Search results

Ignore me. Wood out.

2nd great catch from Bairstow this series. His keeping has come on a long way.

We don't need 5 seamers and there's not another batsman knocking down the door I think playing 2 spinners is another nod to getting a team ready to compete in the subcontinent. If we are serious about being better in those conditions then we have to go out there with experienced players...

I actually agree with what you say about Woakes improvement but for me Woakes replaces one of Broad or Anderson in the current team. We need a fast, slingy bowler like Wood, especially in the subcontinent. Wood asks a completely different question from the other 4.

I love Woakes but I prefer the look of this attack without him. I think a slingy, proper fast bowler like Wood is going to be worth more to us than Woakes extra runs. Stokes, Anderson and Broad are undroppable at present. Nice problem to have anyhow.

Much of a muchness. Both of them have got dodgy techniques that have been exposed at the top level. Root knows and likes Ballance, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now. I agree that playing an out of form Habib could have been bad for his long term development but I'm looking to get...