Paxter Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Plenty of upheaval for both teams on the eve of the second test, particularly with more historical tweets being dredged up on the England side. For the hosts, we'll likely see Overton and Leach come in for Robinson and Broad. For the visitors, Williamson's elbow is playing up again and Latham will captain. Santner is also injured, while one or two of the seamers (prob Southee/Wagner) might be rotated out for Boult and Henry. Young and Ajaz will be the batting and spinning replacements. Intriguing deciding test ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Paxter said: Plenty of upheaval for both teams on the eve of the second test, particularly with more historical tweets being dredged up on the England side. For the hosts, we'll likely see Overton and Leach come in for Robinson and Broad. For the visitors, Williamson's elbow is playing up again and Latham will captain. Santner is also injured, while one or two of the seamers (prob Southee/Wagner) might be rotated out for Boult and Henry. Young and Ajaz will be the batting and spinning replacements. Intriguing deciding test ahead! Williamson is obviously a huge loss, even if he didn't do much in the first Test, New Zealand must be hoping he's recovered by the time on the India Test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 hours ago, williamjm said: Williamson is obviously a huge loss, even if he didn't do much in the first Test, New Zealand must be hoping he's recovered by the time on the India Test. Williamson’s overall record in England is very poor, so perhaps he isn’t as great a loss as usual from a batting standpoint. But I think his captaincy/leadership is irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 What on Earth is going on with Dom Sibley's sweater? It had the same weird stain on it last Test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Longest first innings opening stand for England at home for 13 years! I guess the Denly era is over after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Xray the Enforcer said: What on Earth is going on with Dom Sibley's sweater? It had the same weird stain on it last Test. Lucky stain, never to be washed! Or.....it passed the smell test, so good enough! edit: Good one Pax. You've started the collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Crawley’s playing his way out of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 He’s got to go, just not good enough yet. Could be joining the Key-Bumble club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 England need to start playing proper, experienced test batsmen at 3. A young and out-of-form Crawley should be blooded at 5 or 6. Jon Trott feels like a lifetime ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 For England, an opening stand is just a batting collapse deferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Paxter said: England need to start playing proper, experienced test batsmen at 3. A young and out-of-form Crawley should be blooded at 5 or 6. Jon Trott feels like a lifetime ago. Do we have any of those who haven’t already been tried and failed? Outside Trott, we’ve been looking for a No3 since Gower, and he was better at 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosi Mynn Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Soooo fanatstic to have The Barmy Army (and the rest of the crowd) back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, The Winged Shadow said: Lucky stain, never to be washed! Or.....it passed the smell test, so good enough! I suppose I should not be churlish, considering how gross baseball players' caps are. But...that stain is going to bug me until he retires that sweater (or launders it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Hereward said: Do we have any of those who haven’t already been tried and failed? Outside Trott, we’ve been looking for a No3 since Gower, and he was better at 4. TBH I'd probably give Stokes a run at 3, given that Root doesn't want it. Moot point given the current squad though. Burns filling his boots, which is nice to see. He was in great County form and is really getting under the NZers' skin now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Paxter said: TBH I'd probably give Stokes a run at 3, given that Root doesn't want it. Moot point given the current squad though. It's a lot of work if England want him to bowl a decent number of overs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, ljkeane said: It's a lot of work if England want him to bowl a decent number of overs though. Kallis did it for years in a similar position...is there much difference between batting at 4/5 and 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Paxter said: Kallis did it for years in a similar position...is there much difference between batting at 4/5 and 3? Kallis spent a significant proportion of those years pretty reluctant to bowl though. It's not impossible obviously but I don't think it's ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 minute ago, ljkeane said: Kallis spent a significant proportion of those years pretty reluctant to bowl though. It's not impossible obviously but I don't think it's ideal. I think Stokes is fitter and unlikely to be as reluctant...but take the point. I guess in the meantime we are stuck with trialing young guns (Crawley) or experienced County journeymen (Denly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Boult strikes. Was always going to be hard to keep him out of the match with cloudy skies in play; he has a fantastic record in English conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Incompetent bastards. How I’ve missed you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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