The Dark Knight wrote:batmanbegins wrote:Brodlach wrote:tigerpie wrote:[quote="The Dark Knight"]England have named there team for the second test and there's one change, Moeen Ali out who is replaced by Josh Tongue.
Four seamers (five if you count Stokes), that's not going to help England's over rate if Australia bat time.
It looks pretty green a couple of days out so should have some pace in it.
Can't help thinking a green wicket helps us more than them.
Jimmy will be a bit happier though.
Just saw the pitch on the news, they’ve taken a lot of grass off and looks brown now
Also weakens their batting
Are we taking the piss? Surely Wood has to play ahead of Tounge and if it's a green seamer then Woakes should play ahead of Tounge. That's a terrible selection, Tounge was like 8th in line before injuries and he took advantage of playing Ireland who are the equivalent of 2nd Div county team.
Time will tell obviously on how Tongue goes but yes I thought Wood, Potts and Woakes were all easily ahead of him.[/quote]Potts has 30 wickets this season for Durham in Div 2.
Josh Tongue plays for Worcestershire also in Div 2 isn't listed in the top 15. To be fair seeing as he's played against Ireland probably missed the last 2 championship rounds.