GoodAreasShane
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Australia are faaaaaaaaaaaaarked. No chance of coming back from this psychologically
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4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester
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Heboric
International Debutant
Surely a break will help, I would have agreed if the match started this Thursday
Australian test team have had a few losing the unlosable games in the past
flibbertyjibber
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Slightly changing my team from day 3 of the last test and Denly is retained as opener.
Burns
Denly
Northeast
Root
Stokes
Pope
Bairstow
Archer
Broad
Leach
Anderson
Burns
Denly
Northeast
Root
Stokes
Pope
Bairstow
Archer
Broad
Leach
Anderson
fredfertang
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Stokes should get to choose where he bats and when he bowls and the others can fit in around him - he'd make a much better captain than Root
Lillian Thomson
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Stokes is vice captain.
Burgey
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Really? FMD
Lillian Thomson
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Whatever you might think of the justice system he was found not guilty of any offence, so there was no reason not to reappoint him.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
Aus need to play Starc if only to have someone fresh and without the trauma of Headingley.
Burgey
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I think there's a reason not to reappoint a bloke out on the squirt at all hours throwing hands regardless, but anyway, matters not.
Lillian Thomson
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Wasn’t Warner vice captain when he whacked Joe Root? These things happen.
morgieb
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Nah was Haddin (after Watson resigned). Warner only became VC after Clarke, Haddin and Watson all retired.
Lillian Thomson
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Okay. A good reason not to appoint him though. (Insert smiley which for some reason I can’t do on my iPad)
wpdavid
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I couldn't argue about Northeast getting a middle order slot ahead of Pope, although obviously my vote would go to the Surrey lad. But Northeast batting at 3 on debut against this lot when he bats at 4 for his county may be stretching things. More to the point, you need to get on with enjoying Malta before you get in trouble with you family for posting here during your holiday.
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wpdavid
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I'm with that, allowing for the switching of Stokes and Pope as others have said. I'm not entirely sold on Sibley, but he can hardly contribute fewer runs than Roy. The other thing I like about your side is that ends the experiment of thinking that one-day specialists can translate that to test match cricket. But they won't make three changes, so Buttler will probably stay, especially as it was hardly his fault that Stokes ran him out.
Archer and Broad are each a place too high, but it probably won't make much difference by that stage of the innings. Maybe it will encourage Archer to think a bit harder when he's batting.
