richowebbo
County Cricketer
You got to hand to England, it takes something special to fail so miserably on a track like this this! That Stokes dismissal is just the icing on the cake!
What the hell are they going to do about our top order? Bell and Ballance are shocking and Lyth's looking decidedly dodgy.
Drop the whole 11! I think that's what the majority of the England fans have been saying on BBC live text and twitter etc.
I think the consecutive tests have been too much for Jimmy. He looked pointless. Also Mark Wood, who for a young man, it was very worrying seeing his pace drop to around 82 mph. Also Stokes really needs to work on his bowling or we will have to pick another quick. He didn't look threatening at all.
Top Order? I'd stick with Lyth because we shouldn't keep changing the openers until we give them a whole summer. Lyth played quite well against NZ, he just needs to do some work on his off stump! Ballance doesn't move his feet, at all, and is getting battered. I'd probably drop him and Bell at the moment. I was hoping Ballance would score a big score this afternoon, but once again he didn't bother the scorers.
If I was selector I'd either bring in Finn or Rashid (depending on the pitch) for Bell and move everyone up the order and I'd maybe give Hales a bash at 3. Just see if he can bring some attacking fair to the position. Either that or I'd bring Compton in at 3, because he is a quality player who was treated pretty poorly by the ECB.
I forgot about Bairstow. Doh. Mind you with Butlers form at the moment, we night need another Keeper!