flibbertyjibber
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Should be over no matter what he does here. Stunk the place out for too long.
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*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20
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Gnske
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But wouldn't it be fun to see Jonny Bairstow get bowled another 6 times in the role before we get to that point?
Prince EWS
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Bairstow is definitely the people's champ now that I've taken the pin out of the Hilton Cartwright voodoo doll.
Gnske
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You should put it back in immediately. Please.
I dunno, call me old fashioned but I think a bloke with 10 FCs tons should probably bat ahead of a bloke with 0.Gee there's a couple of domestic agendas on this page.
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Shot btw.
flibbertyjibber
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Think Curran was above Woakes today purely because he actually has played lately and Woakes hasn't. If it wasn't that then heads need examining in the dressing room.
Got 44 last innings at PE but it was all swinging from the hip with a massive lead not proper batting.
Prince EWS
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Made a 50 against SL straight after, hasn't made one since then over two years ago now, although he was close last time at bat.
He's been consistently pretty annoying with the bat even when only making 30s but if "annoying/demoralising slapping" is what he's striving for he can do that just as well at nine.
Prince EWS
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His first spell both days seemed a fair bit quicker on average than his follow up spells.
Fuller Pilch
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Jos has only got 6 FC tons (5 + 1 test 100).
Yep hence my earlier comments on him vs Woakes.
wpdavid
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48 and 64 in Sri Lanka, 37 against Ireland when we looked like we were struggling to set a 4th innings target, 29* in NZ, another 20, lots in the teens and a few fails as well. Plus his 44 at PE as already mentioned. Probably acceptable for a number 8, but disappointing after the India series. I'll happily confess that I didn't know Woakes has 10 FC tons to his name, but his recent test innings haven't added up to much. In other words, it's not at all black and white about which of them should be batting higher.
All that being said, Woakes is batting well now, so lets not jinx him.
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Prince EWS
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Yeah he never really came back the same bowler after a run of injuries. Lost a yard and just wasn't accurate enough to be a left arm Vern.
wpdavid
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Yeah, I'd have taken this at the start of the innings. I don't know whether the pitch is a bit easier than I expected, England have batted pretty well, or SA have bowled poorly. Maybe all three. I suppose we won't fully know until SA bat.