wasteyouryouth
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Will be a shame to not see Brook get a chance to be honest, I suppose they could go with Bairstow taking the gloves.
England Team Discussion
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Aislabie
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Brook at five and Bairstow at seven definitely makes most sense. Possibly also with Bohannon at three...
I like Foakes and think he'd be hard done by to get dropped, but his biggest point of difference is as a keeper to spin, so if England aren't planning to pick a wicket-taking spinner then I don't think he makes the strongest case to be picked
wasteyouryouth
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Was interesting to learn that Bohannon was also in the fewer county centuries than Ben Compton club.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Yeah, Ben Compton has really exposed a bunch of people for the frauds they are. It would be interesting to know how close he is to the front of the queue
Ed Smith
Gaffer
Here's to 100 more tests...
Rumple43
Survival Games Finalist
Not making a century in either innings on a pitch where only 20 wickets fell in 4 days isn't all that great, but perhaps that's just the general English cricket fan in me being a pessimist haha
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
It's also worth noting that the 84 (scores were 62 and 84, not 64 and 82) came against the likes of Emilio Gay, Ricardo Vasconcelos and Ben Curran (who eventually got him out). Closest thing you ever get to free runs.
I am very disappointed in Northants for not helping commit to the sub-30 average meme
Ed Smith
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First thing I though of was that he'd crushed your dreams
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
If he gets out six times in the Test series for 42 total runs or less, the dream is still on
Ed Smith
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I reckon that's probable
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Would have been considerably more likely if Northants had just done their bit and got him out cheaply though
wasteyouryouth
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Crawley is bound to bang a 100 in the first test and everyone who ever doubted him will have to crawl on broken glass to apologise to Lord Key.
wasteyouryouth
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Beginning to think stress fractures might be contagious.
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Tash Farrant ruled out for season with back stress fracture
Left-arm seamer expected to be sidelined for six months in cruel blow
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Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
I thought Jamie Porter "doesn't have the pace to trouble international batsmen"
Rumple43
Survival Games Finalist
Back to back T20 scores for Brook as well, 72 (48) last night and 60* (27) against Worcestershire.
Just put him all 3 England teams for the next 10 years and forget about it, anything else just looks silly at this point.
Great stuff from Porter as well. Got a proper soft spot for him after a fabulous three year stint for me at Yorkshire in Cricket Captain 2019. Him and Ben Coad absolutely destroyed teams!
