England cricket team

[horseplayer]

Keep lyth leave Ali were he is

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[Longy]

Compton seems a reasonable choice he was treated harshly, dropped for scoring too slowly than volume of runs. Seems a strong character who will dig in. Problem is that he is batting 3 for Middlesex this year not opening.

Really is England's weak spot along with the spinning department in terms of depth. Could reel off a few middle order batsman/ seamers even wicketkeepers that England could give a go from county cricket.

[Longy]

We won though and the Aussies look terrible against the moving ball, so all is good!

[TightEnd]

We won though and the Aussies look terrible against the moving ball, so all is good!

for all the problems we have, the aussies have more. 4,5,6 looks a dreadful middle order on form, smith looks vulnerable against the moving ball (about the only thing he is vulnerable to), hazlewood and starc had poor games

and absolutely no time to sort it out

i suppose shaun marsh will come in for voges. might think about siddle for his control.

hopefully the pitch will be grassy in nottingham too but at 2-1 up you might think about preparing a featherbed and praying you win the toss.....

[vegaslover]

The problems at no 2 highlight just why England were so desperate to try Trott there, should have blooded Lyth prior to Ashes if they were so keen on him.
Personally would go for Compton, his style is what England are missing right now.
Keep Ali at 8, has really strengthened England's previous weakness of having a long tail.
Buttler needs to start scoring runs, or give someone else a chance

[TightEnd]

The problems at no 2 highlight just why England were so desperate to try Trott there, should have blooded Lyth prior to Ashes if they were so keen on him.
Personally would go for Compton, his style is what England are missing right now.
Keep Ali at 8, has really strengthened England's previous weakness of having a long tail.
Buttler needs to start scoring runs, or give someone else a chance

well you could give bairstow the gloves and pick a second spinner for the oval

probably wouldn't, but i would be thinking about it

Buttler seems so diffident batting, didn't want to review his dismissal here, similar at lords....

would love to see him have the confidence to paly like he does in the ODIs

[Tal]

He's also no Prior at calling reviews from behind the sticks.

Nothing like leaving work and walking through a city full of Richard the Lionhearts and damp check shirts, chanting "Long to reign over YOU..."

Glad to see they made the most of their ticket. As, I am sure, is Warks CCC

[vegaslover]

The problems at no 2 highlight just why England were so desperate to try Trott there, should have blooded Lyth prior to Ashes if they were so keen on him.
Personally would go for Compton, his style is what England are missing right now.
Keep Ali at 8, has really strengthened England's previous weakness of having a long tail.
Buttler needs to start scoring runs, or give someone else a chance

well you could give bairstow the gloves and pick a second spinner for the oval

probably wouldn't, but i would be thinking about it

Buttler seems so diffident batting, didn't want to review his dismissal here, similar at lords....

would love to see him have the confidence to paly like he does in the ODIs

Yeah, Bairstow in my thoughts too. Despite his low score, which in fairness was a peach of a bouncer, he deserves a run in the team. Don't think England would ever drop Buttler for Bairstow though.

[Tal]

$31m offered just for signing a contract?

Russell Wilson's agent, take a bow.

[JohnCharver]

$31m offered just for signing a contract?

Russell Wilson's agent, take a bow.

the NFL.... its just not cricket lol

[Tal]

$31m offered just for signing a contract?

Russell Wilson's agent, take a bow.

the NFL.... its just not cricket lol

I may have made a small posting error...

[JohnCharver]

$31m offered just for signing a contract?

Russell Wilson's agent, take a bow.

the NFL.... its just not cricket lol

I may have made a small posting error...

all these sports now, they are just so similar lol. Tbf I read the first part and started looking to dig out my bat.

[kp24]

Still pinching myself over the turnaround from lords so pleased the promotion of bell to 3 only 18 months to late never mind, I would stick with lyth nobody pulling up trees in county cricket plus there are lack of specialist openers in county games as I've said previously I certainly wouldn't be going back to Compton.Id be more worried who's going to replace Jimmy got a bad feeling it's going to woakes who I'm yet to be convinced about

[horseplayer]

Still pinching myself over the turnaround from lords so pleased the promotion of bell to 3 only 18 months to late never mind, I would stick with lyth nobody pulling up trees in county cricket plus there are lack of specialist openers in county games as I've said previously I certainly wouldn't be going back to Compton.Id be more worried who's going to replace Jimmy got a bad feeling it's going to woakes who I'm yet to be convinced about

18 months to late?

Balance broke all records before this summer as a "new" number 3 to suggest he should have been dropped before this series is utterly baffling.

[TightEnd]

Still pinching myself over the turnaround from lords so pleased the promotion of bell to 3 only 18 months to late never mind, I would stick with lyth nobody pulling up trees in county cricket plus there are lack of specialist openers in county games as I've said previously I certainly wouldn't be going back to Compton.Id be more worried who's going to replace Jimmy got a bad feeling it's going to woakes who I'm yet to be convinced about

Woakes is only 2 games back from his injury. SUre he would have been very close if fully wound up but its too early

Wood will probably play, with someone like Footitt in as squad cover. Maybe RUshworth who takes shed loads of wickets on slow seamers at Durham, and you could see similar at TB