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Who knows on Leach. They say 10 days to recover from concussion and he’ll be on about day 8. It didn’t look that serious when it happened.

Whether he plays it not doesn’t resolve our big tail. Not sure how we can change that unless we don’t play a spinner or swap a fast bowler, which seem unlikely.

Parkinson looked ok, without being very threatening. Is that because of the pitch? Guess we find out if he’s picked again.

He needs more variation in pace for me. He seemed quite one dimensional.

Personally I would tell Parkinson that he will be in the next 2 test matches but ecb the powers that be won’t they have thing about leg spinners never get a fair crack. Why Leach gets the backing he does I don’t know!? It’s annoying even Husain saying Leach should come back in the side for fcuks sake don’t they see what we see leach can be get at smashed he brings fuck all to the team a leg spinner given the full backing confidence of everyone will make a difference.
 
Gobsmacked by how relaxed and positive that was. More please and less headless chicken batting.
Very pleased by Stokes setting attacking fields when the ball was doing a bit for the quicker bowlers. Much improved catching. Whole team seem more positive. Now find some batters 1-2-3.
 
I was talking to a recently retired first class umpire yesterday.
Should know his stuff having done over 200 County matches and almost the same T20 and ODIs.
He said Crawley is very highly rated and Bairstow is a huge talent.
However his point was that Brooks had played six CC games and batted superbly where as Bairstow had been playing white ball on the sub continent on much different wickets !!!! A strange selection.
 
Good win today.

Next test 5 mins from where I live. Really enjoy it when one comes to town.
 
Going forward, England can build on this, but we need to be looking past jimmy and broad really
Matthew Potts looks a good find and Ollie Robinson did OK when fit, Matt Parkinson should be starting over leach
then we need the fast bowlers to step up and get fit,

batting there is something in the squad to build with like Alex Lees Zak Crawley then the wicket keeper Ben Foakes
so let's not jump and shout just yet because we know England are very good at home and can tape over the cracks very well

good start with a win

 
Going forward, England can build on this, but we need to be looking past jimmy and broad really
Matthew Potts looks a good find and Ollie Robinson did OK when fit, Matt Parkinson should be starting over leach
then we need the fast bowlers to step up and get fit,

batting there is something in the squad to build with like Alex Lees Zak Crawley then the wicket keeper Ben Foakes
so let's not jump and shout just yet because we know England are very good at home and can tape over the cracks very well

good start with a win

The problem with the bowling is injuries and the inability to keep our fast bowlers fit.

Archer, Wood, Woakes, Curran, Stone, Mahmood etc are all out with back or arm problems from bowling.

Most countries would suffer if 6 of their better bowlers weren’t available.

I don’t think Crawley will be a long term player for England. He can’t not attempt the drive outside off stump.

We saw it yesterday in the over before lunch. Lees had just gone and he was tempted repeatedly and couldn’t resist.
 
The problem with the bowling is injuries and the inability to keep our fast bowlers fit.

Archer, Wood, Woakes, Curran, Stone, Mahmood etc are all out with back or arm problems from bowling.

Most countries would suffer if 6 of their better bowlers weren’t available.

I don’t think Crawley will be a long term player for England. He can’t not attempt the drive outside off stump.

We saw it yesterday in the over before lunch. Lees had just gone and he was tempted repeatedly and couldn’t resist.
I literally have no idea what has supposed to have changed.

The bowlers like usual have been good and done their job well but the batting has been pathetic again hasn't it. If it wasn't for Root again we'd have lost after bowling them out for 140 first dig. I'd love someone to explain the thinking of Pope at 3 to me a talented lad who's a shot a ball up there isn't going to work.
 
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