Molehill
International Captain
I see Dobell has now tweeted that Stokes looked good in the nets anyway.
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*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour
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mackembhoy
International Debutant
McCullum comes over honest as England coach whether that can be said for his whole career. I will let others be the judge
Sharing this as again as TMS posted with a working link this time
mackembhoy
International Debutant
Weird post from him then. Especially when no clickbait link to it.
Nevermind there was another one with clickbait(albeit subscriber clickbait)
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
Anyone actually apart from Brook and Kohli though?
I kind of feel sorry for Dan Lawrence. 11 Tests so far, only 3 at home (though he managed three ducks in five innings!), but he showed real application and graft in many of those away Tests. England took a pasting in Ahmedabad in 2011 and he just missed out on a ton in Bridgetown in 2022. Something of a feast or famine record but he can consider himself fairly unlucky I think.
Molehill
International Captain
I wouldn't be surprised if he plays the 2nd Test. Do we think those above him all remain fit by then? Pope, Bairstow and Stokes all seem to have the ability to pick up daft injuries.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Kohli doesn't want Anderson all over him so taking sometime off
"They find me out even over here" he said
"They find me out even over here" he said
Silver Silva
International Debutant
Anderson had one of the worst Ashes series ever by an England ATG bowler in his last test series performance, he needs to deliver in this series or give someone else a chance imo.
It does feel we're going in to this test with team selection far from decided.
Will Stokes bowl - probably not.
So do we play the extra batter or bowler. Teams tend to go for the former and I think we will but that does leave the bowling looking short of options.
I think we'll go with
Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Foakes
Ahmed
Wood
Anderson
Leech
Will Stokes bowl - probably not.
So do we play the extra batter or bowler. Teams tend to go for the former and I think we will but that does leave the bowling looking short of options.
I think we'll go with
Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Foakes
Ahmed
Wood
Anderson
Leech
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
That's probably the route they'll go down. That said, I think the seamers will rotate through the series.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Yeah, would expect we run with that top 7. Bowling wise Robinson could slot in for Wood or Ahmed I guess.
mackembhoy
International Debutant
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
My hot take is that Lawrence is a better option than Bairstow in these conditions
flibbertyjibber
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Rehan to play as he can bat at 8. It is a no brainer, long tail if Wood or Robinson are at 8.
mackembhoy
International Debutant
Decent batter too. Averaged 35 off the top of my head last season batting 6/7 last season
His bowling was the part that wasn't good.
mackembhoy
International Debutant
Mods can we change the thread name to this please?