Day 1 of the best contest in sport.
Bring. It. On...
Bring. It. On...
Been quiet over there too according to my matesSuch a low key build up to this in the media, I know we’ve had the 50 over World Cup, but surely THIS is the big one?
Anyway I’m excited. Please bat properly England.
Worried here to be honest. Strange England have been so candid with the press. Denly announcing Root would be batting at 3 just strikes me as odd. Just walk out at 3, why give the opposition more information than you need to?
Leaving Archer out is also a big decision. He reminds me of KP in 2005 who hadn't played a test but impressed in ODIs. Need that spark of the unknown sometimes.
Stokes gets a place as a batsmen even if he wasn't bowling, so you could drop Denly, move everyone up the order and have a 4 man pace attack with Stokes as a 5th seamer. Think this team demonstrates how worried we are about our top order. Roy - Burns - Root - Bairstow - Stokes - Buttler - Moeen - Woakes - Archer - Broad - Jimmy would have been my XI.
That just seems like a very, very long lower middle order though.
Not that there is anyone else to pick as a proper batsman. Honestly I'd have gone for someone similar to Luke Wells. That might sound rediculous but just choose someone with a decent technique who knows how to bat properly in first class cricket. He doesn't have to be a world beater, just make sure he has the right head on him and sound technique. The recalling of Mike Brearley would be a similar decision.
The Essex opener Nick Browne, who averages over 40 in FC cricket.
That just seems like a very, very long lower middle order though.
Not that there is anyone else to pick as a proper batsman. Honestly I'd have gone for someone similar to Luke Wells. That might sound rediculous but just choose someone with a decent technique who knows how to bat properly in first class cricket. He doesn't have to be a world beater, just make sure he has the right head on him and sound technique. The recalling of Mike Brearley would be a similar decision.
Is the correct answer. Anyway, it's a moot point. Let's ****ing smash the cheating convict ********! [emoji23]The Essex opener Nick Browne, who averages over 40 in FC cricket.
This.Let's smash these twats.
Wells wouldn't score against the Dog and Duck Seconds right now - he's horribly out of form,
Sam Northeast has been knocking on England's door for some time and is having a good season. Personally, I've always been staggered that James Hildreth has never played internationally; he scores runs every year. I know he bats on the Taunton road but he looks class - he's probably too old now