Hinchcliffe's Corner
Player Valuation: £40m
So not great all round then! May as well take an extra bowler and let Wood bowl 3 over spells of pure gas.
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The Ashes 2023
- Thread starter summerisle
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What they should do:
- Crawley
- Duckett
- Stokes
- Root
- Brook
- Foakes (WK)
- Ali
- Woakes
- Wood
- Tongue
- Anderson
- Crawley
- Duckett
- Ali
- Root
- Brook
- Stokes
- Bairstow (WK)
- Woakes
- Wood
- Broad
- Anderson
Hinchcliffe's Corner
Player Valuation: £40m
I think what they will do, is what they should do. Stokes at 3 against the moving ball wastes what he offers to the team in the middle order, it just moves the collapse further down the innings with less runs on the board. Would keep taking Broad too, bowled quite well and got 10 days off now.
Hinchcliffe's Corner
Player Valuation: £40m
Stokes at 3 was my thing going into this summer, just because he plays his best cricket when he needles and battles into an innings. When he sees off 20/30 balls and then starts to go through the gears, he could get some mega scores at 3. Plus, you'd have Root and Stokes together a lot in collapses and you can't go wrong with those two at the crease, righting the ship.
It should really be his thing when he packs in his all-rounder status and he's a pure batsman. He'd be perfect
Hinchcliffe's Corner
Player Valuation: £40m
Yeah I can see that, not a terrible shout, I just like him holding the tail together, but England are certainly looking a bit light in the batting.
Duckett and Crawley got us to stumps on day 3 without losing a wicket. I think that that was vital in getting the win so let’s give some credit. (Note the use of the word think rather than know). Also, Crawley was the second highest scorer in a pressure innings. So again, credit where credit is due.
My take so far on this series is that neither team has batted particularly well but it has been nip and tuck. Win, lose or draw the series I will still have enjoyed the drama that Test cricket can provide.
Wrong again.
Yes mate you are correct they done well to get to the end of day 3 with their wickets intact.
DuuuncanHadaPigeon
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I'm sorry but no, stokes is not a number 3, he is doing just fine where he is.
Most likely thing to happen is they will swap out Robinson for Anderson and put Ali or JB at 3, too risky to bring in a county player for two must win matches to bat in a very important position against a world class attack. They will back JB like they have consistently backed Crawley.
You kind of feel that Australia are ahead primarily because they've caught better. I know it's a home series and all, but the fact that England are still in the fight against the best team in the world is no bad place to be in, especially given the sheer dismal form they displayed pre-Bazball.
We have to continuously be told that the boring atmosphere and drab pitches at lords are the high point of cricket, worst ground in the country. Get cricket on the road and get people into the game who don't need a 6 figure salary to join a club.
I didn't even realise that. That's mad
No issue with Trent Bridge getting a test because it's a good wicket and good atmopshere, but it's a bit mad to have no game north of Nottingham
Lords should host the first test of the summer, give it that traditional slot, but it needs to rotate out with others. We shouldn't have two London tests.
The Aegas Bowl is a mad choice too.
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