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*Official* West Indies Tour of England, JULY 9th to 25th, 2024-- 3 TEST MATCHES
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Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
I still can't believe we're binning off one of the all time great pace bowlers at a point when none of his potential replacements have established themselves at all. Anderson is still fitter and more dependable than Stokes, Wood and Woakes, all of whom have two or three years left at best in any case. Robinson seems to have torpedoed his own career, Archer doesn't seem to be in the reckoning for Test cricket at the moment, and the likes of Atkinson, Pennington, Fisher, Cook, Potts, Tongue, Stone et al are very much unproven.
Shady Slim
International Coach
like i’m a card carrying member of the clouderson club and even i think it’s inexplicable lol
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It's a chicken or egg thing. You can have a someone you think is good, but you won't know if they're better than who they're replacing until they actually play, and test players usually need a bit of time to step up.
But in this case it's highly debatable if any of the replacements are as good (let alone better) just from observation alone, and they're not fitter - though keeping Anderson fit has been a factor in England's fast bowler rotation strategy (sometimes to the point of absurdity, like the 21/22 Ashes).
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Its a risk but if their only aim is to win the Ashes in Australia, then its at least an understandable risk. You kinda know what you are getting with Anderson and for the longest time, it has had minimal impact in Australia. It may fail spectacularly but it may also succeed immensely, this risk.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Maybe they should forget the Ashes for five minutes.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think so too but you know they wont.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
The two home series England have this year are a bit of a formality. It'd be a shock if England were to lose even a single test to either side. So this is the only time to try and test the reserves.
IMO they should have retired Woakes first (before JA), given he can't even play away.
IMO they should have retired Woakes first (before JA), given he can't even play away.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Windies pull a bunny out of the bag every time they play England. Won't be shocked at a 1-1 scoreline.
trundler
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They wanted someone who can bosh sixes instead.
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Foakes, Bairstow, Robinson, Hartley etc have been dropped after the India tour. Terrible move imo as these are all exactly the guys I took in my fantasy draft for these tests
Daemon
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woah
Don't think it's very wise dropping people based on a tour of India for a series in home conditions. I guess Bairstow's been having some poor returns since injury. Why Robinson though?
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Leach too.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
Difficult to manage aka a massive ****.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Is he though? Or is that just a media spin? He could easily be kept from doing interviews.
50 wickets at 20 in home conditions. Currently the 3rd highest wicket taker in Div 2 despite having been rested by the ECB for 2 matches. Bowled really well in the Blast too. He's been poorly managed by the England set up if you ask me. If you're not picking a player with that record for non-cricketing reasons then you've ****ed up somewhere.