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Not a bad bowler as well
....I'm just repeating what others have said.
1) Can't wait for Bayliss to go.
2) I would trade the World Cup for a top 3 test team/couldn't care if we never win the thing again
3) Root should resign after this series. It's on course to be 10 ashes tests, 0 wins.
The ECB need to change it around. I've noticed that during every test this series, *most* days as soon as the final ball is bowled, the Sky Sports cricket channel buggers off to some T20 Blast game.
and next year we have The Hundred. Any England player with Test match ambitions worth their salt should refuse to play.
On the plus side...Leach has looked the best England spinner since Swann retired and Stokes bowled his heart out today.
Test Cricket is one of my main passions in life. If i had the money I would follow the England team around the world each year watching test cricket. Today was the first time I can honestly remember turning it off.
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Suddenly Cook's average as opener in both series doesn't look so bad.
The ECB are changing things around: that's part of the problem!
I hope T-Hun falls flat on its arse and the ECB end up looking even more fucking stupid and greedy than they did over Stanford.
Joe Root captaining world cup winning England, on his home ground, on a sunny day with Aus on the ropes without thier best batsman and just 179 to chase, opportunity to rest the bowlers for a day and a half ready to blitz the third innings. It was set up perfectly for the win, a dream. Even a mediocre batting performance with a couple of half centuries would have been enough to at least level the scores. But no, we get this pathetic dribble and not one of them had the stones to come out and talk to TMS after the day's play, man up you spineless fools.
However as I like to be optimistic and enthusiastic about most things in life...
If England can get the last 4 wickets down for 20-30 runs and have 310 or so to chase then they have 2 1/2 days to patiently chase it down and win. It is distinctly possible, if it were Australia in this position they would fancy their chances and have a valiant go. It will take a remarkable, nigh on impossible turnaround from England and require 2 or 3 batsmen to really show exceptional patience and skill to get there and need all the lineup to contribute, but it is possible.
I can't believe that I'm hoping beyond hope a professional national Test team can score just 300 runs in a 2 1/2 day innings on home ground and that it sounds like a ridiculous fantasy.
If they do it, all is forgiven. If not, my weekend, month and year are all ruined.
Listening to tears For Fears Sowing The Seeds Of Love loud through headphones has cheered me up. "Anything is possible sowing the seeds of love"
I hate you Buttler.
But yeah, I said I'd have him opening the batting at the start of the series on the basis that he had scored runs at international level, knows how to handle a bat, and his bowling would be more than useful. At the very worst, he'd have matched the 49 runs Roy has contributed this series.
Something else I'd like to add which you already addressed is the appointment of Ed Smith, which IMO is the issue of cronyism which seems to rotting English cricket.
Genuinely I can't even think of any other sport where two of the highest ranked positions in the game have gone to people with absolutely no experience (Ed Smith & Andy Strauss)
You maybe right about Curran to open - I've heard some of the R5 pundits support this - They see him more as a long term batsman who can bowl a bit, more than an all-rounder
I think that assuming we don't win this match, then the 4th and 5th test matches need to be also about long term planning and the Africa tour - With that in mind where does this fit in with Anderson, Broad and Denley
A lot of questions - Not sure the answers are there
In short how to loose the Ashes in one session on Friday morning
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