England V India cricket
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Buster should still go to Sri Lanka, he good a very good ball today, which admittedly he played badly. But it’s a hard job, and it takes time to learn. I would still back him.
No one could drop Cook and try a new player, that’s just absurd, it’s a dead rubber and the crowd want to say goodbye. Plus in this match we are winning because of his runs.
Anyway, we are ahead, 150 lead and eight wickets in hand. I think we will be 350mahead by just after tea and the. Have an hour at them tomorrow night.
Well that’s the plan.
MId-morning collapse, Bairstow out wafting at one outside off, Curran and Rashid to put on a few.
Still be too much for a team halfway to the plane.
MIght as well toss a coin for the openers this winter, I can't see how randomising the whole batting order every innings could make things any worse. Broad to open :-)
Still be too much for a team halfway to the plane.
MIght as well toss a coin for the openers this winter, I can't see how randomising the whole batting order every innings could make things any worse. Broad to open :-)
DeejRC said:
Burns seems to be the next chap.
Must admit, I don’t exactly what we have to lose by giving Roy and Hales their heads.
I would also re-try some of the "failed" guys. Get them in at 1/2 for a series. Root needs to go to 3. Ali back down the order.Must admit, I don’t exactly what we have to lose by giving Roy and Hales their heads.
I wonder if Bairstow is still feeling the effects of his finger.
Rashid needs to be allowed to go back to ODI only (Tuffers was amusing yesterday playing Where's Wally(/Rashid)).
Curran and Pope both need to be given more of a bash now.
This has been a great series (for an England fan at least) and just what test cricket should be about. The one change I'd make is to adopt a suggestion I heard recently about the toss...either abandon it and give the visiting the side the choice of when they bat (either for the first test and then alternate, or all the way through - home advantage feels like it's bigger now than ever so a bit of levelling wouldn't hurt), or just do it for the first test and then alternate it.
Looking forward to next year. World Cup and the Ashes.
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