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*Official* Second Test at Lord's - Aug 12-16 2021

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Jack1

International Debutant
Surprised Rohit Sharma put that chance down. Regulation at this level. Hope Hameed can make the most of it.
 
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Preed

U19 12th Man
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
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Preed said:
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
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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?

A certain retired Essex opener excepted, of course.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
BoyBrumby said:
Hats off to Shami and Bumrah. Effectively taken an English win off the table.

Root and his bowlers completely lost the plot.
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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?
 
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Preed

U19 12th Man
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
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Preed said:
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
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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.
 
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