What an incredible job from Woakes and Wood with both bat and Ball! Baz has some selection headaches for OT now.
What many of us would like to see happen with Foakes, I very much doubt will happen. Suspect that Anderson will come in for Robinson but have no idea whatsoever who they will have batting at 3 now.
Watching Pat Cummings interview with Atherton,.. not one word of congratulations to England, blaming everything, Clouds included, for the result, you lost mate to a better team on the day,...wouldn't take too much to say a few words of appreciation to the opposition...
I can't imagine Stokes will be able to bowl so we'll need Woakes to play for his batting at 8 with Ali at 7. I don't think they'll drop Bairstow so might aswell just play him at 3.
Interesting what seamers they'll pick. I'd go with Broad, Anderson and Wood.
even if we win this, we've limped to the finish. Was a great opportunity to wrestle the momentum of the series from the aussies in the series. Feel like that's gone now. Aussies will feel they got close now.
Crawley Duckett Bairstow/Ali Root Brook Stokes Foakes Woakes (those three together finally!) Wood Broad Tongue/Anderson
Ali if the pitch favours spin. Anderson if it’s a green top and Tongue if it’s a flat deck nothing.
I reckon Broad might be rested, Anderson and Tongue for Broad and Robinson maybe.
No bowlers will need resting at OT, as there's a decent break before then. Robinson will surely drop out because of his injury issue, and Jimmy will be ahead of Tongue.
Crawley Duckett Bairstow/Ali Root Brook Stokes Foakes Woakes (those three together finally!) Wood Broad Tongue/Anderson
Ali if the pitch favours spin. Anderson if it’s a green top and Tongue if it’s a flat deck nothing.
I reckon Broad might be rested, Anderson and Tongue for Broad and Robinson maybe.
No bowlers will need resting at OT, as there's a decent break before then. Robinson will surely drop out because of his injury issue, and Jimmy will be ahead of Tongue.
True but then that and the Oval are back to back. More 'rotate' than 'rest' maybe!
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Felt nervous since 11am and was never certain we would win.
Mark Wood and Chris Woakes have made a great contribution to this win.
Harry Brook was immense even if he got out to a poor shot
43 runs
3 wickets
The winning margin in each Test… happy to see England going toe to toe with the best Test team in the world.
But if England win at Old Trafford… I know which camp I’d prefer to be in for the Oval.
In the last test our 8 and 9 were Broad and Robinson.
(if we get Foakes in for Robinson next Test.)
What many of us would like to see happen with Foakes, I very much doubt will happen. Suspect that Anderson will come in for Robinson but have no idea whatsoever who they will have batting at 3 now.
Woakes record in England is really good.
Interesting what seamers they'll pick. I'd go with Broad, Anderson and Wood.
Crawley
Duckett
Bairstow/Ali
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Woakes (those three together finally!)
Wood
Broad
Tongue/Anderson
Ali if the pitch favours spin - if it doesn’t, Bairstow bats three and Root gets through ~10 overs per innings.
Broad 117.4
Cummins 106.4
Robinson 102.4
Anderson 77.0
Moeen 73.0
Starc 68.3
Lyon 66.0
Hazlewood 56.0
Boland 47.0
Tongue 42.0
Woakes 35.0
Root 31.0
Green 30.0
Stokes 29.0
Wood 28.4
Head 11.3
Murphy 9.3
Marsh 9.0
Brook 3.0
Smith 1.0