Cook (or anybody) can only captain what they've got. If your senior bowlers only make the oppo play at 1 ball in 2 or thereabouts taking wickets becomes harder. The senior batsmen (Cook included) have let the team down badly too. A youngster or the tail have rescued us or nearly rescued us so far in these two series. Today the luck just ran out.
Root and Ali did so well this morning to regain some of the initiative the senior batsmen let go. All that hard work has been well and truly thrown away now though.
I really ought to start betting on things. I thought with Moeen and Root we could pull something off, but when Moeen went last ball before lunch I thought "collapse pending".
We did alright until we came back on the pitch after lunch I suppose....what did they have to eat anyway, hallucinogenics?!!!
Fair play to Peter Moores in that interview after the match. He didn't dodge any questions & answered honestly. I reckon there will be at least a couple of changes for the 3rd test
I thought Nasser Hussain hit the nail on the head re Cook. Asking the question would we miss Cook if he wasn't there. His captaincy-no, His Batting-No. Michael Vaughan reckons we should bring in Eoin Morgan to Captain the side and bat at number six.I don't know who would open.
I thought Nasser Hussain hit the nail on the head re Cook. Asking the question would we miss Cook if he wasn't there. His captaincy-no, His Batting-No. Michael Vaughan reckons we should bring in Eoin Morgan to Captain the side and bat at number six.I don't know who would open.
Won't matter who opens on recent performances they'll be out before lunch as usual :-0
England also need to decide whether Moeen is a main spinner or not, as at the moment he seems to be treated like a Paul Collingwood/Michael Clarke type bowler, someone you bring on for a few overs to rest the quicks, rather than a key part of the attack. You could never imagine him bowling for a whole session.
This might be a bit left field but I'd like to see Alex Hales open. I know he's a T20/1 day specialist but England's test top 3 of Cook, Robson & Ballance are all slow, defensive players. I'd like to see England give Hales licence to go in at the start of the innings & smack it about a bit in the way that Trescothick used to
This might be a bit left field but I'd like to see Alex Hales open. I know he's a T20/1 day specialist but England's test top 3 of Cook, Robson & Ballance are all slow, defensive players. I'd like to see England give Hales licence to go in at the start of the innings & smack it about a bit in the way that Trescothick used to
This might be a bit left field but I'd like to see Alex Hales open. I know he's a T20/1 day specialist but England's test top 3 of Cook, Robson & Ballance are all slow, defensive players. I'd like to see England give Hales licence to go in at the start of the innings & smack it about a bit in the way that Trescothick used to
Hales is having a good season and is certainly dangerous when he gets going. Curiously, both he and Trescothick failed to get first class tons last season though.
Need Cook to get the tom tits before Sunday , and Stokes to get dropped for Jordan and then we might be somewhere down the road towards having an almost competitive side.
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Cook (or anybody) can only captain what they've got. If your senior bowlers only make the oppo play at 1 ball in 2 or thereabouts taking wickets becomes harder. The senior batsmen (Cook included) have let the team down badly too. A youngster or the tail have rescued us or nearly rescued us so far in these two series. Today the luck just ran out.
Root and Ali did so well this morning to regain some of the initiative the senior batsmen let go. All that hard work has been well and truly thrown away now though.
The Brazilian team that fell apart against Germany that is...
Yes we were destined to lose this almost certainly but don't roll over to have your tummy tickled quite so blatantly!
It's the England National X1 not a local under 11 X1!
Must remember to check the score before I walk into a cricket ground on day 5. Idiot.
We did alright until we came back on the pitch after lunch I suppose....what did they have to eat anyway, hallucinogenics?!!!
Root
Ballance
Bell
Moeen
Morgan
Buttler
Broad
Jordan
Plunkett
Anderson
One day stuff a different story of course.
If Cook is to be dropped then I'd seriously consider giving him a go.