Starfighter
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Do you mean in this case, or in general?
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*Official* Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 2018
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Bijed
International Regular
Bowling aside, you could replace one of the worse specialist batsmen in the side atm with Woakes and I reckon it'd be at worst a sideways step batting wise.
Moeen will probably be back before too long, but I think it'll do him some good to have had some time away from the test scene, though I wouldn't really want him back until he's played a few county matches.
As for the home/away argument for leaving out these two, we've basically improved our home/away consistency by making us win fewer tests at home, i.e closer to the number we win away
Moeen will probably be back before too long, but I think it'll do him some good to have had some time away from the test scene, though I wouldn't really want him back until he's played a few county matches.
As for the home/away argument for leaving out these two, we've basically improved our home/away consistency by making us win fewer tests at home, i.e closer to the number we win away
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Because the selectors are ********.
S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
Averages 5.83 from six innings this season!
Heboric
International Debutant
Starfighter
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Is that better or worse than last season?
They should drop Broad just for the giggles.
flibbertyjibber
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Not recovered any form after breaking his finger against India. Good thing is he is so young there is plenty of time for him to come again.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Has been a while since I have watched Pakistan play, so it’s a good to see them win.
Moonsorrow999
U19 Debutant
Cause all through the winter they were criticised for not having any pace and now they're trying to over compensate by picking a guy who apparently has pace but in practice never ever produces that in the test arena and has very poor ODI and test records. What would happen if they picked Porter and he sucked? They'd get hammered cause he's just the same as everything else, England have no variety.
Borges
International Regular
He may have been a good pick for playing on Australian wickets; those guys can't produce a decent cricket pitch even if you put a gun to their pet kangaroo's head.
On second thoughts, maybe it's the kangaroo that oversees the preparation of test match pitches over there; maybe putting a gun to its head wouldn't be such a bad idea.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Bayliss has advanced a culture of attacking batsmanship that has worked wonders in the LO scene. In test cricket, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Buttler play a brand of cricket that maynot be ideal against a swinging ball. Ideally your top 4 should have solid defensive technique - and slow cricket should be the first option for them until and unless the team is in a safe situation when pushing for quick runs can cause little harm. tbh Root has a good defensive technique, but as a modern cross-format batsman he doesn't display that skill very often. Unfortunately only an aging Cook plays that way. England needs a couple of batsmen to play the role that Jonathan Trott used to. Even a Nick Compton would do in the current scenario.
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Groundking
International Debutant
No, Nick Compton was an abject failure in every single way.
Xuhaib
International Coach
Very good bowler though not as good Asif who was on target to reach Pollock level greatness if not McGrath if he had kept his straight and I am not talking just about the spot fixing scandal I have seldom seen a bowler getting top class batsman out with so many jaffas.
Abbas is a very consistent wicket to wicket bowler he does not bowl as many unplayable balls as Asif or Phialnder however he is always at the batsman and gives them no opportunity to relax at any stage. I have still doubts over his long term impact with the Kokkaburra ball on flat pitches when batsmen have worked out some plans against him but nevertheless a very good addition in the squad and will play a pivotal role in overseas tours.
Mr Miyagi
Banned
I'm not saying you're right, I'm not saying you're wrong. But I like the way you think. It reminds me of DK Lillee saying he would have got better results if he had bowled in the channel with line and length like Hadlee but that he just just lacked the discipline to.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/lillee-was-the-best-bowler-i-played-against-20111027-1mm7c.html
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Flem274*
123/5
it's not over-aggression that's killing england, it's not being very good in general
i missed this test but you could drive a bus through the gaps between bat in pad that were discovered down under, and some of them seem to have completely forgotten where off stump is judging by how often they nick off in the channel
i missed this test but you could drive a bus through the gaps between bat in pad that were discovered down under, and some of them seem to have completely forgotten where off stump is judging by how often they nick off in the channel
