The Ashes 2021/22

I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper. 

Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).

Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.

Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.

Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.

cantersaddick said:

I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper. 

Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).

Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.

Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.

Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.

I don't think he'll play the 5th Test.

cantersaddick said:

I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper. 

Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).

Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.

Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.

Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.

To be fair it's extraordinary bad luck that Buttler and Bairstow picked up hand injuries in the SAME match

I imagine Stokes fielded so that he can bat in his normal position. If he didn't field, then would all 3 have to bat down the order, with Wood at 5 and Leach at 6?

oohaahmortimer said:

What time does it start tonight ?

Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30

cantersaddick said:

I'm not a keeper but the keepers in my group chat were all full of praise for Pope. Apparently his foot movement was excellent which is a sign of a good keeper. 

Suspect they will give Pope the gloves for the last test assuming Bairstow isn't fit. Even if Buttler is fit stick him on a flight home (commercial, economy, delayed, next to a crying baby).

Just shows how confused our selection and planning has been. We had 2 keepers in the main squad and 3 in the lions but we had to call up Billings who just happened to be out there in the BBL (I rate Billings and would like him to have a go but the point still stands) and end up using a part time keeper for a test and a half.

Wouldn't surprise me if they asked Burns to keep for a innings next.

Surprised stokes spent so much time in the field when he has a side strain and can't bowl and is a doubt for the next test. I'd be having him massaged permanently from now until the last test to make sure he can bat if nothing else.

Indeed. Our selection and planning has been woeful. So many players unprepared for the one series we care about above all others. So little to choose from when things go wrong, as they inevitably have. Part-time keepers, part-time spinners and part-time opening batsmen. I really think the management needs to go. 

Love it, Sam.

killerandflash said:

Chizz said:

IdleHans said:

oohaahmortimer said:

What time does it start tonight ?

Play starts at 11pm, TMS from 10.30

Presentation at 11:45pm.  After all the players have had a shower and changed. 

"Joe, all out for 53, you must be really disappointed."
"David, we'll keep on working hard, and learning lessons."

"We're doing a lot of things right but not often enough."

If we somehow manage to bat all day, what sort of time would close of play be? 6:30am? 7am?

killerandflash said:

If we somehow manage to bat all day, what sort of time would close of play be? 6:30am? 7am?

1 April 

I might go to bed earlier then and set my alarm for 6.

Zak and Hameed should be near their centuries by then 

So, no one thinking this is similar to Headingley 2019. 

Could we get 358 runs in a day...?  We still have Root, Bairstow, Stokes & Butler (if fit).

I reckon we have a sniff of getting out of there with a win. 

Hameed's painful innings at an end. Burns back in at Hobart?