Sid in the Sharknado
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England win the toss and bat.
Still not picking a proper spinner
Stone in for Robinson. Excitingly long tail.
Still not picking a proper spinner
Stone in for Robinson. Excitingly long tail.
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[Cricket] England v New Zealand - 2nd Test - Edgbaston
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Cowfold Seagull
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It's the top end, and where the early runs are going to come from, that worries me.
Sid in the Sharknado
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50 for the first wicket
.That they've accelerated markedly over the last 30min or so says more about how slowly they started than anything else.
Lunch, Day One
England 67-0 (29 overs)
Burns 32* Sibley 31*
The first time in 10 years that the England openers have batted through a complete first session of a home Test match.
England 67-0 (29 overs)
Burns 32* Sibley 31*
The first time in 10 years that the England openers have batted through a complete first session of a home Test match.
Wow. What a damning stat that is!
- Apr 5, 2014
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It's the longest they have batted in a first innings of a home Test since 2009 !
Sibley and now Crawley for a duck gone straight after lunch.
Normal service is resumed.
73-2
Normal service is resumed.
73-2
Not totally convinced Crawley gets into the Sussex team with form like he's producing at the moment never mind the England one
and Joe Root nicks off for 4... 85-3 and on the skids. 
Postman Pat
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That "shot" by Crawley was appalling. Are his feet made of concrete or something?
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,582
Crawley
Cowfold Seagull
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Unless he comes up with something momentous in the 2nd innings, l'don't think we'll be seeing him for a while.
Crawley . . . . . I can bat better than that!
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
- 18,383
Take out that 267, Crawley averages 20 odd. Nowhere near good enough.
Root back up to 3 please.
Root back up to 3 please.
Hard disagree, leave Root where he is. IMHO the batsman who should be batting at 3 is Stokes, he's one of England's best players of seam bowling.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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England now have 7 weeks to work with their social media history tech bods to come up with Crawley's replacement.
Sid in the Sharknado
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The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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I think Stokes gives more balance at 4/5, he can play defensive and also attacking so you want him to be able to come in at 27/3 or 250/3, not early all the time, which let’s be honest the majority of the time our number 3 is out there early.
Root is our best batsman, I’ve always subscribed to having your best batsman at 3, tough one though I agree as his record is significantly better at 4 than 3 if I remember rightly.
Agree. IIRC Root's record at 3 is no where near as good as his record at 4. Leave him where he is, find a decent #3 to come in ahead of Root. I don't know if that's Stokes or not - does he have much of a record coming in to face a fresh new ball? Dunno, my general impression (which could well be very wrong!) is that he's more of an old-ball bully than a new-ball grafter.