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*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

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91Jmay

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Root is such a joke at this point, imagine getting dropped on 54 and then still throwing your hands at the same delivery.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

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Good effort this from the bowler. Given the length of this spell I was going to ask who would take the new ball with Philander, but it may not matter now.

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And there's another, but an abysmal shot. Captain needs to have a word with him.
Buttler may as well have a swing now.
 
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Gnske

Gnske

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Just as I was talking about the lack of rewards for the man.

Good on him, hope he's persisted with. And not in the Kyle Abbott sort of way.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
****ing dire from Curran as well. No way on planet earth he should have been ahead of Woakes, doesn't matter now though.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
wpdavid said:
Good effort this from the bowler. Given the length of this spell I was going to ask who would take the new ball with Philander, but it may not matter now.

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And there's another, but an abysmal shot. Captain needs to have a word with him.
Buttler may as well have a swing now.
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Why would he have a swing when a better player is at the other end? Woakes should be farming strike imo.
 
flibbertyjibber

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Gnske said:
Just as I was talking about the lack of rewards for the man.

Good on him, hope he's persisted with. And not in the Kyle Abbott sort of way.
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With the attack they have they need him desperately but they also need to manage him better to make sure they get best use of his pace. Hope he stays fit, looks very good.
 
wpdavid

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91Jmay said:
****ing dire from Curran as well. No way on planet earth he should have been ahead of Woakes, doesn't matter now though.
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I'm not arguing with your first point but I guess we'll see whether your second one is right. Curran does have the better test average of the two, has been doing OK at number 8 lately and Woakes hasn't batted for ages. But Root needs to tell him he'll be batting at 10 if he keeps throwing it away like that. You wonder if his early success has gone to his head a bit.
 
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Gnske

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flibbertyjibber said:
With the attack they have they need him desperately but they also need to manage him better to make sure they get best use of his pace. Hope he stays fit, looks very good.
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Yeah I think one of Pretorius/Paterson need to be retained for that workhorse sort of role, since I imagine Ngidi/Rabada/Nortje is going to be the main bulwark of the attack (unless I've forgotten someone). Until some fresh faced shrub comes through.

I know people here have said Pretorius is average, but I reckon he's been pretty acceptable.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
wpdavid said:
I'm not arguing with your first point but I guess we'll see whether your second one is right. Curran does have the better test average of the two, has been doing OK at number 8 lately and Woakes hasn't batted for ages. But Root needs to tell him he'll be batting at 10 if he keeps throwing it away like that. You wonder if his early success has gone to his head a bit.
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Curran test average is worse after (yet another) golden duck. Also sample size is small vs Woakes, not to mention FC record.
 
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