Excellent 87* from Foakes - good job he's not Australian because superstition might get the better of him!
Unbeaten partnership of 15 with Leach of which Leach has made all bar one!
Silly 3rd run off the final ball imo. Foakes is now off strike for the first over tomorrow. What's the betting he'll never get to face a ball as the last 2 fall within the first over.
Thinking about the future (and not this series), we should dump Jennings (dropped twice today) and ask Bairstow to open. Foakes should now keep the gloves because he is a better keeper than Bairstow and a lot better than Buttler.
The team would look something like this:
Burns Bairstow Root Stokes Buttler Foakes Ali Curran/Woakes Rashid Broad/Stones Anderson
I like that - except not happy with Stokes at 4 - we seem a batsman light there. Re Stokes, his batting average is 33. If you were to take off the magnificent innings in Cape Town of 258 his average would be 30. Not the sort of average that i would like for an England no 4.
Agree Stokes would be too high at 4.
Buttler or Curran look more suited to it, though neither is ideal. We're really struggling for proper batsmen.
Excellent 87* from Foakes - good job he's not Australian because superstition might get the better of him!
Unbeaten partnership of 15 with Leach of which Leach has made all bar one!
Silly 3rd run off the final ball imo. Foakes is now off strike for the first over tomorrow. What's the betting he'll never get to face a ball as the last 2 fall within the first over.
a) this is a ludicrous criticism b) you clearly turned off an over too early. there was another over, leach hit it for 10 runs, and foakes is on strike in the morning
Hold on, where will they fit Pope,Roy, and the other Curran into the team ?
You forgot Stoneman, Dernbach, Jacks, Virdee, Rickeeeeeeeee Clarke etc etc who will all, at some point, be put forward as candidates by our CL Surrey fans.
Gareth Batty, Scott Borthwick, Ryan Patel, Liam Plunkett, Jordan Clark, Matt Dunn, Conor Mckerr, Stuart Meaker..... the list goes on.
I think we can safely say that Gareth Batty will never play for England again.
Foakes - Made in Essex, perfected in England. Nabbed in the middle by some two-bob numpties.
They don't just nick players - they steal coaches too. Richard Johnson has joined them from Middlesex.
From the BBC... 'Surrey have appointed Richard Johnson as assistant coach after the former England bowler was released from his contract at Middlesex.'
I actually think that England should just re-badge itself as Surrey and the North, so we just play every game with Surrey players plus invited Norveners such as Root, Buttler,Jimmy,Stokes and Bairstow.
I actually think that England should just re-badge itself as Surrey and the North, so we just play every game with Surrey players plus invited Norveners such as Root, Buttler,Jimmy,Stokes and Bairstow.
Norther Buttler from Somerset?
Next you and canters will be claiming Joberg, durban and Cape Town are in the People's Republic of Surrey, just to increase your home grown quota.
I actually think that England should just re-badge itself as Surrey and the North, so we just play every game with Surrey players plus invited Norveners such as Root, Buttler,Jimmy,Stokes and Bairstow.
Norther Buttler from Somerset?
Next you and canters will be claiming Joberg, durban and Cape Town are in the People's Republic of Surrey, just to increase your home grown quota.
I actually think that England should just re-badge itself as Surrey and the North, so we just play every game with Surrey players plus invited Norveners such as Root, Buttler,Jimmy,Stokes and Bairstow.
Norther Buttler from Somerset?
Next you and canters will be claiming Joberg, durban and Cape Town are in the People's Republic of Surrey, just to increase your home grown quota.
Excellent 87* from Foakes - good job he's not Australian because superstition might get the better of him!
Unbeaten partnership of 15 with Leach of which Leach has made all bar one!
Silly 3rd run off the final ball imo. Foakes is now off strike for the first over tomorrow. What's the betting he'll never get to face a ball as the last 2 fall within the first over.
a) this is a ludicrous criticism b) you clearly turned off an over too early. there was another over, leach hit it for 10 runs, and foakes is on strike in the morning
My bad !!!! who's have thought they would have got in 91 overs in the day. That must be unheard of in world cricket these days....or indeed over the last 40 years or so that I have been watching Test cricket. I did indeed turn over after they ran 3 on the last ball of the 89th over as I thought it was all over......... .
Happy for England to pick lots of Surrey players next summer if it means Surrey lose lots of matches as a result and go down
We had plenty of call ups this year which didn't affect us that much. Sam Tom Roy Stoneman and Pope all missed significant parts of the year due to call ups. We also had Burns Virdi and Foakes miss games to the lions.
Well, it has to be Jennings, although I can imagine England bowling SL out with a 100 lead and then Jennings knocking a pressure-free fifty which keeps him in for another 10 Tests. But then, who opens? Either Bairstow or Buttler
For me, England made a massive cock up in the summer of 2017 with their batting selections. Westerly and Malan were never going to be world class, Vince was worth a pop though. They should have looked at it and said "we have some great young players who aren't ready" and picked either Bell or Hildrith as a stop gap until after next summers ashes.
I am quite old fashioned in the sense that I would pick my best 4 bowlers and best 5 batsman then work out the last 2 places.
Using my selection criteria only 3 from the 11 today get in the 9, that's being generous to Burns.
Are Stokes and Ali good enough to bat in the top 6 long term? Are they in England's best 4 bowlers? Is Curran in England's top 4 bowlers (don't think about his batting)?
Are Anderson and Broad part of the problem, in that they are no spring chickens, so they want at least 4 seamers to reduce their work load?
If Bairstow did come in for Jennings we would go into a test match with 4 wicket keepers and 7 bowlers!
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Buttler or Curran look more suited to it, though neither is ideal. We're really struggling for proper batsmen.
b) you clearly turned off an over too early. there was another over, leach hit it for 10 runs, and foakes is on strike in the morning
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'Surrey have appointed Richard Johnson as assistant coach after the former England bowler was released from his contract at Middlesex.'
Next you and canters will be claiming Joberg, durban and Cape Town are in the People's Republic of Surrey, just to increase your home grown quota.
The pitch will deteriorate so if we can set SL 250 plus in the final innings we should be in with a good chance.
We have the depth we will be fine.
The answer being KEATON JENNINGS FOR FUCK'S SAKE
I have to say I agree with you completely.
Some of his dismissals against India were very poor and showed none of the grit and determination needed to open.
I don't have the answer though, other than Jennings isn't it.
I am quite old fashioned in the sense that I would pick my best 4 bowlers and best 5 batsman then work out the last 2 places.
Using my selection criteria only 3 from the 11 today get in the 9, that's being generous to Burns.
Are Stokes and Ali good enough to bat in the top 6 long term? Are they in England's best 4 bowlers? Is Curran in England's top 4 bowlers (don't think about his batting)?
Are Anderson and Broad part of the problem, in that they are no spring chickens, so they want at least 4 seamers to reduce their work load?
If Bairstow did come in for Jennings we would go into a test match with 4 wicket keepers and 7 bowlers!