Ashes-2023 England VS Australia 16 June-31 July

[Ed Smith]

Team needs freshening up for Headingley. Reckon I'd go

1. Crawley
2. Duckett
3. Root
4. Brook
5. Stokes
6. YJB
7. Foakes
8. Woakes
9. Wood
10. Broad
11. Ahmed/Mo (Clearly its Dawson but he's not in the squad)

 

[Bevab]

Team needs freshening up for Headingley. Reckon I'd go

1. Crawley
2. Duckett
3. Root
4. Brook
5. Stokes
6. YJB
7. Foakes
8. Woakes
9. Wood
10. Broad
11. Ahmed/Mo (Clearly its Dawson but he's not in the squad)

Foakes isn’t in the squad either. Neither is Rehan.

 

[Ed Smith]

Ah it'll be Mo and Lawrence then. Unless Pope is fully fit. Mainly just wishful thinking they'd bring Foakes in

 

[Bevab]

Ah it'll be Mo and Lawrence then. Unless Pope is fully fit. Mainly just wishful thinking they'd bring Foakes in

Yeah my ideal XI would have Foakes in, play Brook or Root at three, Bairstow to five doing what he did last summer and bin Crawley for the superior Kent opener who can actually absorb deliveries allowing the others to bat around him or be aggressive.

 

[T.J.Hooker II]

It's time to recall Derek Underwood and prepare 3 sticky dogs.

 

[asprin]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the Bairstow dismissal. The ball was, by no means, dead. Totally agree that Bairstow wasn't looking for a run. However, it was naïve on his part to think he could simply walk off almost as soon as the ball hit the keeper's glove. And to think he is one himself, he should have known better.

The 3rd Test will either be a cracker of a match (though we already have had two) or be heavily one-sided. Who comes out on top could be anybody's guess. Perhaps the situation is best suited for Bazzball. Or it could be the downfall. In either case, sparks are bound to fly.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

But but.... Spirit of the cricket Boys.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Yeah my ideal XI would have Foakes in, play Brook or Root at three, Bairstow to five doing what he did last summer and bin Crawley for the superior Kent opener who can actually absorb deliveries allowing the others to bat around him or be aggressive.

Tawanda Muyeye?

 

[Bigby Wolf]

But But.... No Beer Boys.

 

[Croadyman]

Can't help absolutely seething at how FOUR batsmen demonstrated brainless batting at 188-1 in the first innings. Combine that with our inability to finish off tail at Edgbaston and that's where Ashes went for us.There is no chance whatsoever we are coming back from 2-0 down

 

[CooldiPargi]

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[wasteyouryouth]

Another example

 

[pillowprocter]

Another example

Ok, but that one is pretty common. I think it happened twice in Pak vs NZ this year

 

[Bigby Wolf]

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Ok, but that one is pretty common. I think it happened twice in Pak vs NZ this year

How long until Bairstow makes a move? Carey released it almost immediately, didn't wait for Bairstow to leave the crease, like Samit did lifting his foot.