Shri
Mr. Glass
bharat is low ceiling with bat and glovesBharat for Jurel
might as well have a look at jurel. worth a spot if his keeping is insanely good to spin even if his batting is only average
bharat is low ceiling with bat and glovesBharat for Jurel
It is a dubious thing to pick someone because they are a VC, especially as he won't have played a game since the end of June, and Leach hasn't for that bit longer, let alone the fact that England aren't doing warm-up games in India. It will take an exceptional performance not to be 2-0 down in 2 tests to be honest. Why did England want to do the schedule like that?So what about an England team? The one I'd like to see would be Crawley, Duckett, Stokes, Root, Bairstow, Brook, Foakes, Rehan, Robinson, Leach, Anderson.
But I suspect Pope by virtue of his dubious VC position will bat 3 and Foakes will miss out.
Still no news on the broadcaster. Talksport announced their line up and it's one to make you hope the TV gets sorted soon (although might be fun to hear Bumble again). With the BBL finishing up the day before the Tests start, it would leave the morning slot free on the Sky Cricket Channel.....
England team chose to forego warm up matches, they wanted to have a longer training camp amongst themselves instead. All part of the Bazball process.It is a dubious thing to pick someone because they are a VC, especially as he won't have played a game since the end of June, and Leach hasn't for that bit longer, let alone the fact that England aren't doing warm-up games in India. It will take an exceptional performance not to be 2-0 down in 2 tests to be honest. Why did England want to do the schedule like that?
Also, more golf course options at their training camp!!England team chose to forego warm up matches, they wanted to have a longer training camp amongst themselves instead. All part of the Bazball process.
Been talk about how much prep they had in 2012 as a yardstick for this series.It is a dubious thing to pick someone because they are a VC, especially as he won't have played a game since the end of June, and Leach hasn't for that bit longer, let alone the fact that England aren't doing warm-up games in India. It will take an exceptional performance not to be 2-0 down in 2 tests to be honest. Why did England want to do the schedule like that?
Nor surprise they got thrashed in the game they were least prepared for. They bowled and batted poorly in the first innings, but there were signs of life starting to show in the 2nd knock (big ton from Cook and a 90 from Prior).Been talk about how much prep they had in 2012 as a yardstick for this series.
Of which Swann was defending it(no wonder when he's an England coach) said he ended up missing the warmup due to his child, arrived in India day before game and then proceeded to bowl 51 overs in the first innings.
But their last game prior to that series was on the 20/08 and they kicked off in India 15/11. They also lost by 9 wickets in that first game, hardly a good way to start a series!
The decision to put England in looking questionable, runs coming at a healthy rate too.Good start by the openers.
Lees gone for 73. Jennings still there 81*
175/1.
It must have been suggesting help for the bowlers for India to choose to field.Spinners haven't done well either. No idea what the pitch is like, haven't found any coverage of it at all.
Do we have any notion from reports about the pitches that they are playing on? Because they may not resemble much what they will play on next week.297-2 after 60 overs. Jennings out for 154, but then there was never any doubts about his ability to play spin.
Who knows, but 341-3 after 69 overs suggests it's quite nice to bat on.Do we have any notion from reports about the pitches that they are playing on? Because they may not resemble much what they will play on next week.