Cricket Thread

[Dr Jacoby]

Josh Tongue?!

Expected Wood and possibly Woakes to come in.

 

[waspish]

Is Tongue a finger spinner or a wrist spinner

 

[Claytop]

Is Tongue a finger spinner or a wrist spinner

Neither.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Is Tongue a finger spinner or a wrist spinner

Neither, I think he's a seamer

 

[waspish]

Neither, I think he's a seamer

Ah right seeing as it said replace Ali I’d presumed he was a spinner!

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Ah right seeing as it said replace Ali I’d presumed he was a spinner!

Gone for all pace. Not sure its a good idea

 

[waspish]

6 foot 4 and 25 years old McCullum must of seen something in him

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Love this live stream of county matches on youtube, great way to spend a day off

 

[supercity88]

Really surprised they've not gone for Woakes, but the extra height of Tongue may help extract something from what I expect to be a similar pitch at Lords. We did enough to bowl the Aussies out twice last time, we just didn't take our chances. Looking forward to tomorrow, hope we can go and level the series. If we do so with Lords out of the way then we've got a great chance of winning the Ashes at the more lively and hostile venues to come.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Is Tongue a finger spinner or a wrist spinner

He’s a lively seamer. He’ll be our quickest bowler on display but not as fast as Wood.

Unless he’s injured, I think it’s a bizarre decision to omit Wood. The series could be virtually over if the plan is to play him at Headingley.

Woakes is a strange exclusion too considering he has a fantastic record at Lord’s.