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Depressing thought: we have almost half the team who are either out of (red ball) form or simply do not have the class to play test cricket: Denley, Roy, Buttler, Bairstow, Moeen. (And our greatest bowler is crocked.) Rather more depressing thought: there is hardly a queue of obvious...

Good call. But Bairstow is hardly nailed on either? If Foakes is the 'keeper do we need the flame haired Yorkie?

Indeed. Apparently Burns will now bat on all 4 days of the Test. That's good -and even better if he's still batting by the end of the 4th day! But I recall Boycs batting on every day of a 5 day test. It was beyond dire. Many Test matches back in the day were often effectively stalemates, not...

Wanted: England qualified spinner. We'll probably only know how bad Moeen was when we see Lyon's figures tomorrow. (Perhaps Moeen can do it with the bat and save the match. Sincerely hope so as he seems a genuinely good guy,)

Aussies win toss and bat. Consensus in commentary box was that it's a good toss to lose. We'll see.