batmanbegins wrote:Corona Man wrote:The Bedge wrote:With the Aussies 2-0, I'd like to see Neser given one more game, and rest Starc ahead of the remaining two tests.
Cummins in, Starc out.
I think Harris plays the whole series - if they were going to consider Khawaja for an opening spot, he would've started the series given he was one of the inform bats in the country.
Unfortunately for Hunt and Street there is no red ball cricket at the moment to help push claims, and they're quite young still so cant see them being thrown in the deep end. Would've been good to see England A stick around and play more tour matches against Australia A during the Ashes.
For England you'd think Wood comes in, and I would look at maybe Lawrence as the spinner to spin away from the lefties. Whilst most senior, you'd have to consider Anderson being left out, he just didn't look like his former self in this test.
How Bairstow is watching from the sidelines is beyond me.. and Crawley probably should be added. I'm dropping Pope and Hameed for Bairstow and Crawley
Hard to argue any of those calls Bedge. Good work.
Lawrence is a batter that's a decent back up spinner, similar to root. Bess will come in as the main offie would be my guess. I agree with the batting switches, although if you have seen Bairstow the last few years in tests you would know why he ain't playing, has a huge gaping hole through bat and pad and continuously gets bowled. I'd rather Bess comes in for Woakes then Jimmy, Woakes the bowler is just not good enough in Australia. Wood will come in for Jimmy or Broady, really don't mind either way but Wood just needs to play.
Will be interesting to see if Buttler retains his spot in the team? I guess after his innings yesterday he probably will now but Bairstow is a chance to come in to take the gloves.
I can understand why England have gone with Pope ahead of Bairstow but now Pope is the most likely guy to be dropped, perhaps for Lawrence.
Zac Crawley has made 156 runs in 14 innings this year averaging 11.14, will be tough for him coming into the team to open the batting on the back of no match practice.
Wood should come back in and will be interesting to see if Bess comes in or they give Leach another go.
There's just so much not working for England it must be hard to pick an 11 that has any stability at the moment.
For the Aussies, Cummins in for Neser and I expect Hazlewood to play so maybe Starc will be rested like others have mentioned above.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:50 am