honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think jayjay jinxed him. 
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England players and selection discussion thread
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Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Only Brook and Potts called up as outsiders. I had a feeling it might be a really maverick squad.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
You could argue that picking pretty much the only opener who can't score runs on the County circuit this season is kinda maverick...
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Tim Whigmore in the Telegraph claims Pope at 3, Bairstow at 5, and Potts to debut. If Branderson and Leach are the other bowlers that's quite a long tail.
grecian
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Oh gawd, you don't think they're going to go with 5 seamers again, if they do, I'm willing to say in the immortal words of the Who “Here’s to the new boss, same as the old boss", are we going to be fooled again.
Blenkinsop
U19 Vice-Captain
Really disappointed they've left out Parkinson. Hope Brook and Potts play. On current form you'd think Broad should miss out, but then on current form Crawley would be playing for Shoeburyness fourth XI.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Away from the Oval, yes ...but in high scoring draws.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Crawley and Bairstow maintaining those averages would be a result.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
This comes with the proviso that I've never seen him bat, but Potts's record suggests he's not quite an abject bunny; FC average a tick over 17, couple of 50s.
If COverton misses out I reckon he'll bat 8, which is maybe a spot too high, but I hope if he's considered one of the best three available seamers we won't fudge it because of his batting.
Squad definitely not quite the revolution one was hoping for; has 8 of the XI who had their arses handed to them in the third test v the Windies and the other three (Woakes, Lawrence and Mahmood) are all broken.
Bit disingenuous of that tweet artist to suggest there'd be too much difference between batting 5 and 6 for Bairstow. It was 36-4 and 0-3 in the series when he came in at Sydney, I reckon he can handle the leap to getting off his chair a wicket earlier.
Pretty happy if Pope bats 3, how it works that you can be completely bereft of runs at 5-6 then get a promotion is a bit beyond me, even if you have scored FC runs that you were never short of in the first place. And Crawley is talented, but is not a Test opener.
From the squad picked:
Lees
Crawley
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Bairstow
Overton
Potts
Leach
Anderson/Broad
Brook and Potts should both play. Bairstow just edges out Foakes. I’ve got next to no confidence in Overton as a Test cricketer, but he’s the only viable #8 selected.
Lees
Crawley
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Bairstow
Overton
Potts
Leach
Anderson/Broad
Brook and Potts should both play. Bairstow just edges out Foakes. I’ve got next to no confidence in Overton as a Test cricketer, but he’s the only viable #8 selected.
TheJediBrah
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17 average in county cricket is pretty poor though. Generally "bowlers who can bat a bit" at international level like Graeme Swann, Andy Bichel, Gareth Batty, Dominic Cork etc. were averaging 25-30 in county.
Starfighter
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The comments I see scattered around the place to the effect that they have to keep picking Crawley or other past failures 'because there's no alternative' is so
