SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Classic Stokes. Poor shot selection from Athanaze
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*Official* England in West Indies 2022
- Thread starter theegyptian
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Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Yeah Solozano seems comfortable and like he has a half decent technique. Athanzae needs to use his feet a little more, but he has potential!
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Right, but this pitch is playing horribly now...not favorable for the batsmen.
Stokes gets Dowrich with a peach of a delivery.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
So, like, does anyone know which West Indian galaxy brain had the idea to start a test match on a Tuesday?
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Treble -oakes surely on then.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
No idea, but it sucks. Test cricket in the Caribbean nowadays in a nutshell.
cnerd123
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Not even fit enough to get on the park, how did he get selected for England while being so out of shape?
They could only leave out 2 seamers.
Though to be more serious it's not great if Robinson's already struggling to stay fit. Does he have past history of such issues?
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No idea, but in the end, it was going to be odd if after all the fuss about leaving out 2 of our greats to bed in new players, if we had had Robinson, Woakes, Wood, stokes as our seamers not exactly new. Talk that Mahmood will play over Leach, as the one change, so yes Oakes does look a certainty.
As I've said before I'm against 5 seamers, no spinner despite the pitch. Just think all in all Foaked, Leach, Overton have spent plenty of time in our squads, it's really time for them all to get a full series and just see whether they are worthy of their places in these squads or if we should move on.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Saw on the Beeb's site earlier that Liam Norwell is in line for a call if Robinson is broken for the series.
Now I know Branderson was omitted for reasons other than form, but given Norwell is already north of 30 it seems almost wilfully perverse to continue their exile. It's not like he's a fire-breathing tyro in his early 20s.
Surely whatever point Strauss was trying to make has been made by their initial omission?
Now I know Branderson was omitted for reasons other than form, but given Norwell is already north of 30 it seems almost wilfully perverse to continue their exile. It's not like he's a fire-breathing tyro in his early 20s.
Surely whatever point Strauss was trying to make has been made by their initial omission?
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I'd need to know what the point he was trying to make ITFP, before I could decide, maybe he wants to show that we haven't got any bowling stocks as well as batting, if so picking Norwell would be right in line with it.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Bairstow is going to get in the way of it happening in batting order though.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
woakes, overton, wood and leach
all that hullabaloo about dropping your two greatest modern seamers only to leave out the new faces and pick the least inspiring bowling attack in the world
can't wait.
all that hullabaloo about dropping your two greatest modern seamers only to leave out the new faces and pick the least inspiring bowling attack in the world
can't wait.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
And eight other blokes.
Beamer
International Vice-Captain
I was thinking about the Woakes selection earlier. I'm not sure what the plans are for him in the future? Even if he takes wickets with the dukes ball in the Caribbean, he is still not suitable for bowling with the kookaburra. So why is he playing if this is the big reset? It just seems odd.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
That's terrible and a lot for Wood to do. Was hoping at least one from Fisher, Mahmoud, and Parkinson would get a chance.
What is the talk about the pitch?
And there are eight other DOPES in the side, so we have a full eleven.