6 wickets for Woakes ... all over before lunch38 All Out!
He bowled well but Ireland's batting struggled to get to England's 1st innings badness6 wickets for Woakes ... all over before lunch
dunno ... but apparently its Sea Bass for lunch at Lords?Well I`ll be. What was in the tea? ?
Yeah his batting has gone to pot, but a lot of short memories on here regarding Moeen's bowling exploits in tests for England. Remember him coming back into the side during the India series and tearing them a new one? And that's with them being the supposed experts at playing spin. He takes test wickets at exactly the same rate as Swann.. and he wasn't bad was he?! His issue is that he is such a confidence player, and at the moment he seems rather short of it. Not excusing the horrific shots he gets out to sometimes - I find that as frustrating as anyone. And most annoying is that we all know he can bat, I mean you don't score 5 test centuries by accident. But I still firmly believe he's the best spin bowler in the country by a mile.
Got to play Woakes at his home ground surely, especially as they say it will be a green wicket. I think Archer may miss out. He has had a side strain. Get him fit for later on. Broad has had an upturn in form this season. He needs to keep it up otherwise he could be vulnerable.Woakes has given the selectors a dilemma for Edgbaston next week.
Which one misses out, Anderson, Broad, Archer or Woakes, I reckon there will only be 3 of those 4 in the side.
I'm not exactly sure what we can take from this match as far as the Ashes is concerned! Play like we did at the start and we'll be hammered. Play like we have in the second half and we will win every match (especially taking into account the warm up game the Aussies have just played).
Woakes has given the selectors a dilemma for Edgbaston next week.
Which one misses out, Anderson, Broad, Archer or Woakes, I reckon there will only be 3 of those 4 in the side.
Stokes will play based on his batting alone, so I'm assuming he will be our 4th seamer.Are you serious? Not all will play, but if they were all 100% fit and in form (and it wasn’t a real spinners pitch or something) I’d definitely play all of them! Especially as Broad and Woakes might easily score a handy 20-30 runs at the bottom of the order which could be vital with our batting ?
Sadly I think both Archer and Anderson might have injury concerns
Stokes will play based on his batting alone, so I'm assuming he will be our 4th seamer.
I'm also assuming we will not risk starting any Test this summer with no spinner, least of all Edgbaston which is invariably spinner friendly.
So to accommodate Anderson, Broad, Archer and Woakes would be at the expense of a batsman which would be a huge risk given our current batting form, so I suspect 1 of the 4 to miss out.
They will all be fit and available for selection according to Trevor Bayliss today.
Totally agree, it's a dilemma for the selectors.Who would you leave out though? Broad and Woakes in form, Anderson is a legend and Archer has that raw pace and X-factor...
The horse or the fish?dunno ... but apparently its Sea Bass for lunch at Lords?
Who would you leave out though? Broad and Woakes in form, Anderson is a legend and Archer has that raw pace and X-factor...