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The Ashes - now live

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posted on 7/1/22

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If Wood's fit next summer, I don't see Curran playing ahead of him.

posted on 7/1/22

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
I like Vince. He was unlucky to lose his place last time considering his last innings as a test player he got 70 odd. Not many lose their places after making that score.

i wonder why batsmen get more flexibility in terms of their obvious weaknesses and how conditions impact those weaknesses. We got to India with x amount of spinners and knowing that quick bowlers may not get as much out of the wickets, yet we have very little flelxibility when it comes to how players bat on certain pitches. Keaton Jennings has a decent record in the sub continent. So play him ahead of Burns over there. James Vince on pitches that don't offer as much sideways movement and have good bounce will score runs. He won't in England in April against bowlers who swing it. England play Curran ahead of Wood because they suit the pitches/environment more, why not do that with the batting,,,,,
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It's a legitimate question. It seems (potentially with some justification) that the management think batters suffer more for being in and out of the team and need more consistency to avoid losing form.

Then again all our bats are constantly struggling for form, so it doesn't ever seem as though we have the luxury to pick in-form specialists.

posted on 7/1/22

The 'bowling squad' idea is as much to do with managing fitness as anything else.

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Was Curren never considered for this series?

posted on 7/1/22

*Curran

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 7/1/22

OK fair enough

Well played Bairstow

Must have heard me swearing at the team

posted on 7/1/22

Imagine my surprise when I got up this morning and the game wasn’t over. It was 36-4 when I hit the sack.

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Pope is going to keep wicket due to injuries to Buttler and Bairstow (who will still bat).

posted on 7/1/22

More brainless batting

posted on 7/1/22

Oh Leachy


Stick to the cover drives

posted on 7/1/22

Leach had been looking OK but got too ambitious and is out.

posted on 7/1/22

You just knew we'd lose a early wicket ....

posted on 7/1/22

comment by junction8 (U1074)
posted less than a minute ago
You just knew we'd lose a early wicket ....
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Would say that 10 mins in is pretty good going by our standards.

posted on 7/1/22

Great knock bat bad dismissal for bairstow

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*but

posted on 7/1/22

Disappointing dismissal for Bairstow to end a fine innings.

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The classic Jimmy sweep

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Jimmy and Broad to crawl us over the 300 mark for the first time

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Or not

posted on 7/1/22

Boland the #1 bowler in the world atm 😂

posted on 7/1/22

A poor (if predictable) morning. Surely at least a few more runs could have been ground out.

posted on 7/1/22

Road batted like he was 150*

Was rotating Johnny off strike, no game plan.

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