England Lions squad for Australia: Dom Bess (Somerset), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Paul Coughlin (Durham/Nottinghamshire), Alex Davies (Lancashire), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), George Garton (Sussex), Nick Gubbins (Middlesex), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Keaton Jennings (Durham/Lancashire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Jamie Porter (Essex), Amar Virdi (Surrey), Tom Westley (Essex), Mark Wood (Durham).
So Northeast is going straight into the test squad then?
Rob Key speaks in glowing terms of Dan Lawrence. He reckons he is going to be an England regular.
I agree. He will be in time. Not sure he is there yet.
Couple of years and Lawrence and Hameed will be regulars. We will just be wondering who will replace broad and Anderson.
Last season they were talking about Haqib from Lancs but been quiet this year.
I agree with your comment re Northeast, Curran(s) and Plunkett, what must they be thinking. Clearly this is almost an U-23 side but in that case where are the Currna(s) ?
Feel sorry for Durham who have really suffered and lost more than half of their first team in the last year or so:
Graham Onions - to Lancs Keaton Jennings - to Lancs Paul Coughlin - to Notts Phil Mustard - to Gloucs Mark Stoneman - to Surrey Scott Borthwick - to Surrey Ben Stokes - to England, IPL, Big Bash etc etc Mark Wood - to England and injury
Rob Key speaks in glowing terms of Dan Lawrence. He reckons he is going to be an England regular.
I agree. He will be in time. Not sure he is there yet.
Couple of years and Lawrence and Hameed will be regulars. We will just be wondering who will replace broad and Anderson.
Last season they were talking about Haqib from Lancs but been quiet this year.
I agree with your comment re Northeast, Curran(s) and Plunkett, what must they be thinking. Clearly this is almost an U-23 side but in that case where are the Currna(s) ?
Yeah just odd all round. I get you want to take some of the younger guys on the tour and it'll be good experience for them.
But say Moeen got injured and we tried Crane but it proved to be too early for him and he struggled. Surely you want Rashid/Leach/whoever they think is next in line, already in the country, acclimatised, playing games and ready to go. Not halfway round the world eating junk food and enjoying the off season.
Feel sorry for Durham who have really suffered and lost more than half of their first team in the last year or so:
Graham Onions - to Lancs Keaton Jennings - to Lancs Paul Coughlin - to Notts Phil Mustard - to Gloucs Mark Stoneman - to Surrey Scott Borthwick - to Surrey Ben Stokes - to England, IPL, Big Bash etc etc Mark Wood - to England and injury
Botham has his work cut out.
Or could it be BECAUSE of Botham ?
Must admit, when I met Botham just the once, he was right up his own, and had no time for people around him.
Feel sorry for Durham who have really suffered and lost more than half of their first team in the last year or so:
Graham Onions - to Lancs Keaton Jennings - to Lancs Paul Coughlin - to Notts Phil Mustard - to Gloucs Mark Stoneman - to Surrey Scott Borthwick - to Surrey Ben Stokes - to England, IPL, Big Bash etc etc Mark Wood - to England and injury
Botham has his work cut out.
Or could it be BECAUSE of Botham ?
Must admit, when I met Botham just the once, he was right up his own, and had no time for people around him.
I hear what you say about Botham but I think it is more to do with their lack of money and other counties taking advantage of that.
Rob Key speaks in glowing terms of Dan Lawrence. He reckons he is going to be an England regular.
I agree. He will be in time. Not sure he is there yet.
Couple of years and Lawrence and Hameed will be regulars. We will just be wondering who will replace broad and Anderson.
Last season they were talking about Haqib from Lancs but been quiet this year.
I agree with your comment re Northeast, Curran(s) and Plunkett, what must they be thinking. Clearly this is almost an U-23 side but in that case where are the Currna(s) ?
Yeah just odd all round. I get you want to take some of the younger guys on the tour and it'll be good experience for them.
But say Moeen got injured and we tried Crane but it proved to be too early for him and he struggled. Surely you want Rashid/Leach/whoever they think is next in line, already in the country, acclimatised, playing games and ready to go. Not halfway round the world eating junk food and enjoying the off season.
Strange all round.
Samit Patel, this season's MVP, could be Stokes' replacement. But then he will be equally happy "eating junk food and enjoying the off season".
Feel sorry for Durham who have really suffered and lost more than half of their first team in the last year or so:
Graham Onions - to Lancs Keaton Jennings - to Lancs Paul Coughlin - to Notts Phil Mustard - to Gloucs Mark Stoneman - to Surrey Scott Borthwick - to Surrey Ben Stokes - to England, IPL, Big Bash etc etc Mark Wood - to England and injury
Botham has his work cut out.
I wonder if Borthwick will want to move back, as he has flopped at Surrey?
The thing about Stokes is because of his IPL and England duties he hardly plavs for Durham any longer- and his pay I would expect with Durham is a miniscule amount in relation to his total salary. There's no point in any other county trying to entice him away.
