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That was the two Hameed and Keaton Jennings have both gone off the radar now.

None of 'the experts' other than HKFC have come up with a name worth considering that could stick around and bat for some time if needed rather than the T20 rubbish slogging. It is now annoying me what was the name of 2 young openers everybody was raving about last year, I am sure they played...

Wasnt it said that he would be available in August for The Ashes.

But a better spin bowler than we have available, which is the important fact.

I think people are upset because we had this test won when Australia had 8 wickets down in the first innings but as usual we let them off, the hook and suffered as a result. Could they persuade Cook to come out of test retirement just for this series,? What happened to the 2 young openers...

Perhaps if he wasnt captain he would start to get near to Smith in his ability and consistency.

It is nowhere near the best contest in sport. Every sport has their own contender between two evenly matched teams or players

No as he is a specialist 1 day batsmen and shows it in test matches were he is not good enough. IMHO the biggest change has got to be remove Root from the captaincy and give it to ...........possibly Stokes. then perhaps Root can concentrate on his batting as he is supposed to be our main No...

Thanks for that I will look later during the evening.

Certain posters were quick to say I was ruining this thread with my lack of knowledge so I post a sensible question but none of the experts have come forward with suggestions.

It didnt but that was down to the sectors making a mistake. I wonder which bowler has captured Smiths wicket most times.

Perhaps Smith, Warner and Bancroift should have been banned for 5 years to give other teams a chance.

A poser for all the cricket experts on here. Who is there on the county circuit good enough for England and can bat for more than 30 mins with out trying to hit out as per T20.

I am afraid the writing is on the wall as we have a team of 1 day batsmen noit test batsmen just hope that we make tea to make a game of it.

If a century that takes 4+ hours was needed from Root or anybody today is the day. For all of my criticism of him Root seems the most likely to be able to do it.

Not a hope just bat the day out. This is test cricket not T20.

IIRC we were in a similar position some years ago, not sure who the opponents were and Peter May scored 285 putting on 400 with Colin Cowdrey to save the game.

They are the type of players that we need as a win is surely beyond us so just a matter of saving the game. Oh for a Trevor Bailey.

The major concern as regards batting must be Moeen Alli and Bairstow as both have been below their best in test matches recently. Perhaps they are both best suited to 1 day games

It will all depend on how Burns and Roy start the day if they can give us a good solid start we should be ok for a draw.