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Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:29 pmby andy
Foakes is the best keeper in england and if it was up to me, then i would have him at 7 in the side and keeping.....but if they are determined to have Buttler there then surely he has to keep if he is playing.....also assuming it means that Burns and Pope not even considered for keeping duty
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:51 pmby Durhamfootman
you can never have too many wicket keepers, seemingly
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:08 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Surprising if the reserve wk, Buttler, doesn't take over the role, and Pope take the batting position. Otherwise, why that squad?
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:51 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Are we going:
Burns/Jennings/Root/Bairstow/Stokes/Buttler/Moeen/Woakes/Rashid/Broad/Anderson?
Curran/Denly/Leach/Pope/Stone
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:55 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Such narrow options. Hardly any batting cover.
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:28 pmby andy
I would have thought that Denly will be batting 3
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:22 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Who are you leaving out?
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:24 pmby andy
I'd go with
Assuming Bairstow isn't fit
Burns
Jennings
Denly
Root
Stokes
Buttler (wk)
Moeen
Rashid
Woakes
Broad
Anderson
Or
Burns
Denly
Root
Pope
Stokes
Buttler (wk)
Moeen
Rashid
Broad
Anderson
Woakes
If Bairstow is fit, he plays instead of pope/Jennings
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:30 pmby dan08
Not sure we need 4 seamers.
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:34 pmby andy
Can leave out Woakes for Leach then....although Stokes dosen't bowl loads these days...
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 7:48 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Feels hard not to have six bowlers in this side. Leach for a seamer is fair enough.
Sounds like Foakes will play if JB1 is out.
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:21 pmby sussexpob
If the pitch says two front line spinners, Id be tempted to field Ali, Leach and Rashid, play Anderson, and flood the line up with batters. Stokes is inevitably one of those, so he takes the new ball.... then expect your spinners to be able, if necessary, to bowl for 2-3 days of the test match, with guys like Denly and Root as a part time back up.
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:26 pmby Durhamfootman
sussexpob wrote:If the pitch says two front line spinners, Id be tempted to field Ali, Leach and Rashid, play Anderson, and flood the line up with batters. Stokes is inevitably one of those, so he takes the new ball.... then expect your spinners to be able, if necessary, to bowl for 2-3 days of the test match, with guys like Denly and Root as a part time back up.
feels too brave for an England side
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Mon Oct 29, 2018 1:05 amby Slipstream
I am having left arm Curran instead of Woakes.
Re: There may be troubles ahead: England selection issues.
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Mon Oct 29, 2018 5:29 pmby KipperJohn
Surely after everything that’s been said publicly, Root will bat at 4. Bairstow seems unlikely to play and Buttler will have the gloves.