The bad news for us and future Ashes is that, if he stays fit, Australia have found an all rounder who, at the age of just 22, will be around for years to come. Who is our replacement for Stokes because, with his body giving up on him, won't be around for that much longer in Test cricket?
The bad news for us and future Ashes is that, if he stays fit, Australia have found an all rounder who, at the age of just 22, will be around for years to come. Who is our replacement for Stokes because, with his body giving up on him, won't be around for that much longer in Test cricket?
The bad news for us and future Ashes is that, if he stays fit, Australia have found an all rounder who, at the age of just 22, will be around for years to come. Who is our replacement for Stokes because, with his body giving up on him, won't be around for that much longer in Test cricket?
Green is such a great find
He is a great find and I'm certainly not suggesting that players of his calibre grow on trees but Australia found him by playing him in the Sheffield Shield in conditions that allowed him to bat and bowl - to be able to build an innings and not fear that each and every ball bowled by a 46 year old bowling at 70mph had your name on it and by making Green work for every one of his wickets. That's preparation for Test cricket.
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Crawley 36 (66) c Carey b Green
He is a great find and I'm certainly not suggesting that players of his calibre grow on trees but Australia found him by playing him in the Sheffield Shield in conditions that allowed him to bat and bowl - to be able to build an innings and not fear that each and every ball bowled by a 46 year old bowling at 70mph had your name on it and by making Green work for every one of his wickets. That's preparation for Test cricket.
Stokes 5 (15) c Lyon b Starc
No need to play that shot. Caught in the outfield.
99-4
Root 10 (26)
Pope 1 (7)
They think it’s all over
It is now
Root 11 (31) b Boland
Billings 1 (9) c Cummins b Boland
Pope 5 (26) b Cummins
Woakes 5 (11) c Carey b Boland
Forget that the middle order are as brittle as the peanut sweet from the 1980's.