Painter Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/23/joe-root-confident-he-can-bang-out-hundred-england-look-to-hit-back-ashes-third-test-melbourne All well and good if Root can "bang out a hundred". What about the others? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, Painter said: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/23/joe-root-confident-he-can-bang-out-hundred-england-look-to-hit-back-ashes-third-test-melbourne All well and good if Root can "bang out a hundred". What about the others? After the year Root has had it wouldn't surprise me if he hits a lean patch soon. It's happened to Kohli recently. Can't be expected to constantly carry the burden when others aren't playing well. Luckily for Kohli he has a superb quality batting line up, unlike us. Needs to drop the captaincy, and if he's interested, I'd get Morgan in to replace Pope at 5/6 and take over the captaincy. He's way better at it than anyone else we have at international level. Good field settings and uses his bowlers well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 2 hours ago, galenkia said: After the year Root has had it wouldn't surprise me if he hits a lean patch soon. It's happened to Kohli recently. Can't be expected to constantly carry the burden when others aren't playing well. Luckily for Kohli he has a superb quality batting line up, unlike us. Needs to drop the captaincy, and if he's interested, I'd get Morgan in to replace Pope at 5/6 and take over the captaincy. He's way better at it than anyone else we have at international level. Good field settings and uses his bowlers well. We need to try something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 25 minutes ago, Starshine said: We need to try something Encourage some batsmen to get over 50 and the rest to get into double figures? Get the bowlers to adapt to Australian conditions, the wickets are a little different to the ones at home. In other words earn the money they are paid to play the game, not just turn up. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 England ring the changes for the 3rd test,out go Burns,Pope,Woakes & Broad. In come Crawley,Bairstow,Wood & Leach. Probably won't make a great deal of difference but you never know. Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, Jimmy Anderson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 4 hours ago, coxyhog said: England ring the changes for the 3rd test,out go Burns,Pope,Woakes & Broad. In come Crawley,Bairstow,Wood & Leach. Probably won't make a great deal of difference but you never know. Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, Jimmy Anderson So we get rid of the only decent lower order batsmen/bowler we got (Woakes) and bring in a spinner who went for 10 an over first match (Leach). And drop one out of form batsman (Pope) and bring in another out of form batsman (Crawley). That should do it!!. Please let them prove me wrong!. Shows how fucking awful our test squad is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 1 hour ago, galenkia said: So we get rid of the only decent lower order batsmen/bowler we got (Woakes) and bring in a spinner who went for 10 an over first match (Leach). And drop one out of form batsman (Pope) and bring in another out of form batsman (Crawley). That should do it!!. Please let them prove me wrong!. Shows how fucking awful our test squad is. Crawley and Leach 🙈 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Easy to slag them, but don’t think we really had any clear positive options in all honesty….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sangsom said: Easy to slag them, but don’t think we really had any clear positive options in all honesty….. Yep, we totally banjaxed...but...they might surprise us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Starshine said: Yep, we totally banjaxed...but...they might surprise us They just have to perform better it’s as simple as that. They aren’t as bad as they are currently performing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Be interested to see how they cope, and yes, change was needed. How many times has Bairstow been recalled, and then dropped again for whatever reason? When was the last time Crawley played a red ball competitive game? What happened to Dan Lawrence? This time last year he seemed to be in favour in Sri Lanka, and he could bowl a bit as well, I think? No answers needed, just thinking out loud. Be interested to see what the score is when I wake up tomorrow.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Sangsom said: Easy to slag them, but don’t think we really had any clear positive options in all honesty….. Apart from the English second 11 that is touring Australia and the odd five or ten playing in the BBL (Aussie T20 tournament). It is not like there was no one in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 The Aussies won the toss and elected to bowl. Lets see if the Poms can pull something out of the hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Starshine said: but...they might surprise us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, galenkia said: Hameed out second over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Malan is at bat in the first few overs, again. England 1-4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Starshine said: Hameed out second over 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Cummins is back!! 2 wickets! England 2 - 13 Root and Malan now have to go into rescue mode. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 FFS 2 already, one more and I’m going to bed….. 😒 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Chang_Paarp said: Cummins is back!! 2 wickets! England 2 - 13 Root and Malan now have to go into rescue mode. Can't say I expected any difference. Can't expect the same 2 players to dig you out the shit every time. Can't even say it's against a strong Aussie team. RIP Ashes 21/22. Well played Australia. Edited December 26, 2021 by galenkia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Malan gone on the cusp of lunch, Cummins strikes for a third time. England 3 - 61. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Root makes 50, then Stark has other ideas. England 4 - 82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Green's turn, Stokes gone for 25. England 5 - 115 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Jos Butler made 3, Lyon gets his first. England 6 - 128 Early tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) Boland got his first wicket in test cricket, Wood for 6 England 7 - 141 Edited December 26, 2021 by Chang_Paarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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