Road to the 2017-18 Ashes in Australia

[flibbertyjibber]

Rashid might actually be a better use of a spot than another **** fast bowler who's going to get spanked anyway. If he bowls well he can take some big wickets, if he is **** then just don't bowl him anymore.

We will take Crane anyway, there must be a reason Rashid has been ignored this summer and that is they don't rate him for test cricket. Will play all the pyjama stuff though as he is easily the best spinner we have in that form.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Remember when England's specialist spinner was Scott Borthwick

 

[Burgey]

Traveling home on QF450 this afternoon they had Ashes Memories on the entertainment app, and I was able to watch the time they had Richard Dawson as their front line spinner.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Why has this thread title suddenly had the words "in Australia" added on the end. To avoid confusion with the other Ashes in Guatemala?

 

[Starfighter]

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https://www.facebook.com/NathanLyonAppreciationPage/videos/1554648481244606/

So weird seeing video of him from when he actually had some hair on that head.

 

[Adders]

So weird seeing video of him from when he actually had some hair on that head.

Still an ugly **** though.

 

[Burgey]

GOAT z

 

[S.Kennedy]

Remember when England's specialist spinner was Scott Borthwick

Who developed as an excellent number three following that Ashes, then went to Surrey to improve his spin and get more overs and is now playing for the Surrey Seconds. A reminder that moving club is often a disaster.

 

[Gnske]

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https://www.facebook.com/NathanLyonAppreciationPage/videos/1554648481244606/

Never forgetti the Gabba memed this man into a national icon overnight.

Truly the most powerful stadium in Australia.

 

[Adders]

Never forgetti the Gabba memed this man into a national icon overnight.

Truly the most powerful stadium in Australia.

Yeah nah....unless if by "most powerful" you mean the "the biggest toilet"

 

[Gnske]

Chennai has a stadium last I checked

 

[flicked46]

Hi - new joiner to the forum. My team for the Ashes, slightly controversiall but lots of options 7 bowlers, 2 spinners and bat to 9:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Moeen Ali
Woakes
Broad
Roland-Jones
Anderson
Crane

 

[Groundking]

Hi - new joiner to the forum. My team for the Ashes, slightly controversiall but lots of options 7 bowlers, 2 spinners and bat to 9:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Moeen Ali
Woakes
Broad
Roland-Jones
Anderson
Crane

That's not batting to 9, that's batting to 7

 

[flicked46]

Maybe I was being a bit generous to Broad and TRJ . Still think that top six is good enough for the Aussie bowling attack, have to get the bulk of the runs there.

 

[flicked46]

Although they have both scored first class hundreds and Broad's highest is 169 v Pakistan

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah it's funny, Stokes, Bairstow and Ali all don't look out of place alone in the top 6 but you shove all 3 of them there and it looks a little shakey. however at least its an english top 6 with no scrubs for once

 

[MW1304]

Finn might have just bought himself an Ashes ticket.

And at the same time Hameed, according to the scorecard, carries his bat. Only not really, he went off retired hurt before coming back out at 11. Hopefully that doesn't take him out of contention through injury.

Still have absolutely no idea how a chunk of this squad will look.

 

[Tom Flint]

Cook
Hameed
Stoneman
Root
Hales
Stokes
Bairstow
Ali
Woakes
Broad
Anderson

 

[Howe_zat]

Hi - new joiner to the forum. My team for the Ashes, slightly controversiall but lots of options 7 bowlers, 2 spinners and bat to 9:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Moeen Ali
Woakes
Broad
Roland-Jones
Anderson
Crane

Why would a seventh bowler, y'know, help?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hi - new joiner to the forum. My team for the Ashes, slightly controversiall but lots of options 7 bowlers, 2 spinners and bat to 9:

Cook
Hameed
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Moeen Ali
Woakes
Broad
Roland-Jones
Anderson
Crane

Funny cause it looks ridiculous at first, but when you think about it, it's a very inventive way of overcoming the lack of quality English batsmen. Just pick more bowlers.

However this team would only really make sense if you don't rate Stokes or Moeen as bowling options in Australia at all (and hence need the other bowlers), and are effectively playing them as batsmen.