yeah, no point batting last on utter bunsen
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To be fair, I think that’s just due to the unfortunate wording they used to announce it. Most people won’t have realised he was always supposed to go at this point and so believed he’d just decided mid tour that he didn’t fancy it.
BigMick
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Yes both Root and Silverwood have apologised for the initial reaction.
It does appear that England asked him to stay on for the tests and give the one-day games a miss but he chose not to. Fair enough.
However, he is one of the 17 English players involved in the IPL auction which takes place tomorrow, the day after the test match should have ended, so he's quite happy to enter another bubble for that competition, due to start in April. Perhaps he could have waited to see whether he's selected before making his decision.
arminisgod
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good job Moeen will be rested for the IPL
Toast
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Should be a fascinating match with the pink ball.
www.theguardian.com
England fast bowlers queueing up to get hands on pink ball for floodlit Test
Mark Wood has revealed England’s pacemen are queuing up to get their hands on the pink ball ahead of the floodlit third Test against India
Chris O'Connor
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Pure speculation but up to five changes possible according to some journos (not particularly reliable ones tbf but at least out there so may be something in it)
Bairstow for Lawrence pencilled in as almost definite
Crawley for Burns under consideration
..then the difficult bit, the bowlers...seam looks the way but Ollie Stone may have to count himself extremely unlucky and make way for this one.
A huge tail with traditional number 11 Jack Leach occupying one of the all rounder positions as high as 7 or 8 is something they just have to avoid, the batting is already looking weak, flimsy and highly vulnerable and they're unlikely to win a test by taking twenty wickets when our own batting is ten times worse, Joe Root won't score 200 plus every time.
Anderson definitely returns
So then you will almost certainly have s speedster and Jofra looks the man
They wanted to pair Broad and Anderson but the batting frailty might leave the door open for Chris Woakes as the other medium quick seamer. Another way might have Bess as a spin option but maybe that's less likely. Stokes is nowadays primarily a batting alrounder and there are too many likely overs required from a third quick to make him an option to fill it.
Bairstow for Lawrence pencilled in as almost definite
Crawley for Burns under consideration
..then the difficult bit, the bowlers...seam looks the way but Ollie Stone may have to count himself extremely unlucky and make way for this one.
A huge tail with traditional number 11 Jack Leach occupying one of the all rounder positions as high as 7 or 8 is something they just have to avoid, the batting is already looking weak, flimsy and highly vulnerable and they're unlikely to win a test by taking twenty wickets when our own batting is ten times worse, Joe Root won't score 200 plus every time.
Anderson definitely returns
So then you will almost certainly have s speedster and Jofra looks the man
They wanted to pair Broad and Anderson but the batting frailty might leave the door open for Chris Woakes as the other medium quick seamer. Another way might have Bess as a spin option but maybe that's less likely. Stokes is nowadays primarily a batting alrounder and there are too many likely overs required from a third quick to make him an option to fill it.
What sort of surface are we expecting this time? Obviously all pitches over there are going to offer some spin assistance.
Chris O'Connor
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Green top, apparently looking very seamer friendly plus the pink ball under lights adds to 'the pack your side with seamers' route to victory.
Tbh looking ideal for our bowlers atm but India also have world class quality in the seam department too. They won't be too perturbed by the likely conditions as they have a side who can easily compete in them.
It's spin though were the largest disparity remains and so this day nighter has to be a chance but opening the batting against a moving pink ball won't be easy and I'd expect some fairly low scoring in this one.
Chris O'Connor
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My guess is ...
Crawley
Sibley
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Pope
Foakes
Woakes
Leach
Archer
Anderson
Although they may play Stuart Broad for Chris Woakes if they can stomach a truly pathetic and pitiful lower order of walking wickets. With four tailenders it hardly matters which order they go in but in that scenario Jack Leach is possibly best to hold up an end at number eight before all the proper batsmen are dismissed.
So at eight Jack Leach followed by Anderson Broad and Archer in any order they like.
Crawley
Sibley
Bairstow
Root
Stokes
Pope
Foakes
Woakes
Leach
Archer
Anderson
Although they may play Stuart Broad for Chris Woakes if they can stomach a truly pathetic and pitiful lower order of walking wickets. With four tailenders it hardly matters which order they go in but in that scenario Jack Leach is possibly best to hold up an end at number eight before all the proper batsmen are dismissed.
So at eight Jack Leach followed by Anderson Broad and Archer in any order they like.
This 100 thing looks very gimmicky.
Chris O'Connor
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It is but I suppose it's to catch the media attention and create an impression it's new, it's different and worth watching.
I think part of the aim is to appeal to a wider audience, with plenty of games on the BBC too. The BBC are known for their reluctance to cover cricket especially on TV. They would therefore be more attracted by anything that shortens the playing time, and 100 balls is less than the 120 in T20, and gives the impression it's cricket but with lots of other showbiz gimmicks.
Has some really worthwhile and laudable aims in trying to increase the potential watching audience as well as giving a platform to promote the women's game. In fact they're opening with a women's game which is a brave decision as it has the potential to really backfire.
Whichever way you think it should change, the current situation is what we're dealing with and women's cricketers just aren't anything like as well known as the really big names in the men's game, not even to the general cricket watching public never mind more widely, so it's going to be a huge ask to expect new viewers to turn on to watch players they've never even heard of. It's possibly the right call to tell the women they're valued and a real part of the new enterprise but commercially it could be exactly the opposite and undermine exactly what they hoped to achieve.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
The second test starts at a more civilised time of 9.00 am, highlights on More4 at 7.55 pm.
England win toss and bat first. Not sure if it's a green top, but potentially a good toss to lose for India?
If Archer is genuinely batting at 8 then that is one of the longest tails I've seen