Seriously doubt this. Maybe only if the game/series is on the line and he’s the only hope.I think Stokes will bowl even if he starts the first Test with 4 or 5 overs and build up. If he is able to run around he will bowl something.
Mott and Jos wanted him to play, he wanted to play. That should be the end of it really. Obviously he shouldn’t have retired but him going the WC shouldn’t be constantly revisited as a mistake.Maybe could have gone for surgery the moment the Ashes finished?
Retired from ODI's due to workload and yet came back when he was held together by sticky tape.
I said at the time, I hope we don't don't regret his decision to come out of retirement at the expense of the India series. Him not being able to be an all rounder means we have to pick a weakened and unbalanced side again.
I’d be okay with that, just not what I expectPope just walks back in? Because he got the easiest double hundred ever against Ireland? He gets a nose bleed when he leaves Kennington. I'd rather Stokes remained at three and Foakes kept.
Yeah needs to be this for me. But we're a bowler light regardless.Pope just walks back in? Because he got the easiest double hundred ever against Ireland? He gets a nose bleed when he leaves Kennington. I'd rather Stokes remained at three and Foakes kept.
It was the right decision to take Stokes to the WC.Mott and Jos wanted him to play, he wanted to play. That should be the end of it really. Obviously he shouldn’t have retired but him going the WC shouldn’t be constantly revisited as a mistake.
I'd also want to get Foakes in, he's obviously a better keeper than Bairstow but he's also a better player of spin than Pope. I wonder if they'll alternate Robinson/Anderson and Wood/Atkinson, probably depends on the pitches. But with Pope being VC, seems like a guaranteed pick unfortunately.Anyway, India is a tough tour at the best of times but all the 5-0 shouts seem horribly misplaced to me. We won a Test there last tour when we were a much weaker outfit. This England side is more than the sum of its parts as it’s repeatedly shown.
I don’t think it’s as unbalanced as is being said either; Root is probably fine as fifth bowler in the conditions we can expect.
Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Bairstow
Rehan
Robinson
Anderson/Wood
Leach
Not a bad side IMO.
I mean the Test at Indore probably turned even more than the D/N one where Root took 5/8. Even Delhi had a fair bit in it for spinners.If they give us wickets like they gave Australia were ****ed.
The match Aus won was where it turned stupid and removed the Indian spin advantage.I mean the Test at Indore probably turned even more than the D/N one where Root took 5/8. Even Delhi had a fair bit in it for spinners.
It's also probably the wicket where Bazball's most likely to work on, where you may as well just **** it knowing you'll eventually get one with your name on it.The match Aus won was where it turned stupid and removed the Indian spin advantage.
I'd take a load of 2.5 day lotteries, think we could win at least 1 of those.
I've seen people commenting to prepare wickets like that series as good spinners were able to extract plenty from it. Were days play in the series where **** spinners would have been hopeless.I mean the Test at Indore probably turned even more than the D/N one where Root took 5/8. Even Delhi had a fair bit in it for spinners.
Robinson can batI've seen people commenting to prepare wickets like that series as good spinners were able to extract plenty from it. Were days play in the series where **** spinners would have been hopeless.
Leach was rubbish last time round and what's his fitness like. Rehan is a kid still and got absolutely smacked around the park this season in division two. Looks the part in white ball, but not sure his game is right yet for tests(fingers crossed I'm wrong)
Root is a part timer however you dress it up he's not a serious third option like Axar/Kunhemann. Dawson should have been picked(should have played the Ashes too)
I note we've got no bowlers who can bat either so our tail is going to be long.
He's a county eight, so a Test nine/ten. He can biff but he's a bit of a coward with the bat under pressure.Robinson can bat
I think Leach bowled well last time, just that Rohit and Pant specifically got after him and we didn't have another option to turn to. Thought he had the measure of the rest of the Indian line up. His figures suffered as well from several drops off of his bowling while Bess was somehow picking up hauls bowling filth.Leach was rubbish last time round and what's his fitness like.
He's been a 9/10 for Sussex recently.He's a county eight, so a Test nine/ten. He can biff but he's a bit of a coward with the bat under pressure.