never thought I'd see the time when a 'battery' of Indian fast bowlers was faster, more aggressive and effective than a set of English 'quickies' .. we were out bazballed in this test Changes for Lords ?, new opener for Crawley (doubt it'll happen) and 2 new quicks, probably including Archer which will be a BIG gamble
Play Cook down under and he gets taken apart, he's Woakes without the same level of experience behind him and I don't feel confident about Woakes playing this winter either
Play Cook down under and he gets taken apart, he's Woakes without the same level of experience behind him and I don't feel confident about Woakes playing this winter either
Play Cook down under and he gets taken apart, he's Woakes without the same level of experience behind him and I don't feel confident about Woakes playing this winter either
Cook did excellently in Aus for the Lions
And Aus A/CA XI didn't have Travis Head to dismantle him. The Aussie batting line up is pretty weak and they'll have 2 inexperienced openers, it's our best chance in ages to win there. The selection of our bowling attack is more crucial than it has been for a long time
Play Cook down under and he gets taken apart, he's Woakes without the same level of experience behind him and I don't feel confident about Woakes playing this winter either
Cook did excellently in Aus for the Lions
And Aus A/CA XI didn't have Travis Head to dismantle him. The Aussie batting line up is pretty weak and they'll have 2 inexperienced openers, it's our best chance in ages to win there. The selection of our bowling attack is more crucial than it has been for a long time
Who do England have? At least Cook bowls at the stumps
Where Cook might excel is the day/night pink ball Test in Brisbane as Scott Boland, who isn't much quicker than Cook, has done. It all depends how many quicks we take but, depending on fitness, it looks like Wood, Archer, Atkinson, Tongue, Carse and Potts (plus Stokes of course) are probably in front of him anyway.
I think it's fair to say that the entire cricket world is rooting against Mulder here
Looking at the Lara 400 match, I'd forgotten that while it was easy conditions, it was scored against a really good England attack, with the 4 pace bowlers who would win the Ashes back in 2005 a year later!
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But Smith is not one of them.
Changes for Lords ?, new opener for Crawley (doubt it'll happen) and 2 new quicks, probably including Archer which will be a BIG gamble
Bethel can come in as a batsman if needed. Not a frontline spinner.
Don't think Cook is up to it at international level.
But agreed, no way do I want Lara to lose that record.
Still my favourite ever batsman.
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