Is England Picked the right Playing 11?

[dsy131196]

Meanwhile, It's visible to everyone that the pitch will be dry.
Then why England choose to go with only one spinner, Jack Leach?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Probably not, but their attitude has been awful and hasn’t helped.

 

[sledger]

Leach is a good backup option for Root tbh. Harsh post.

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

Where is the link to your article?

 

[Bijed]

Whilst we did get the selection wrong imo, I don't think it really hurt us that much given that Leach was fine and it meant Root had to bowl, and he proceeded to to take 5/8. Having Woakes' batting over basically any of the seamers we chose would have helped whilst having very little impact on the bowling overall. The same could be said for Bess' batting, of course, but then the bowling would probably have been less effective than it (randomly) ended up being

 

[Groundking]

The Bess thing is mute really imo considering we rolled them for 145, the bigger problem is we lolapsed again and we keep picking the bum Bairstow. I know we're not particularly good with the bat but you shouldn't be going from 70/2 to 112 all out even if it's doing a bit

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah both teams had decent scores for 2 or 3 down in the first innings before collapsing in a heap but that 3rd innings was a proper lollapse from England and that cost them the game. Very similar to how we went down in Adelaide, just less dramatic.

 

[cnerd123]

The pink ball was h00ping everywhere for England on the practice pitches, which is probably why they went with Archer over Bess/Woakes. But really they should have been able to look at the pitch pre-toss and realise that the extra batting depth would have been useful, even if they don't rate Bess's bowling.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Never thought I'd say this, but reckon Joe Denly would strengthen the XI just now.

He'd at least hang around for a bit and his little leggies might've got an extended airing too.

 

[Woodster]

Based on that pitch and hindsight you would have to say England got the selection wrong. Broad bowled six overs, Archer five overs and Root bowled more than both. We needed either more batting or another spin option that maybe Root has more confidence in.

How much Stokes could figure as a third pace option could have allowed a more balanced attack if he was fit enough to do that job.

It was dangerous having Archer batting at 8 especially in a low scoring Test but England also receive a lot of criticism when they select a bowler over another bowler based more on their batting.

 

[Flem274*]

the performance between a good #8 and a bad one narrows considerably on bowler friendly decks. the only exception would be if they're a fantastic slogger who can meme a 30.

dom bess should probably have gotten a game though. anderson/broad/leach/bess/stokes should be the default attack for england in asia.

 

[BoyBrumby]

The longer the series goes on the more I think Stokes is carrying an unpublicised injury of some description.

He's bowled literally fifteen overs in three tests.

Whatever his faults he's not a shirker.

 

[Woodster]

The longer the series goes on the more I think Stokes is carrying an unpublicised injury of some description.

He's bowled literally fifteen overs in three tests.

Whatever his faults he's not a shirker.

That has to be the reason they opted for three pace bowlers aswell as Stokes for the last Test, otherwise they could’ve avoided putting virtually all their eggs in the seam/swing basket and got a bit more balance with another spinner. I do think a lack of faith and trust in Bess aswell led them to select the team they did.

 

[Jack1]

England are picking too many bowlers and not enough spinners. Both teams are picking seamers that can’t bat and hardly bowl. Leach, Bess, Stokes, Root plus one seamer max is enough bowling for England. They picked a side for English conditions basically in the last test. India are guilty of picking the wrong team too. They don’t need two seamers either. They could have played an extra batsman in the last test considering the three spinners and we knew Axar and Ashwin would bowl the bulk of the overs.
Stokes not bowling isn’t that relevant if you pick two spinners plus have a part time spinner in Root. On that third test wicket three frontline bowlers plus Stokes and Root would have been fine for England considering spinners can basically bowl non stop without getting changed.

 

[Starfighter]

England are picking too many bowlers and not enough spinners.

Sort of a NSW type team selection.

 

[Woodster]

England are picking too many bowlers and not enough spinners. Both teams are picking seamers that can’t bat and hardly bowl. Leach, Bess, Stokes, Root plus one seamer max is enough bowling for England. They picked a side for English conditions basically in the last test. India are guilty of picking the wrong team too. They don’t need two seamers either. They could have played an extra batsman in the last test considering the three spinners and we knew Axar and Ashwin would bowl the bulk of the overs.
Stokes not bowling isn’t that relevant if you pick two spinners plus have a part time spinner in Root. On that third test wicket three frontline bowlers plus Stokes and Root would have been fine for England considering spinners can basically bowl non stop without getting changed.

If Stokes is carrying an injury that hasn’t been made public and Root doesn’t have much faith in Bess, that leaves us woefully short of bowling options.

 

[the big bambino]

England are picking too many bowlers and not enough spinners..

I sigh for those long lost days - Saturday at 11:55am.

 

[silentstriker]

Don't be so sure.