England v India, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 4-8 August, 2021
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England v India, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 4-8 August, 2021
No real surprises in a 17-man squad for the first two Tests, other than perhaps the return of Bairstow who it looked like may have been put into the white-ball-only box after the winter. Guess he’s essentially the backup keeper here.
“Tommy” Robinson returns from his suspension, with Hameed covering the top three and Woakes, Foakes, Stone and Archer unavailable.
England Men's Test Squad: Joe Root (capt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood
I wonder if they have a self-isolation backup squad pencilled in, that would be interesting…
“Tommy” Robinson returns from his suspension, with Hameed covering the top three and Woakes, Foakes, Stone and Archer unavailable.
England Men's Test Squad: Joe Root (capt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Mark Wood
I wonder if they have a self-isolation backup squad pencilled in, that would be interesting…
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Bring it on.
C'mon England.
C'mon England.
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How bad is Archer's injury?
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He’s playing a bit of T20 but says he’s a month away from full fitness.
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Stokes taking an indefinite break. India must be massive favourites for this now.
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Give Hameed a go, he cant be worse to watch than Sibley or Burns. But all our
successful top order batters are in the odi squads, where they learn to slog
and forget how to defend. Isnt Bairstow in the side as a batter? his record in
tests recently is probably shite, but probably no worse than Sibs burns and
crawly. Surely they should have prioritised Stokes for the test series not
some poxy odi thrash vs pakistan.
successful top order batters are in the odi squads, where they learn to slog
and forget how to defend. Isnt Bairstow in the side as a batter? his record in
tests recently is probably shite, but probably no worse than Sibs burns and
crawly. Surely they should have prioritised Stokes for the test series not
some poxy odi thrash vs pakistan.
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he was only in the' poxy odi thrash' because of the covid precautions taking out the first squad
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I’d be surprised if we see him for the Ashes, given the circumstances.
No idea how we balance the side now. At least we have a viable keeper-batsman (or two) for this series. Obviously no 5-man attack options without a genuine all-rounder and with such a fragile top six, I suppose Curran is a genuine number 8 but hard to see him making the side unless we go in without a spinner, given Anderson and Broad still pick themselves and they will want the extra pace of Wood.
No idea how we balance the side now. At least we have a viable keeper-batsman (or two) for this series. Obviously no 5-man attack options without a genuine all-rounder and with such a fragile top six, I suppose Curran is a genuine number 8 but hard to see him making the side unless we go in without a spinner, given Anderson and Broad still pick themselves and they will want the extra pace of Wood.
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Oi, good to see some decent cricket on the horizon. Go England.
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Indeed. C'mon England.
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Curran could almost make himself a 7, but the problem then is Wood, Broad, Anderson are almost a crocodile's tail without a specialist spinner sent in with hurried instructions to bat as high as 8.
If Moeen were up to speed, it wouldn't be a problem.
Bess doesn't really convince me, still, with ball never mind bat.
Leach, joking apart, is a bit high at 8.
I still like Rashid for Australian conditions, but he's a Number 9 or 10 too.
I'd like to think they give Mahmood a shot before Australia. Even if that means alternating Broad and Anderson. He has genuine pace, good accuracy and threat.
Worries also abound at the top of the order. Burns, Sibley, Crawley... Bairstow, Pope, Lawrence too ... despite the occasional high score, fortunately surviving or not, they have all looked wonky af quite a lot in the few last Tests England have played (in India, and vs NZ).
If Moeen were up to speed, it wouldn't be a problem.
Bess doesn't really convince me, still, with ball never mind bat.
Leach, joking apart, is a bit high at 8.
I still like Rashid for Australian conditions, but he's a Number 9 or 10 too.
I'd like to think they give Mahmood a shot before Australia. Even if that means alternating Broad and Anderson. He has genuine pace, good accuracy and threat.
