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*Official* First Test (Edgbaston, Birmingham) 16–20 June

Burgey

Burgey

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chris.hinton said:
Who are you trying to convince me or yourself? We have got you worried, your batting is getting old and the bowling is over the hill. We have a fresh outlook and plenty of confidence. after the 1st hour of play either way you will be revising your opinion on the ashes series and it will be downhill from there mate. England to win on the morning of the 5th day (Some Showers around at the weekend)

Warner is having a sleepless night about Stuart Broad lol
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I don’t need convincing. I’ve been calling out the conundrum England has for months. The deficiencies in both batting and bowling mean they’re chronically disadvantaged in one of them no matter the conditions. It doesn’t matter against half strength Pakistan sides or SA who don’t know which end of the stick to hold, but it will matter from tomorrow.

“We have a fresh outlook”- oh well then, Crawley will become Hobbs, Duckett is Sutcliffe and Cummins & Boland must be shitting themselves.

The only outlook england’s batsmen will be getting is of the change rooms after they’re rolled and then out in the field for days on end while Aus makes hay.

A fresh outlook doesn’t make up for lack of technique and ability when you’re playing a decent bowling attack and batting line up. I’m just trying to help you out here to ease the inevitable pain, mate. Heal thyself.
 
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Ashes81

State Vice-Captain
Son Of Coco said:
It'll be very interesting if they're running with anything specific to be honest, instead of just producing the best deck they can.
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Good point.

In recent years we've generally produced good pitches and I don't see that changing this summer.

We've produced the odd one which is a bit green but in the main the weather dictates the pitch.

My only criticism of our pitches is that they don't deteriorate enough as the test progresses.

Often days 4 and 5 is as good a time to bat as any and that's backed up by some of the 4th innings chases we've achieved in recent years.

I think on the whole, we'll look to put the Aussies in if we win the toss as we'll back ourselves to chase down whatever target we're set on day 5, as we know the pitch will still be in good nick.
 
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Qlder

International Debutant
chris.hinton said:
Who are you trying to convince me or yourself? We have got you worried, your batting is getting old and the bowling is over the hill.
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Umm ICC rankings have Labuschagne, Smith and Head as top 3 ranked batsmen in the World....and England are opening the bowling with Anderson and Broad at their age lol
 
GIMH

GIMH

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Qlder said:
Umm ICC rankings have Labuschagne, Smith and Head as top 3 ranked batsmen in the World....and England are opening the bowling with Anderson and Broad at their age lol
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Have you seen James Anderson bowl in the last few years?
 
Son Of Coco

Son Of Coco

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I'll be surprised if England don't have at least one more injury issue with their bowlers during the series (namely with either Robinson or Anderson). Then again, I'd be equally surprised if we don't have a Hazlewood issue.
 
Molehill

Molehill

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Son Of Coco said:
I'll be surprised if England don't have at least one more injury issue with their bowlers during the series (namely with either Robinson or Anderson). Then again, I'd be equally surprised if we don't have a Hazlewood issue.
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England are bound to play Wood at some point, and he hardly weakens the attack. Woakes could easily play at Lord's given his record there.

For me, the biggest impact on any side would be an injury to Cummins.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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Molehill said:
England are bound to play Wood at some point, and he hardly weakens the attack. Woakes could easily play at Lord's given his record there.

For me, the biggest impact on any side would be an injury to Cummins.
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Haze/Neser wouldn't be awful replacements for Cummins. Root or Smith getting injured would result in the biggest drop off in terms of the replacement.
 
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mustardcharlie

School Boy/Girl Captain
Woodster said:
From an England perspective, still a few reservations on the side but not sure we could select anything else at this stage for the first Test.

Yet to be convinced by Crawley and while Duckett has been excellent since returning to the side, still a question mark over his long-term selection for me but the management will give him plenty of backing.

Moeen is a disappointing selection in some respects but there’s very few spinners in the county game knocking, let alone banging, down the door to selection.

The approach is going to be predictable and exciting. Yes we’ll have a couple of collapses I’m sure, but we’re very much a live opponent for the Aussies.
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Four man pace attack with Root and Stokes as options would have been my choice,
Sorry, but when does patience with Crawley run out? He's had more chances than anybody since Graeme (flat track bully) Hick!
Very disappointing that they even called him up. There are young spinners out there and even if they only made 12th man it keeps them interested

In general though I fully agree with your post.
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flibbertyjibber

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Well the openers in both teams are similar, Crawley and Warner look walking wickets and we have no clue how Duckett and Khawaja will go as both have been superb since their recalls but both have issues, Duckett not tested by a good attack yet and Khawaja has a poor record in England. 20-2 is a score both sides could see on a regular basis and I think both sides will enjoy bowling at the big guns with a harder ball early on.

Can't wait for tomorrow.
 
Woodster

Woodster

International Captain
Agree, a four-man pace attack could’ve been the way to go, I’m not sure there’s a specialist spinner old enough for a spot so why pick one for the sake of it. The Moeen package offers more. The current spinners are some way off even a token 12th man spot for me.

Yes Crawley continues to be an interesting one. Capable of a superb innings scored in the style this England team is making its name in. However, he needs a big series here to surely keep his place in the side beyond the Ashes.
 
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Blenkinsop

U19 Vice-Captain
Would have liked to see Foakes for Crawley (somehow) and Wood for Broad, but still think it's a decent team. Stokes is a far better captain of spinners than Root was so I expect Mo to do OK.
 
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