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*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

Burgey

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He's clearly extremely talented but he does have to deal with whatever's happened to him in this game with the short ball, because the real fear is that it messes up his footwork to the full balls too.
You need to have some semblance of a defensive game to be a medium-long term success in test cricket though, and I’ve barely see him play a defensive shot in the first two tests. The bloke is a terrific ball striker but three for **** all late day four with the ball moving around is a time to be compact. He’s as loose as a goose
 

R!TTER

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The fear of failure above all is a great leveler, you can say f*** all in front of the world or even your team but out in the middle no one likes to lose! In fact most players would dread it, especially when expectations are high.
 

Burgey

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Stokes’ knee looks really bad out there. He hit that six and really propped on it afterwards. That was a long spell for a bloke carrying chronic tendinitis
 

grecian

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My side for the third Test, FWIW (absolutely nothing ftr)

Bairstow
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Foakes
Dawson, possibly Ahmed
Woakes
Robinson
Broad
Wood

Stokes isn't bloody fit and Crawley is useless. But that side has much more balance. Tongue unlucky. may choose him over Robinson or Wood if he's not fit.
 

GIMH

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My side for the third Test, FWIW (absolutely nothing ftr)

Bairstow
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Foakes
Dawson, possibly Ahmed
Woakes
Robinson
Broad
Wood

Stokes isn't bloody fit and Crawley is useless. But that side has much more balance. Tongue unlucky. may choose him over Robinson or Wood if he's not fit.
Foakes at six, have you been drinking?
 

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