Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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England cricket performances are either boiling hot or freezing cold. There never seems to be warm in the middle. They either batter someone or get battered!
i can see where you are coming from but in all 4 innings this summer he looks a dead man walking and not looking to score runs just sit in waiting for the finger the opening pair need to be sorted in the next 5 games this summer and hales will get the chance in the next test with cook but for me root got to open the bat with hales and bring in jason roy and eoin morgan and drop cook give him some cricket at county level to get back to the basics
we are going to need a strong batting line up in the winter and players willing to give it there all when it gets tasty and the chin music starts they will bounce it around our ears from the first ball. i will be having a little bet about the first ball in the ashes being a bouncer
You're looking for more changes than I think the selectors would countenance. There are going to questions about Cook, but he got 69 in the last Test and 42 today, so unless things go completely haywire, he'll surely be heading to Australia. Root doesn't look inclined to go up to 3, so I don't think he'll open.
Think you'll be right about the bouncer. :-)
You're looking for more changes than I think the selectors would countenance. There are going to questions about Cook, but he got 69 in the last Test and 42 today, so unless things go completely haywire, he'll surely be heading to Australia. Root doesn't look inclined to go up to 3, so I don't think he'll open.
Think you'll be right about the bouncer. :-)
That team the batters at least will not be changed they will see out the next 2 test matches. Said it before Balance should be gone no point in keeping him with ashes coming up! Jennings!? jury out in him but he ain't good enough in my book Dawson as well ain't good enough and his batting is shite. I'll predict Root wont be captain this time next summer.
root will be captain next summer even with a loss in the ashes
the old guard will be gone the likes cook anderson broad ending there england test playing root will open the batting and bairstow coming in at 3 and stokes 4 and a very youthful line a new opener for root 2 new swing bowlers and a out and out fast bowler. root will be given 3 years and the home ashes tour and then maybe the ECB may have another look then but never next summer and don't forget the aussies are not that good themselves we could have a chance if we get the batting right
Cook is still one of the two best batsmen in the side, and dropping him with no replacement who can bat for a day would be total madness. Actually, dropping him full stop would be total madness.
What it needs is a no.5 or no.6 who shows some willingness to block and push on line and length, rather than slog based on machismo or panic.
Should of picked Hameed even though he is out of form he made for test cricket.