeeee Clarke etc etc who will all, at some point, be put forward as candidates by our CL Surrey fans.MrOneLung said:Hold on, where will they fit Pope,Roy, and the other Curran into the team ?
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Foakes is unusually tall for a top keeper0
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Gareth Batty, Scott Borthwick, Ryan Patel, Liam Plunkett, Jordan Clark, Matt Dunn, Conor Mckerr, Stuart Meaker..... the list goes on.Addick Addict said:
You forgot Stoneman, Dernbach, Jacks, Virdee, Rickeeeeeeeee Clarke etc etc who will all, at some point, be put forward as candidates by our CL Surrey fans.MrOneLung said:Hold on, where will they fit Pope,Roy, and the other Curran into the team ?
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Surrey save England again.
What more can I say.4
