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3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

morgieb

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Well we have done it against New Zealand, West Indies and Ireland in the last year or so it is not all that surprising.

Said we would have been bowled out for 50 yesterday....
Oh yeah, your batting has been disgraceful lately. Just that Australia seem more reknown for these collapses especially in England.
 

Justo

U19 Debutant
The best part about this collapse is that Pattinson will barely have any sort of a work out. Hopefully he'll be able to play the next two tests as well and bypass the rotation policy.
 

flibbertyjibber

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I take it back, Burgey was right.

We are terrible and losing to the worst Aussie side I can remember. Good bowling attack, awful batting and their only top player is missing this game.

Sooner we lose and sack Root the better.
 

wpdavid

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Pope being ignored? Roy being expected to succeed as a test opener? Those are selector issues. Is your point that they are forced to make funky decisions due to a lack of batting options in county cricket?
Pretty much your second point. The domestic system is a complete joke and has been for years. That's why we've barely seen a newcomer to the test team perform decently in the last 8 years. Root the obvious exception until now, and Stokes up to a point. Moeen and Bairstow to an even lesser extent. But that really is it since we reached number 1 eight years ago. Obviously Roy looks an absolutely ludicrous suggestion now, but all the discussions about this pre-series offered absolutely no alternatives from the county game. As others have pointed out, Pope has just played his first four-day game of the season.
 

Gnske

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If they don't make 85 I hope the mods will make allowance for greater bullying of the English posters.
 

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