I mean, you can say you must have better openers, but... do you actually? Like, these two have been the most consistent in CC for the last few years, right?This is the worst opening partnership for England that I can remember.We have huge problems within the set up.Root great batsman incredibly useless as captain and Silverwood so not a top class coach.These two are also responsible for selection and you can see what a mess they have made of that.We surely Must have an opener better than the two we have if not we should hope that COVID stops the ashes as we will be so embarrassed.Strange how every thing goes downhill whenGiles is involved
I'm struggling to recall and worse session by England with the ball, and obviously I've seen a few over the years. Astonishingly unintelligent bowling and captaincy. And wtf was the coach's role in all this?Hats off to Shami and Bumrah. Effectively taken an English win off the table.
Root and his bowlers completely lost the plot.
It's just too show how ****ing useless the rest of them are.Why does root have to be so good
You have your own version of the quiney classic. What is it with 9s?TMS have just described Hameed's innings as 'promising'. Er, he had made all of 9 and had already been dropped in the slips. I know standards aren't high nowadays, but really.
A timely reminder that England chose to bat 4th in this match.Plumb LBW.
How good is 4th innings Ishant?
Given the standard of our current players, we may as well bring back Strauss and Vaughan to open. Non-one can say they'd have scored less than Burns and Sibley today.Why does nobody in power see how poor Root is as a captain.I know he is a great bat but he has been so tactically naive on so many occasions.We need to get straus back and get Michael Vaughan involved and change the coach now before it’s too late.We sacked a great coach in Fletcher for far less
Yes, he'd just become legitimately world class when the depression kicked in. Hopefully he's OK nowadays.The biggest loss for England was Marcus Trescothick.