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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,000
    edited 5:35AM
    Lions are 157-2. Both wickets to Carse. Bashir, who has also switched sides, is once again on the receiving end with figures of 0-66 off 9 overs. He went for 22 in one over.
  • Addick Addict
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    edited 5:36AM
    One opener to look out for in the future is Ben McKinney - has impressed at Durham and hit 68 & 66 in this match. Bethell currently on 55* and Cox 51*.
  • Addick Addict
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    Carse gets Cox for his third wicket and Bashir takes the scalp of Bethell for 229-4
  • Addick Addict
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    251-6 declared. England require 202
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,161
    Massive news - Hazlewood has joined Cummins  and Abbott in  missing the First Test through injury. Neser has been added to their squad.
    Was just coming on to say this. Nesser added to the squad but Doggett expected to play.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,161
    1 week!!! 
    Errr....

    6 days. 

    Start 2.30am Fri 21st.

    Unless you are @jimmymelrose who double counts the days. 
    Whoops. Thought it was Friday night. Even better!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,000
    Although Hazlewood joining Cummins and Abbott is great news, we have to hope that none of the Tests prove to be bunsen burners. As things stand, we don't have a spinner and to compound things, any thoughts that we might call up Rehan Ahmed from the Lions has been dashed as he is being sent home - injured!!!

    Despite all of that, we will never get a better chance to go one up in Australia. Let's hope we take it.
  • Addick Addict
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    Kent reject Gilchrist gets the wicket of Duckett for a golden duck.
  • Addick Addict
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    Potts gets Crawley for 3

  • Addick Addict
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    Pope, the man in form, out for 90 to go with his 100 in the first innings. Root made 31.

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  • Addick Addict
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    England won by 5 wickets. Brook made 19 with Stokes 15* (38) and a late thrash from Smith of 39* (22)
  • Addick Addict
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    So, I think we've discovered three things from this game - Pope has cemented his place at number 3 in fighting Bethell off for that spot, Wood, with just 8 overs for his first game in 9 months isn't fit enough to play and Bashir hasn't done enough to justify a place in the side even if the intention was to play a spinner. 

    All this makes the team likely to look like this:

    Crawley
    Duckett
    Pope
    Root
    Brook
    Stokes
    Smith
    Carse
    Atkinson
    Tongue
    Archer 
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 187
    Massive news - Hazlewood has joined Cummins  and Abbott in  missing the First Test through injury. Neser has been added to their squad.
    Wow,a huge loss - hamstring strains, as we know, are notoiiously hard to recover from quickly, and what with the 2nd test following on quickly, could they be missing both Cummins and Hazlewood for first 2?
    Cricinfo suggesting that Doggett may start. So, we could have a situation later in the series of Duckett c Abbott b Doggett - not quite a Lillee c Willey b Dilley moment i suppose !
    I'll get me coat.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,161
    So, I think we've discovered three things from this game - Pope has cemented his place at number 3 in fighting Bethell off for that spot, Wood, with just 8 overs for his first game in 9 months isn't fit enough to play and Bashir hasn't done enough to justify a place in the side even if the intention was to play a spinner. 

    All this makes the team likely to look like this:

    Crawley
    Duckett
    Pope
    Root
    Brook
    Stokes
    Smith
    Carse
    Atkinson
    Tongue
    Archer 
    I've said before Pope starts these big series well and falls away. Hopefully a big one in the first test but then drop him if he fails in the 2nd! ;)

    kidding. kinda. 

    He did have a brilliant time here in grade cricket as a youngster including getting mentioned in Parliament he had scored so many runs. I'm hoping he has a storming series. 

    Agree with your 11. Would have been nice to have Wood in there but Atkinson and Carse a class too. Great to be able to unleash Wood later in the series hopefully when we are 1 up!
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,161
    Zulu said:
    Massive news - Hazlewood has joined Cummins  and Abbott in  missing the First Test through injury. Neser has been added to their squad.
    Wow,a huge loss - hamstring strains, as we know, are notoiiously hard to recover from quickly, and what with the 2nd test following on quickly, could they be missing both Cummins and Hazlewood for first 2?
    Cricinfo suggesting that Doggett may start. So, we could have a situation later in the series of Duckett c Abbott b Doggett - not quite a Lillee c Willey b Dilley moment i suppose !
    I'll get me coat.
    And it's a lot of extra workload for Starc and Boland both the wrong side of 35. Will that have an impact on their effectiveness and fitness layer in the series. These things can easily compound! 

    One can hope 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,000
    Zulu said:
    Massive news - Hazlewood has joined Cummins  and Abbott in  missing the First Test through injury. Neser has been added to their squad.
    Wow,a huge loss - hamstring strains, as we know, are notoiiously hard to recover from quickly, and what with the 2nd test following on quickly, could they be missing both Cummins and Hazlewood for first 2?
    Cricinfo suggesting that Doggett may start. So, we could have a situation later in the series of Duckett c Abbott b Doggett - not quite a Lillee c Willey b Dilley moment i suppose !
    I'll get me coat.
    If we win the First Test and Hazlewood isn't fit for the next then I could see them rushing Cummins back. 

     
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,393
    So, I think we've discovered three things from this game - Pope has cemented his place at number 3 in fighting Bethell off for that spot, Wood, with just 8 overs for his first game in 9 months isn't fit enough to play and Bashir hasn't done enough to justify a place in the side even if the intention was to play a spinner. 

    All this makes the team likely to look like this:

    Crawley
    Duckett
    Pope
    Root
    Brook
    Stokes
    Smith
    Carse
    Atkinson
    Tongue
    Archer 
    I've said before Pope starts these big series well and falls away. Hopefully a big one in the first test but then drop him if he fails in the 2nd! ;)

    kidding. kinda. 

    He did have a brilliant time here in grade cricket as a youngster including getting mentioned in Parliament he had scored so many runs. I'm hoping he has a storming series. 

    Agree with your 11. Would have been nice to have Wood in there but Atkinson and Carse a class too. Great to be able to unleash Wood later in the series hopefully when we are 1 up!