Re: Second Test: England v India at Lords, 9-13 August 2018.
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 4:13 pm
Adi wrote:Drop Sam Curran, replace him.
We will drop him if you drop kohli
Deal or no deal?
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Adi wrote:Drop Sam Curran, replace him.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Pope bats at six for Surrey I think. Will he come in at four for England?
I'm guessing we won't see Mo at Lord's.
backfootpunch wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Pope bats at six for Surrey I think. Will he come in at four for England?
I'm guessing we won't see Mo at Lord's.
I'd give buttler the gloves move bairstow to 4 and put pope at 5
GG - Amir Sohail wrote:No one keen on getting Ali in for Stokes, and Porter / Woakes in for Rashid?
GG - Amir Sohail wrote:No one keen on getting Ali in for Stokes, and Porter / Woakes in for Rashid?
On another note, surprised Pope has been picked over Alex Hales.
ianp1970 wrote:backfootpunch wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Pope bats at six for Surrey I think. Will he come in at four for England?
I'm guessing we won't see Mo at Lord's.
I'd give buttler the gloves move bairstow to 4 and put pope at 5
A test team with 3 specialist batsmen
GG - Amir Sohail wrote:No one keen on getting Ali in for Stokes, and Porter / Woakes in for Rashid?
On another note, surprised Pope has been picked over Alex Hales.
backfootpunch wrote:ianp1970 wrote:backfootpunch wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Pope bats at six for Surrey I think. Will he come in at four for England?
I'm guessing we won't see Mo at Lord's.
I'd give buttler the gloves move bairstow to 4 and put pope at 5
A test team with 3 specialist batsmen
Bairstow is the second best batsmen we have
Arthur Crabtree wrote:For me, if you've got a spinner you only bowl to the tail, you need another spinner to bowl at everyone else.
ianp1970 wrote:backfootpunch wrote:ianp1970 wrote:backfootpunch wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Pope bats at six for Surrey I think. Will he come in at four for England?
I'm guessing we won't see Mo at Lord's.
I'd give buttler the gloves move bairstow to 4 and put pope at 5
A test team with 3 specialist batsmen
Bairstow is the second best batsmen we have
That might well be true - but I doubt you want to bat him at 2 or 3?
We need to select people that will bat ahead of Bairstow, not move him up because we cannot find anyone else...