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oh i agree with you about the spinner its just they don't seem to trust Monty to bowl much so whats the point of having him in the team to bowl a few overs here and there. Also i with your team suggestion i would probably put Stokes at 6 as he has has shown some form (more than the rest) and...

I had a thought that as the team don't seem to trust monty and would rather bowl root instead at times why not forget about picking a specialist spinner. Then you could have 3 seamers plus stokes and then 5 other batsmen. That leaves two places for the WK (bairstow) and either another batsman or...

I agree, i think it is his batting which will make or break him.

i think Root and Stokes will be around for a while as they show good promise. Whether Bairstow will make it depends on how much time he is given, I thought he did ok in the context of the series, in as far as he wasn't any worse than any of the others and we need a new WK at some point in the...

I know its not the only issue and simplifying the issue but are we missing the graft and ability to stick around of Collingwood more than we thought? We did seem to have found that with Trott for a bit but without someone like that does the rest of the batting line-up feel over pressured and...

Just had a look back at the results from 06/07 and you're right. The 4th and 5th tests i must have completely forgotten however i think the difference was there were actual positives that could come out of tests 1 and 3 in that they scored 350+ in the second innings on both occasions against a...

Thing is what i remember of that 06/07 series is that we generally matched them quite well but then would have a really bad day that gave each test to Australia, agreed we didn't play well but not as hopelessly as this time. This time we haven't even competed or have i blotted the pain out of...

That's a bit harsh, they're going along at over 3 an over and cook is scoring a run a ball. Carberry although on 1 has scored a couple of fours that have gone down as leg byes

There's no rush to score runs, just get themselves in, let the ball soften up and then the runs will come. I think it's chanderpaul who scores his first 30-50 runs really slowly and then starts to motor once he has his eye in.

I always think monty looks like he can bat but then doesn't score any runs.

He's less erratic than he has been and I think he has been helped by the bowling unit with him bowling very accurately meaning he has less pressure to bowl tight and just bowl as fast and as hostile as he can. On a different note, is Johnson wearing some kind of sports bra?