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Combined XI from the first test
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Root is competing with Smith at 4
TheJediBrah
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Your first five batsmen do all the work, plus its my team.
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Then Smith would have improved by 6% and Root by 230%
S.Kennedy
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After two,
Warner
Stoneman (just beats Bancroft to this position but I'm not confident about the openers staying around long as both play their shots!)
Root (bugger has to play there whether he likes it or not)
Smith
S. Marsh
Bairstow+
Cummins (on our two test evidence the bloke is a bona fide all-rounder so I'm treating him as such.)
Starc (just beats Overton)
Lyon*
Hazlewood
Anderson
12th Man: Overton
I've had to resort to five bowlers based upon the premise of playing to one's strengths as the batting stinks. One alternative to this would be the removal of Starc and somebody like Malan, Bancroft or Paine being placed above Cummins. Either way...
What with Root's putting Australia in and England not following-on - not to mention Smith's generous declaration - both captains have been utterly awful so I've thrown the armband to Lyon for no other reason that he doesn't seem to be able to do anything wrong right now!
Warner
Stoneman (just beats Bancroft to this position but I'm not confident about the openers staying around long as both play their shots!)
Root (bugger has to play there whether he likes it or not)
Smith
S. Marsh
Bairstow+
Cummins (on our two test evidence the bloke is a bona fide all-rounder so I'm treating him as such.)
Starc (just beats Overton)
Lyon*
Hazlewood
Anderson
12th Man: Overton
I've had to resort to five bowlers based upon the premise of playing to one's strengths as the batting stinks. One alternative to this would be the removal of Starc and somebody like Malan, Bancroft or Paine being placed above Cummins. Either way...
What with Root's putting Australia in and England not following-on - not to mention Smith's generous declaration - both captains have been utterly awful so I've thrown the armband to Lyon for no other reason that he doesn't seem to be able to do anything wrong right now!
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stephen
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That's fair reasoning. One could even argue that you're picking Cummins for his batting anyway since he's been better than some batsmen.
And
at your reasoning for Root batting 3.
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Cummins to replace Anderson for his batting. Anderson has only got wickets after the match has been decided.
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Feels about right at 7 Aussies to 4 Englishmen.
Now you're just getting greedy.
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I would have Cummins ahead of Anderson too tbh. Cummins has been consistently excellent without luck, Anderson has been consistently ordinary with a couple of wicket-taking spells when he's had the most assistance and at meaningless times of the game.
