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Annoyingly good partnership here . Ollie rob has cleaned out a million tail Enders . This isn’t quite over . No more mistakes tho

About that declaration …..

I fear this one has gone . We’ve made too many mistakes .

If arguably England’s greatest ever batsman hadn’t been at the crease, you’d have a good point there. That said the wacky declaration is not top of the list of reasons why we will probably lose this match. Bairstow’s fumbles have been disastrous. Still, in Robbo we trust.

How immune does that make you from the chop? Someone would have to make way

And Foakes is a decent bat too. No Johnny bairstow but a decent eight with Moeen at seven. Not sure who you drop though. The most out of form bat is….stokes. Given he’s undroppable, I wouldn’t cry if Pope missed out.

We have quality players but already we’ve made a questionable declaration and half a dozen schoolboy errors. Occasional moments of inspiration, mixed with raggedness, won’t be enough to beat this ultra solid Aussie team. If we tighten up, then we can take them.

Im not against the approach in general , but the chances of us taking wickets were a long shot in those conditions. It was gambling for gambling‘s sake, and I wonder if Stoke is underestimating the aussies. If they play as they can they will punish us. we will need every run we can get. And...

50 is about right. That declaration will look silly very soon.