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The Ashes 2023

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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.
I think you are probably right. But retaining unstoppable Bairstow is a terrible mistake.
 
Didn't look like Cummins had too much faith in Murphy, that could be an issue if the game goes longer than Leeds. Though obviously Hazelwood is far better than Boland who doesn't look too threatening in England.

They also now have to pick Marsh who is less of a front line bowler than Green. I guess they could go Green instead of Boland, but you would think they have to get Hazelwood back in after failing to take 20 wickets
 
Didn't look like Cummins had too much faith in Murphy, that could be an issue if the game goes longer than Leeds. Though obviously Hazelwood is far better than Boland who doesn't look too threatening in England.

They also now have to pick Marsh who is less of a front line bowler than Green. I guess they could go Green instead of Boland, but you would think they have to get Hazelwood back in after failing to take 20 wickets

Boland misses OT I think, but they'll need a spinner on that deck, so god knows what they do with Murphy
 
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.
I've not been in Lord's, but it is the largest ground followed by the Oval. I guess money talks. Oval is a great ground, imo better than other grounds I've been to (OT, Trent Bridge and Headingley). I guess these stadiums (along with Edgebaston) need to catch up/receive investment.
 

Might as well bat Lawerence at 3 and put Bairstow in the bin. Offering nothing with either bat nor gloves
Apart from a half decent score in the first innings at lords, hasn’t scored runs for a while including in the county championship.
 

I don't know if it's relevant, but when Bairstow was making a shed load of runs during 2022, Foakes was the wicketkeeper throughout.
When you look at it. Foakes is a keeper/batter. Bairstow is more of a batter who can keep.
Stokes needs to remember, sort out the spine of the team, then fill in the blanks.
Openers, keeper, no3, main 2 bowlers.
Hell, put Bairstow into open like in the 1 day format, we have struggled with a decent opening partnership for ages. You wanna play basball and have Bairstow in the team, but have a decent spine to the team? Might be the answer. I do think it is something that should be looked at, at some point.
 
I don't know if it's relevant, but when Bairstow was making a shed load of runs during 2022, Foakes was the wicketkeeper throughout.
Bairstow average is significantly lower when he keeps versus being in the team as just a batsman.

They will stick with him though, just look at Crawley as to why...
 
Bairstow average is significantly lower when he keeps versus being in the team as just a batsman.

They will stick with him though, just look at Crawley as to why...
His average is actually almost identical (36 each). In the golden run he enjoyed last year he was batting at 5 and wasn't the keeper though. The question is whether that run was a relative flash in the pan or indicative of a lasting change.
 
His average is actually almost identical (36 each). In the golden run he enjoyed last year he was batting at 5 and wasn't the keeper though. The question is whether that run was a relative flash in the pan or indicative of a lasting change.
I can't imagine he'd be going out to bat with a great mindset after the howlers he's had with the gloves, would definitely give him a chance to score more runs if Foakes came in.
 

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