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Woody, what a player!
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Been 3 great tests, could have gone either way.
Selection headaches for the next game. Anderson yay or nay, Bairstow yay or nay? I'd say nay to both.
Selection headaches for the next game. Anderson yay or nay, Bairstow yay or nay? I'd say nay to both.
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IT'S ALIVE!!!!!
It’s nice to actually have a team that can bat down to 10.
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Think Anderson will be back in for Robinson. Also at old Trafford for his last ashes test he'll be fired up. Bairstow has to to be dropped, dropped so many and delivered so little with the bat. .
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This series deserves to be 3-2 based on the first three games.
Whilst I support England I wouldn't be overly disappointed if Aus got it.
Could have been 3-0 to 0-3 so deserves to go to final game IMO.
Whilst I support England I wouldn't be overly disappointed if Aus got it.
Could have been 3-0 to 0-3 so deserves to go to final game IMO.
Really? Bring Anderson back. He’s been awful.
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We finally found some balance in the team, they've got to keep it as is.
If Stokes had been firing we'd have won that comfortably - and I feel much the same about the first test too.
If Stokes had been firing we'd have won that comfortably - and I feel much the same about the first test too.
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I'd definitely bring Tongue back in. Him and Wood could rough up the Ozzies.
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Wood had a great test.
Woakes too.
Bairstow another disappointing one.
Brook should always bat number 5.
Woakes too.
Bairstow another disappointing one.
Brook should always bat number 5.
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Phew. Well done to Brook, Woakes and Wood. The latter two especially for how well they bowled.
On TMS they compared Bairstow’s batting record when he was keeping and not keeping over the last few years and the difference is huge. Picking Foakes is surely a no brainer other than how we fit him in the side, especially if Stokes can’t bowl. I suppose one option is an all pace attack, drop Moeen and bat Bairstow at 3. However Old Trafford usually turns a bit so I suspect they want him in there.
If Stokes is fit to bowl then perhaps Robinson makes way.
Either way it requires a bold decision so I suspect no change.
On TMS they compared Bairstow’s batting record when he was keeping and not keeping over the last few years and the difference is huge. Picking Foakes is surely a no brainer other than how we fit him in the side, especially if Stokes can’t bowl. I suppose one option is an all pace attack, drop Moeen and bat Bairstow at 3. However Old Trafford usually turns a bit so I suspect they want him in there.
If Stokes is fit to bowl then perhaps Robinson makes way.
Either way it requires a bold decision so I suspect no change.
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Can we squeeze Foakes in as WK as well as Bairstow as a batsman? I can't see a way.
If we drop Moeen, we still need a spinner.
If we drop Moeen, we still need a spinner.
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Given how little Bairstow has contributed with the bat a straight swap isn’t that outrageous, but there’s always the hope taking the gloves off him helps him rediscover his form. Batting Brook at 3 was a mistake and one option is bumping Bairstow back up the order again, he’s done it before. Batting 3 and keeping is too much though.
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Courtesy of Reddit:
Since Ben Foakes made his Test debut in November 2018:
Bairstow not as keeper: 1,658 runs at 43.63.
Bairstow as keeper: 394 runs at 19.70.
Foakes as keeper: 934 runs at 32.20.
Since Ben Foakes made his Test debut in November 2018:
Bairstow not as keeper: 1,658 runs at 43.63.
Bairstow as keeper: 394 runs at 19.70.
Foakes as keeper: 934 runs at 32.20.
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Bairstow is utterly useless. Get rid
He looks overweight which as a keeper can't be good. His keeping has been a poor standard, his batting awful and he cost England the match at Lords with his run out. Seems like a no brainer to swap him out but I suspect him and Stokes are besties.
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Having your mates in the team has lost England so many matches over the years, will people ever learn
Next test is at his home ground so if Robinson isn't fit I think he'll play.
Bairstow has to give up the gloves though, it's hard to win the ashes with a crap keeper although somehow we managed it in 2005. The only question really is whether you retain him as a better if Pope is injured, it's not long ago that he played some very good innings for England.
I don’t know how Jones was ever eligible to play for England