*Official* First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Aug 4-8 - 2021

[Red_Ink_Squid]

The good news is that if we do bat first you'll probably get to see us bowl as well.

Not long now Pothas. Not long now.

 

[wpdavid]

England should be sanctioned for producing a sub standard team

Corrected

 

[mackembhoy]

Will any of the Sky pundits dare criticise the hundred for the reason we're so unbelievably under prepared for this series.

I'd love for Root to come out and be critical of it. But I doubt it.

 

[wpdavid]

Not long now Pothas. Not long now.

Poor Pothas.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Haha it's a good ball but it's not that good. That's still the greatest ball I've ever watched live by a significant distance. Pujara played it perfectly and still got caught plumb LBW in front of middle stump having been beaten on the outside edge ffs

I'm obviously exaggerating. Lord's obviously capable of way better deliveries.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Will any of the Sky pundits dare criticise the hundred for the reason we're so unbelievably under prepared for this series.

I'd love for Root to come out and be critical of it. But I doubt it.

Don't be stupid, nobody will criticise it. Toe the party line and nod and carry on.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Where was this Bumrah in WTC Final?

The yorker to Broad

 

[Anil]

Curran doing a good job of shielding Anderson so far...

 

[wpdavid]

Clever from Bumrah, bowling the no-ball to have a go at Anderson.

I'm not sure that taking one run an over is the way to go when our openers would love a bowl in these conditions.

EDIT
Mind you, maybe they're aware that Bumrah had bowled 9 overs on the trot.

 

[Niall]

Curran taking the game away from India again. ?️‍

 

[cnerd123]

****ing Sam Curran

 

[honestbharani]

You guys gotta invest in the special talents. Think Crawley, Curran, Pope (to an extent) are. I like the look of Dan Lawrence too. Add Stokes and Root and Buttler there and you got a core for a good side.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

You guys gotta invest in the special talents. Think Crawley, Curran, Pope (to an extent) are. I like the look of Dan Lawrence too. Add Stokes and Root and Buttler there and you got a core for a good side.

Possibly but to keep chopping and changing the side all the time and losing game after game is doing more harm than good.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh right remember this.

 

[cnerd123]

Bring on Jaddu to finish this off. Anderson will reverse sweep him to gully.

 

[honestbharani]

Possibly but to keep chopping and changing the side all the time and losing game after game is doing more harm than good.

Yeah.. I would go with this side -

Burns
Crawley
Haseeb / any promising #3, maybe even Malan for the short term
Root
Stokes
Pope / Lawrence
Buttler (wk)
Curran / Woakes
Leach
Broad / Wood
Anderson

 

[Window]

Oh not again

 

[Daemon]

This is the best I've seen Bumrah for a long long time

 

[BoyBrumby]

I think the big concern, leaving aside the undeniable pitiful inadequacy of this XI's batting, is that we don't exactly have anyone knocking down the door to replace the incumbents.

Jimmeh looks gone here too.

EDIT: Nope. Missing by a bit. My specs aren't just for show.

 

[wpdavid]

Brilliant. Back you come Virat.

Mind you, the odds on Jimmy surviving the remaining three balls are ........