India tour of England Aug-Sept 2021

[Aislabie]

Eoin Morgan will be captain by the fifth test.

After Stokes gets recalled from leave to captain the fourth, which is way too soon and bad for his welfare

 

[Aislabie]

Hypothetically:

1. Rory Burns keeps his place
2. Haseeb Hameed comes in for Sibley
3. Ollie Pope gets shunted to three in place of Crawley
4. Rootalitharan
5. Jonny Bairstow
6. Jos Buttler
7. Mo in for Dan Lawrence
8. Craig Overton (we stand against racism)
9. Ollie Robinson
10. Mark Wood in for Broad
11. Saqib Mahmood in for Jimmy

That could be 17 players after only two Tests if a perfect storm were to occur

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Hypothetically:

1. Rory Burns keeps his place
2. Haseeb Hameed comes in for Sibley
3. Ollie Pope gets shunted to three in place of Crawley
4. Rootalitharan
5. Jonny Bairstow
6. Jos Buttler
7. Mo in for Dan Lawrence
8. Craig Overton (we stand against racism)
9. Ollie Robinson
10. Mark Wood in for Broad
11. Saqib Mahmood in for Jimmy

That could be 17 players after only two Tests if a perfect storm were to occur

I've no idea what they'll do to be honest.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

England's playing XI in Old Trafford Test

1. Jason Roy
2. Keaton Jennings
3. James Vince
4. Dawid Malan
5. Jonny Bairstow
6. Liam Livingstone
7. Moeen Ali
8. Sam Curran
9. Craig Overton
10. Adil Rashid
11. Ollie Robinson

Just keep waiting for this.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Broad is out of the series.

 

[Yash.]

I've no idea what they'll do to be honest.

And people say Test cricket is predictable…

 

[chiefdave]

Hoping that the talk of Anderson being out is mind games from the England camp with Broad already out. If they're both out its not going to do much to silence those who were questioning how the preparation for this series has been planned out.

 

[Aislabie]

Hoping that the talk of Anderson being out is mind games from the England camp with Broad already out. If they're both out its not going to do much to silence those who were questioning how the preparation for this series has been planned out.

One can only assume at this point that absolutely nothing was planned at all. That said, I'll be really disappointed if Jimmy is out too because he's one of the best bowlers in the world to watch

 

[wasteyouryouth]

One can only assume at this point that absolutely nothing was planned at all. That said, I'll be really disappointed if Jimmy is out too because he's one of the best bowlers in the world to watch

Ed Smith is probably sat in a mansion somewhere chuckling to himself: 'they laughed when I picked two players based on T20 form. Now, they do it for everyone.'

 

[Aislabie]

Ed Smith is probably sat in a mansion somewhere chuckling to himself: 'they laughed when I picked two players based on T20 form. Now, they do it for everyone.'

At some point Chris Silverwood is going to remove his Scooby-Doo mask and reveal that he was Trevor Bayliss all along

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Will Dev Patel play the 2nd test?

Spoiler: Dev Patel

 

[wasteyouryouth]

A one act play: The Farts

The England team get together when all of a sudden they are rocked by a pungent smell drifting through the air.

Joe Root think it's Jos, he's got form for letting one go at the wrong time. Buttler and Anderson just want to ignore it. Moeen thinks it's come from behind and is going to admonish the youngsters fooling around. Burns thinks Mo is overcompensating cause he's the phantom farter. Craig Overton is hoping a firm hand will stop it wafting his way. Ollie Robinson and Zak Crawley can't believe how dumb Craig Overton is. Leach hopes no one thinks it was him. Dan Lawrence knows it was him. Stuart Broad and Chris Silverwood don't care who did it, they just love a good fart. Unbeknownst to them as Jonny B shifts in his seat, he hopes he hasn't followed through. Jon Lewis and Graham Thorpe are trying to put a brave face on it. Jonny B has followed through. Paul Collingwood can't look. The horror reminds him of 'Nam.

The end.

 

[beechcroft]

"Come on chaps, just look at the camera. It's not much to ask. Jeez, it's no wonder you guys can't bat. You have the attention span of a fruit fly."

 

[Ashutosh.]

Why Woakes is not in the test squad?

 

[Ashutosh.]

"Every game is an opportunity for the other batters to step up as well. Rohit [Sharma] and KL [Rahul] played really well. We are very comfortable where we are placed as a batting unit and we don't feel we might be a batsman short if Shardul doesn't play. For us, it's about yes, finding that perfect balance, but if someone like Shardul is not available, then we'll definitely first think about how to pick up 20 wickets and not try to plug in another guy who can give us some runs with the bat. And we'll be very comfortable after how the first Test went."

Looks like Ishant will play today.