Worries also abound at the top of the order. Burns, Sibley, Crawley... Bairstow, Pope, Lawrence too ... despite the occasional high score, fortunately surviving or not, they have all looked wonky af quite a lot in the few last Tests England have played (in India, and vs NZ).
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Rashid a 9 or 10? He has 10 FC centuries to his name! Think it’s a moo point as he’s long since been consigned to a white ball specialist role and that’s not likely to change at 33.
We have more seamers than we know what to do with, but desperately need to find a backup batting all-rounder. As it stands, Root’s probably going to end up having to fill that role himself with Leach the one sacrificed.
We have more seamers than we know what to do with, but desperately need to find a backup batting all-rounder. As it stands, Root’s probably going to end up having to fill that role himself with Leach the one sacrificed.
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Cricket and Olympic Athletics on the box tonight. Grouse.
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Sweeeeeeeeettttttt!!!!!!
Great time to be in lockdown. From Monday however.....
Great time to be in lockdown. From Monday however.....
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As I suspected, Leach does miss out.
Thinking about it, though, we do have a batting all-rounder, his name’s Moeen Ali… he’s made 5 Test centuries and has a FC average in the high 30s. And he’s not in the frame at the moment despite the need to balance this side.
Scurran and Tommy R play, with Wood also benched. So no pace and no spin, wall-to-wall fast-medium sameness. This is going to be hard work in the field unless it swings round corners… we’re batting first, though, so we probably won’t find out how big a mistake that was until the afternoon session.
Thinking about it, though, we do have a batting all-rounder, his name’s Moeen Ali… he’s made 5 Test centuries and has a FC average in the high 30s. And he’s not in the frame at the moment despite the need to balance this side.
Scurran and Tommy R play, with Wood also benched. So no pace and no spin, wall-to-wall fast-medium sameness. This is going to be hard work in the field unless it swings round corners… we’re batting first, though, so we probably won’t find out how big a mistake that was until the afternoon session.
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It’s so strange that Jasprit has only played 20 Tests.
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Aye, seems to have been around for much longer than that. I remember seeing him bowling in South Arica (first time I'd seen him) and thought then that he had something special.
Anywho, 1-37 after 19??? Good bowling?? Tavare-like batting??? What, what what???
And no Ashtray?? WTF??
Anywho, 1-37 after 19??? Good bowling?? Tavare-like batting??? What, what what???
And no Ashtray?? WTF??
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Well, lose a wicket in the first over and you have to shut up shop. Sibley is rarely anything but Tavare-like anyway.
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Haven’t been following it that closely, with more exciting things going on in Tokyo.
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Sibley’s 18* is the lowest score for an England opener batting through a full uninterrupted first session of a Test since a player called Chris in the ‘80s… but his surname was Smith, not Tavare.
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He dodged a bit of a bullet on the last ball before lunch.
I thought it was plumb but the Ump didn't. DRS showed just clipping top of middle.
I thought it was plumb but the Ump didn't. DRS showed just clipping top of middle.
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Dom Tavare didn't last long after Lunch.
Neph looks in good touch. Apparently* Jonny has been in fine nick in the hit & giggle stuuff but hasn't played an FC game this season.
Neph looks in good touch. Apparently* Jonny has been in fine nick in the hit & giggle stuuff but hasn't played an FC game this season.
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Hardly any of them have.
If you bat that slowly you have to go on and make it count, and they haven’t done so. Up to the old guard to get us to something halfway competitive.
Interesting to see DH preferred to Cheese at number 6 by the way. Not sure if injury was a factor.
If you bat that slowly you have to go on and make it count, and they haven’t done so. Up to the old guard to get us to something halfway competitive.
Interesting to see DH preferred to Cheese at number 6 by the way. Not sure if injury was a factor.
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Jonny Be Good is out just before Tea.
England 4-138 at Scones.
Root with need to hold fast against a very disciplined Bannie attack after Tea.
England 4-138 at Scones.
Root with need to hold fast against a very disciplined Bannie attack after Tea.
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