As far as I am aware, this is a Lions training camp and they have not got any games scheduled at present, so not like they will be playing themselves into the squad.
Can't see Ballance playing 3 if he's chosen for the first test. Root to move up with Bairstow/Stokes and Ballance to go in at 5. Ballance at 3 is a recipe for disaster.
The thing about Stokes is because of his IPL and England duties he hardly plavs for Durham any longer- and his pay I would expect with Durham is a miniscule amount in relation to his total salary. There's no point in any other county trying to entice him away.
The thing about Stokes is because of his IPL and England duties he hardly plavs for Durham any longer- and his pay I would expect with Durham is a miniscule amount in relation to his total salary. There's no point in any other county trying to entice him away.
Durham probably can't afford for Stokes to get the axe by England. Of he loses his central contract they then become his sole employer and so have to start paying him again. Less than he gets from England but more than the token contribution they make while he has a central contract.
With their financial difficulties his wages could be a real problem.
Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon should knock us over
Yeah, i think the only 'chink' we have is that Cummins and Starc in particular are highly injury-prone and unlikely to both last the whole series. If they do, we're fecked, i'm afraid.
The thing about Stokes is because of his IPL and England duties he hardly plavs for Durham any longer- and his pay I would expect with Durham is a miniscule amount in relation to his total salary. There's no point in any other county trying to entice him away.
The thing about Stokes is because of his IPL and England duties he hardly plavs for Durham any longer- and his pay I would expect with Durham is a miniscule amount in relation to his total salary. There's no point in any other county trying to entice him away.
Durham probably can't afford for Stokes to get the axe by England. Of he loses his central contract they then become his sole employer and so have to start paying him again. Less than he gets from England but more than the token contribution they make while he has a central contract.
With their financial difficulties his wages could be a real problem.
I can't see Stokes losing his central contract. Apart from anything else, by coming under the direct control of the ECB, maybe they feel they have a better chance of trying to control him...
Looking more and more likely that Stokes will not be touring Aus. Who would be the ideal replacement? Looking at the Lions team I'm struggling to see who the replacement is. I'd go for Plunkett just to give us some extra pace on the bowling front.My 11 for the first test
Cook Stoneman Vince Root Malan Bairstow Ali Woakes Overton Broad Anderson
In all honesty only really happy about 8 of that line up. Semi tempted to put Foakes in.
Looking more and more likely that Stokes will not be touring Aus. Who would be the ideal replacement? Looking at the Lions team I'm struggling to see who the replacement is. I'd go for Plunkett just to give us some extra pace on the bowling front.My 11 for the first test
Cook Stoneman Vince Root Malan Bairstow Ali Woakes Overton Broad Anderson
In all honesty only really happy about 8 of that line up. Semi tempted to put Foakes in.
That team is as good as any - I guess it's a toss up between Overton/Ball for that final seam slot and the likes of Vince, Malan and Ballance are so shite that it is basically like deciding whether you'd like to be anally penetrated by a pink, blue or black dildo - it makes no difference and is still going to be bloody painful.
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"Is it better to have never played for England or, like Westley, to have played and proven you should never have done so in the first place!"
Couple of years and Lawrence and Hameed will be regulars. We will just be wondering who will replace broad and Anderson.
I agree with your comment re Northeast, Curran(s) and Plunkett, what must they be thinking. Clearly this is almost an U-23 side but in that case where are the Currna(s) ?
http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12149/11053944/england-batsman-keaton-jennings-to-leave-durham-for-lancashire-at-end-of-season
And also Graham Onions has left Durham for Lancs too.
Graham Onions - to Lancs
Keaton Jennings - to Lancs
Paul Coughlin - to Notts
Phil Mustard - to Gloucs
Mark Stoneman - to Surrey
Scott Borthwick - to Surrey
Ben Stokes - to England, IPL, Big Bash etc etc
Mark Wood - to England and injury
Botham has his work cut out.
But say Moeen got injured and we tried Crane but it proved to be too early for him and he struggled. Surely you want Rashid/Leach/whoever they think is next in line, already in the country, acclimatised, playing games and ready to go. Not halfway round the world eating junk food and enjoying the off season.
Strange all round.
Must admit, when I met Botham just the once, he was right up his own, and had no time for people around him.
The thing about Stokes is because of his IPL and England duties he hardly plavs for Durham any longer- and his pay I would expect with Durham is a miniscule amount in relation to his total salary. There's no point in any other county trying to entice him away.
With their financial difficulties his wages could be a real problem.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/41484843
Looking more and more likely that Stokes will not be touring Aus. Who would be the ideal replacement? Looking at the Lions team I'm struggling to see who the replacement is. I'd go for Plunkett just to give us some extra pace on the bowling front.My 11 for the first test
Cook
Stoneman
Vince
Root
Malan
Bairstow
Ali
Woakes
Overton
Broad
Anderson
In all honesty only really happy about 8 of that line up. Semi tempted to put Foakes in.