England Tour of West Indies 2024- 3 ODIs 5 T20Is

It feels like everyone in the infield is an absolute livewire today
 
deep batting lineup for England, interested to see how Mousley or JOverton can bat with lots of overs left
 
Coming back to this, is there a real chance he might've played his way out of the team?
I doubt it, they seem to have essentially decided he'll get three games while Smith is unavailable.

Only possibility I could for see would be them going with a four man pace attack and Bethell as the New Moeen.
 
it's crazy that they decided to risk playing a top order batsman, non-regular keeper to replace Smith when they've got Durham's Ollie Robinson piling up the runs, at true Bazball rates aswell
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Alzarri looks like he's about to do something he might regret if West Indies concede another overthrow
 
sub fielder Hayden Walsh is looking like Snoop Dogg out there
 
Really good runout attempt from Hope, although Mousley made it in the end
 
Great performance from the Barbados boys.
Yeah, it really feels like Bethell is batting his way into the Test XI here.

I'd definitely be giving the gloves to Pope and the drinks to Cox; the only question for me is whether you go 3. Pope :wk:, 6. Stokes :c:, 7. Bethell / 3. Bethell, 6. Stokes :c:, 7. Pope :wk: or 3. Bethell, 6. Pope :wk:, 7. Stokes :c:
 
Yeah, it really feels like Bethell is batting his way into the Test XI here.

I'd definitely be giving the gloves to Pope and the drinks to Cox; the only question for me is whether you go 3. Pope :wk:, 6. Stokes :c:, 7. Bethell / 3. Bethell, 6. Stokes :c:, 7. Pope :wk: or 3. Bethell, 6. Pope :wk:, 7. Stokes :c:
It's tricky giving Pope the gloves at 3, yeah. I think he could do it but there's already enough pressure on him with the bat. As it's short term it wouldn't hurt because everyone knows Smith would be coming back in. I still think they'll go with Cox but they must be looking at the way both of them have played this past two weeks and be tempted to pick Bethell.
 

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