Bairstow or Brook?

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Whilst I do love to see about of boosting of your own County (nice work @Red_Ink_Squid), Woakes is an overseas spud who belongs on the spudometer.

Clearly the answer is (let me think, but not too hard)... Ben Allison!

 

[Burgey]

The interesting question is what sort of decks they roll out if they're going to play basically a LO-style side in home tests from here on in. Would imagine they wouldn't want too much sideways in them.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Whilst I do love to see about of boosting of your own County (nice work @Red_Ink_Squid), Woakes is an overseas spud who belongs on the spudometer.

Lies and slander.

Woakes has excellent figures in, err, Bangladesh.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Woakes is a vital player for England in all formats. I want to see him taking the new ball in the tests in NZ.

 

[kevinw]

Woakes is a vital player for England in all formats. I want to see him taking the new ball in the tests in NZ.

Fourth choice seamer now, at best, you'd think.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Fourth choice seamer now, at best, you'd think.

Yeah I was joking as he averages 50 in NZ. I'm a Kiwi who is starting to get worried we will lose to the Poms at home for the first time since 2008.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah I was joking as he averages 50 in NZ. I'm a Kiwi who is starting to get worried we will lose to the Poms at home for the first time since 2008.

No shame in losing to a vastly superior outfit tbf

 

[Fuller Pilch]

On paper we should win, but Bazball isn't played on paper.

Combined Anglo-Kiwi side:
Latham
Conway
Williamson
Root
Mitchell/Brook
Stokes
Blundell
Southee
Wagner
Patel
Anderson

 

[GIMH]

On paper we should win, but Bazball isn't played on paper.

Combined Anglo-Kiwi side:
Latham
Conway
Williamson
Root
Mitchell/Brook
Stokes
Blundell
Southee
Wagner
Patel
Anderson

Robinson walks into that attack

 

[GIMH]

Robinson walks into that attack

Seam attack should be Anderson/Robinson and then one of Broad and Wagner which was pretty close when polled on here. Southee has no business being ahead of any frontline English seamer.

And where the **** have you hidden Bairstow? Or are you discounting him because of current injury?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Robinson walks into that attack

Fair enough. Root's spin is fine for NZ conditions anyway. Drop Ajaz Laker for big Ollie.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

And where the **** have you hidden Bairstow? Or are you discounting him because of current injury?

I left Bairstow out because of injury, and likewise Jamieson who would be 1st seamer picked.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Southee has no business being ahead of any frontline English seamer.

That's Captain Timothy Southee to you.

 

[GIMH]

I left Bairstow out because of injury, and likewise Jamieson who would be 1st seamer picked.

Forgot about Jamieson. Some seam options between these two sides

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Forgot about Jamieson. Some seam options between these two sides

Plus throw in Trent who has probably played his last test and Jofra who hopefully hasn't.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Forgot about Jamieson. Some seam options between these two sides

Also your young leggie seems an exciting option.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

How is this even a fkin question?

You just drop Foakes, easy!


Specialist wicketkeeper are a thing of the past.

 

[Tom Flint]

Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Bairstow +
Stokes

Would be a good inform line up

 

[Adders]

How is this even a fkin question?

You just drop Foakes, easy!


Specialist wicketkeeper are a thing of the past.

Totally disagree with this. Foakes is 100% in our best 11 and is not a "specialist keeper"......by far our best gloveman and has produced some great knocks at crucial times for us with the bat.

 

[GIMH]

Totally disagree with this. Foakes is 100% in our best 11 and is not a "specialist keeper"......by far our best gloveman and has produced some great knocks at crucial times for us with the bat.

I agree…I like him. But unless someone from the middle order opens I do feel our batting line up only has room for one of him or Pope.