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2nd Investec Test Match - England v West Indies - Headingly



Titanic

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Chris Woakes has been named in the team for the Second Investec Test against West Indies at Headingley.

Woakes, who sustained a side strain on 1st June, has been recalled in place of Toby Roland-Jones.

Woakes took five wickets and scored 53 in his first game back for Warwickshire earlier this month.

England team for second Test against West Indies:

Joe Root (Yorkshire, captain)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Alastair Cook (Essex)
Dawid Malan (Middlesex)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Mark Stoneman (Surrey)
Tom Westley (Essex)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
 


Titanic

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We can only hope, but realistically not expect, the WIndies find some sort of passion and form and make this into a contest fit to be called a Test Match.
 












Finchley Seagull

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He's going to Australia now, so better for the squad to see how Woakes is doing. Tough to miss out on some cheap wickets, but he'll be in the squad for some time to come I suspect.

Agreed. Wonder if both Woakes and Roland-Jones will play in the third test if England win this one. Give Anderson and/or Broad a rest and have the option to see how others do.
 








Gwylan

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Yeah, it's a bit of a concern for the batting line-up. Malan failed against SA but scored easy runs against the Windies. If he scores more, he'd be hard to leave out but batting against Starc and co on a fast, bouncy track is a different matter. The same applies, to a certain extent, to Stoneman and Westley too - what happens if none of them can cope with the Aussies?
 


Postman Pat

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Glad this is a normal test so we can move past the whole day/night hysteria.

Agreed. Wonder if both Woakes and Roland-Jones will play in the third test if England win this one. Give Anderson and/or Broad a rest and have the option to see how others do.

Given the 'strength' of the windies we could have probably rested them for the whole series and had a proper look at all of the seam options. Also maybe Bairstow opening and Moeen batting higher up.
 




Finchley Seagull

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Given the 'strength' of the windies we could have probably rested them for the whole series and had a proper look at all of the seam options. Also maybe Bairstow opening and Moeen batting higher up.

Probably but we don't want to seem disrespectful I would think. I imagine they will want to get the series won and then experiment.
 










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Open the bowling with Cook? Even things out a bit.
 










maltaseagull

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Yeah, it's a bit of a concern for the batting line-up. Malan failed against SA but scored easy runs against the Windies. If he scores more, he'd be hard to leave out but batting against Starc and co on a fast, bouncy track is a different matter. The same applies, to a certain extent, to Stoneman and Westley too - what happens if none of them can cope with the Aussies?

Same as 2013–14 I expect. :(
 



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