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Post by beamer Wed 21 Jul 2021, 14:05

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…

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Post by skully Thu 22 Jul 2021, 01:25

Bring it on.

C'mon England.
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Post by JGK Thu 22 Jul 2021, 02:44

How bad is Archer's injury?

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Post by beamer Thu 22 Jul 2021, 09:06

He’s playing a bit of T20 but says he’s a month away from full fitness.

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Post by beamer Fri 30 Jul 2021, 18:34

Stokes taking an indefinite break. India must be massive favourites for this now.

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Post by Lost Wombat Fri 30 Jul 2021, 23:25

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.
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Post by embee Sat 31 Jul 2021, 02:39

he was only in the' poxy odi thrash' because of the covid precautions taking out the first squad
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Post by beamer Sat 31 Jul 2021, 08:48

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.

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Post by lardbucket Sun 01 Aug 2021, 01:10

Oi, good to see some decent cricket on the horizon. Go England.

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Post by skully Sun 01 Aug 2021, 01:39

Indeed. C'mon England.
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Post by PeterCS Mon 02 Aug 2021, 01:34

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).
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Post by beamer Mon 02 Aug 2021, 08:50

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.

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Post by skully Wed 04 Aug 2021, 04:56

Cricket and Olympic Athletics on the box tonight. Grouse.
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Post by JGK Wed 04 Aug 2021, 09:14

Sweeeeeeeeettttttt!!!!!!

Great time to be in lockdown. From Monday however.....

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Post by beamer Wed 04 Aug 2021, 10:44

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.

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Post by JGK Wed 04 Aug 2021, 11:31

It’s so strange that Jasprit has only played 20 Tests.

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Post by skully Wed 04 Aug 2021, 12:37

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??
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Post by beamer Wed 04 Aug 2021, 12:39

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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Post by skully Wed 04 Aug 2021, 12:42

Cheers beams.
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Post by beamer Wed 04 Aug 2021, 12:43

Haven’t been following it that closely, with more exciting things going on in Tokyo.

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Post by beamer Wed 04 Aug 2021, 13:15

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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Post by skully Wed 04 Aug 2021, 13:33

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.
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Post by skully Wed 04 Aug 2021, 14:11

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.
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Post by beamer Wed 04 Aug 2021, 14:51

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.

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Post by skully Wed 04 Aug 2021, 15:46

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.
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