Cricket - England Ashes Tour - Winter 17-18
Discussion
Squad being announced today, and apparently its already been leaked:
Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, Dawid Malan, Gary Ballance, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Mason Crane, Ben Foakes, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jake Ball, Craig Overton.
Not sure if correctly but does seem to be a few names I don't recognise, and potentially our No. 2, 3, 5 could be suspect. Not sure why Ballance is in the squad after the shocker he had in the summer....AGAIN.
Also rumors Stokes has broken is hand in the incident in Bristol and could miss the first 2 tests if thats true.
Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, Dawid Malan, Gary Ballance, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Mason Crane, Ben Foakes, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jake Ball, Craig Overton.
Not sure if correctly but does seem to be a few names I don't recognise, and potentially our No. 2, 3, 5 could be suspect. Not sure why Ballance is in the squad after the shocker he had in the summer....AGAIN.
Also rumors Stokes has broken is hand in the incident in Bristol and could miss the first 2 tests if thats true.
Ballance and Vince's preparations for the Ashes tour should consist of them both getting a bigger TV to watch it on from home. Ballance has been tried and failed more than once before, preposterous to have him in the team.
And as a Somerset fan, I admit to a little bias but how has Jack Leach not been selected? Consistently one of, if not the, best spinner in the country yet overlooked again. I know a lot of diehard Somerset fans put it down to him not playing for one of the bigger counties and I've always thought "no" on that but you can hardly blame them for feeling that way.
We are going to get royally hammered down there, even more so because if either Cook or Root fail in any innings, we'll be skittled cheaply for sure.
And as a Somerset fan, I admit to a little bias but how has Jack Leach not been selected? Consistently one of, if not the, best spinner in the country yet overlooked again. I know a lot of diehard Somerset fans put it down to him not playing for one of the bigger counties and I've always thought "no" on that but you can hardly blame them for feeling that way.
We are going to get royally hammered down there, even more so because if either Cook or Root fail in any innings, we'll be skittled cheaply for sure.
England squad for Ashes tour of Australia
Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain, Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Alastair Cook (Essex), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dawid Malan (Middlesex), Craig Overton (Somerset), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Stoneman (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Not sure if it’s the same as the OP.
Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain, Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Alastair Cook (Essex), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dawid Malan (Middlesex), Craig Overton (Somerset), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Stoneman (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Not sure if it’s the same as the OP.
GloverMart said:
Ballance and Vince's preparations for the Ashes tour should consist of them both getting a bigger TV to watch it on from home. Ballance has been tried and failed more than once before, preposterous to have him in the team.
And as a Somerset fan, I admit to a little bias but how has Jack Leach not been selected? Consistently one of, if not the, best spinner in the country yet overlooked again. I know a lot of diehard Somerset fans put it down to him not playing for one of the bigger counties and I've always thought "no" on that but you can hardly blame them for feeling that way.
We are going to get royally hammered down there, even more so because if either Cook or Root fail in any innings, we'll be skittled cheaply for sure.
Agree with all of this. Ballance is great at county level but has been found wanting on the international stage. And as a Somerset fan, I admit to a little bias but how has Jack Leach not been selected? Consistently one of, if not the, best spinner in the country yet overlooked again. I know a lot of diehard Somerset fans put it down to him not playing for one of the bigger counties and I've always thought "no" on that but you can hardly blame them for feeling that way.
We are going to get royally hammered down there, even more so because if either Cook or Root fail in any innings, we'll be skittled cheaply for sure.
Leach has been the most consistent spinner for 2-3 years, taken lots of wickets yet Crane who has 16 @ 41 in the championship gets the nod? Bizarre. (Unbiased Sussex fan here!)
I like Overton coming in for TRJ who has been desperately unlucky to pick up his injury though. Hopefully Stoneman makes a decent fist of it as well but he should have been in a long time ago.
Ballance was Root's flat mate, he was always going on this tour. To some extent I think he will perform better in Aus, the ball moves less and swing seam is harder to find. Ballance has aflaw against late movement, so I could see him being more successful in Aus.
That said, I still wouldn't have picked him.
Stokes will be fine for the tour, he has eight weeks to heal.
Gargamel said:
Challo said:
Depends if Stokes is charged or not after the incident in Bristol.
Have the ECB said they will drop him if found guilty ? I haven't seen anything to say they will. Gargamel said:
Challo said:
Depends if Stokes is charged or not after the incident in Bristol.
Have the ECB said they will drop him if found guilty ? I haven't seen anything to say they will. GloverMart said:
desolate said:
Latest evidence sounds bad for Stokes.
Doubt he'll be going if it is what it appears to be.
The Sun's Twitter page has CCTV stills of the incident. Not looking good at all. Doubt he'll be going if it is what it appears to be.
SydneyBridge said:
was he provoked though? not that it would excuse him going for someone
not seen the footage
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11927368not seen the footage
As its only a clip your not sure if he was provoked but he knocked one to the ground then went after the other bloke. Interesting to see what the ECB do about this.
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