A tenuous link to England but one nevertheless - NSW are currently playing Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match. The NSW bowling attack is made up of Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon which is, of course, the quartet that smashed us in the Ashes.
Imagine if those four were playing in the same CC team!
I've got tickets for the 1st day of The Ashes at Edgbaston. Will get Lords and Oval through my contacts. Carrying on my run of attending at least one day of every home Ashes series for 46 years. The last series I missed was 1968.
Impressive! I'm off to day 3 (Saturday) at Edgbaston. It wouldn't surprise me if ticket are available on general sale for Headingley and Old Trafford, they rarely sell out every day
You can always easily get tickets for any Ashes Test apart from Lords and Oval.
Not true. Sold out last time. I know Headingly has already sold out. Well for first 3 days and 4th day not guaranteed to happen.
I've got tickets for the 1st day of The Ashes at Edgbaston. Will get Lords and Oval through my contacts. Carrying on my run of attending at least one day of every home Ashes series for 46 years. The last series I missed was 1968.
Impressive! I'm off to day 3 (Saturday) at Edgbaston. It wouldn't surprise me if ticket are available on general sale for Headingley and Old Trafford, they rarely sell out every day
You can always easily get tickets for any Ashes Test apart from Lords and Oval.
Not true. Sold out last time. I know Headingly has already sold out. Well for first 3 days and 4th day not guaranteed to happen.
Well they may be sold out but buying them wasn't difficult. If you follow the procedure, ie register your email address with the county or England supporters 12th Man you can purchase as soon as they go on sale. They don't sell out like a Take That concert!
And a seamer still hasn't taken a wicket for us in this Test. We should have left Jimmy out and played Bairstow!
Or Denly, then we could have a 5 man spin attack!
If Curran has a slight injury, and the next pitch is also one for the spinners then Denly would make more sense than say Broad as a replacement
Picking a 4 man spin attack is a waste of a place, you would always under bowl someone. I would strongly consider Bairstow in Curran's place. Jennings could bowl a few overs if you wanted some extra seam up for an over before lunch.
And a seamer still hasn't taken a wicket for us in this Test. We should have left Jimmy out and played Bairstow!
Or Denly, then we could have a 5 man spin attack!
If Curran has a slight injury, and the next pitch is also one for the spinners then Denly would make more sense than say Broad as a replacement
Picking a 4 man spin attack is a waste of a place, you would always under bowl someone. I would strongly consider Bairstow in Curran's place. Jennings could bowl a few overs if you wanted some extra seam up for an over before lunch.
The option is a batsman who also keeps wicket versus a batsman who also bowls legspin
Bairstow is obviously an established Test batsman when Denly isn't, but having another spin option is more useful than having a 3rd wicket keeping option in the team! Bairstow only averages 37 in Test cricket so it's not as if he should be an automatic pick just for his batting.
38 wickets in the match by spinners - that is an all-time record in any Test match ever, and it's only the third time out of England's 363 Test victories that they've won without a wicket from a fast bowler.
38 wickets in the match by spinners - that is an all-time record in any Test match ever, and it's only the third time out of England's 363 Test victories that they've won without a wicket from a fast bowler.
38 wickets in the match by spinners - that is an all-time record in any Test match ever, and it's only the third time out of England's 363 Test victories that they've won without a wicket from a fast bowler.
Ironic that, with the odd exception, we prepare wickets in this country that suit seamers. The 2odd exception" being Taunton, the home of Leach and quite possible that we would not have won this series had he not had the experience of bowling on such tracks.
38 wickets in the match by spinners - that is an all-time record in any Test match ever, and it's only the third time out of England's 363 Test victories that they've won without a wicket from a fast bowler.
You back in England, Redman?
Haha. If you look at the time I posted no way. Flying home tomorrow. Been doing some touristy things as well as getting in all 4 days at Galle and 1 at Kandy. Lovely country. Lovely food. Lovely cricket!
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Imagine if those four were playing in the same CC team!
If Curran has a slight injury, and the next pitch is also one for the spinners then Denly would make more sense than say Broad as a replacement
Bairstow is obviously an established Test batsman when Denly isn't, but having another spin option is more useful than having a 3rd wicket keeping option in the team! Bairstow only averages 37 in Test cricket so it's not as if he should be an automatic pick just for his batting.
240-8 61 required.
Leach gets a Michelle and England win by 57 runs.
38 wickets in the match by spinners - that is an all-time record in any Test match ever, and it's only the third time out of England's 363 Test victories that they've won without a wicket from a fast bowler.