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Why? injury? or is it just an insult to injury?
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England players and selection discussion thread
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tooextracool
International Coach
You'd hope they'd find the courage to pick Matt Parkinson as a front line spinner in England - he's not going to get any better just playing county cricket. England think it's a risky move but in reality it's only risky because their batting is so brittle.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Thinking about the bowling, and actually Toby Roland-jones is probably one of our best, but I guess with the obsession with yoof, I doubt they're going to recall an injury-prone 34 year old. Reckon he'd have outbowled all that played on that Grenada pitch though, but so would have darren Stevens. Looks like TRJ'll end his test career averaging under 20 with the ball though.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I wonder how far away we are from Woakes actually playing as a batsman instead of just for his batting. One of only three English batsmen to average over 30 in the last two years (excluding Mahmood, lol). If he was a bit better against the short ball I might even support the idea myself...
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
No you made a series of terrible posts that argued against a premise that didn't exist. Chubb has actual examples. You just decided to fight with thin air.
I remember.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Yeah the lack of opportunity for a different spin option on what was supposed to be a reset tour perplexed me. We'd kill for a leg spinner with the attributes of Parkinson right now, even if he will be a bit expensive at first.
I just thought it was another example of muddled thinking and decision making.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Stokes not training while he waits for scan on knee
England vice-captain Ben Stokes says he cannot make any plans for this summer until he has had a scan to assess the extent of a knee problem.
www.bbc.co.uk
Root up there with Ashwin as the genuis brain. Can't get sacked as captain if all other viable options are injured or dropped.
Heboric
International Debutant
The downside of a quality allrounder. I was always surprised how Kallis remained relatively injry free and plus being slightly on the biggish sideStokes not training while he waits for scan on knee
England vice-captain Ben Stokes says he cannot make any plans for this summer until he has had a scan to assess the extent of a knee problem.
Root up there with Ashwin as the genuis brain. Can't get sacked as captain if all other viable options are injured or dropped.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
This is Galaxy Brain ****... You are doing him a disservice saying genius etc.Stokes not training while he waits for scan on knee
England vice-captain Ben Stokes says he cannot make any plans for this summer until he has had a scan to assess the extent of a knee problem.
Root up there with Ashwin as the genuis brain. Can't get sacked as captain if all other viable options are injured or dropped.
Chubb
International Regular
Don’t mean this as a criticism but I feel like Kallis didn’t put as much effort into his bowling as Stokes, Flintoff etc - he didn’t need to.He was a languid bowler where Stokes is all charge and energy.
Heboric
International Debutant
On the flip side Kallis spent way longer in batting than those two
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
And the beneficiary would most likely be Woakes. 
Gremlin
U19 Vice-Captain
With an average of around 21 at home not necessarily the worst option!!And the beneficiary would most likely be Woakes.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It would be so very English to change one of the few things that isn't going terribly.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
TBF when Bairstow kept down the order he was good. They have mucked him about a fair bit since. I'm not sure why they need him batting at 6 or 7, keep him where he is, being 'keeper shouldn't change it.
FBU
International Debutant
England usually pick one tall bowler 6'5 and a swing bowler and an express bowler plus Stokes. . First choice is Archer, then Wood. Wood and Archer have played one Test together out of 39 Tests. When it comes to white ball cricket they do play together. Wood and Stone have played 1 Test together out of 29.
Anderson, Woakes, Curran
Broad, Robinson, Overton
Archer, Wood, Stone, Mahmood (Stone and Mahmood slower, probably could fit into the first group)
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
What's the take on Vince's captaincy at Hampshire? I have absolutely no idea how good a skipper he is, but, for all the talk of there being no alternative to Root, Vince does captain his county side and isn't a million miles from being a genuine test batsman. Probably no worse than most of the guys we've seen this winter.