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Would not surprise me if England drop Roy or Buttler and bring in Curran to also do some bowling since Stokes will not be able to bowl as much as he normally does
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Coming back to Australia and we'll want a fifth bowling option.
As much as I hate to say it, he's probably the front of the queue. Marnus' legspin has been handy, but it's still got a bit to go to be considered as a genuine all round option.
England have announced an unchanged squad for the 5th test.
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303 to equal Bradman's record for most runs in a series. 329 to be the first ever to pass 1000.Smith 300 - lock it in
Weird stuff. Surely you roll the dice with some random county performers and young guns like Sibley and Foakes if you're England.
Must admit I hadn't thought about the possibility of Neser coming in and batting 7.would rather bring in another bowler (play 4 quicks+lyon) than marsh. reasons being:
. added responsibility for our struggling batsmen
. eases workload of all 3 quicks. certain bowlers can be used in short bursts.
. more options with the ball (especially if lyon is struggling). certain bowlers can used depending on the game situation.
. starc, cummins, pattinson/siddle, lyon are all decent with the bat
. good time (although not a dead rubber) to try something new.
303 to equal Bradman's record for most runs in a series. 329 to be the first ever to pass 1000.
That would be something else, and not out of the realms of possibility.
Mark Taylor's 839 runs from the 1989 Ashes sits 3rd on that list. He needs 168 to get there. I'm backing that in.
He can open the batting. I'm sure he can't score less than 0 in both innings.Marsh is an almost certain selection
Worn out bowlers and a spinner on the brink - we need a genuine 5th bowling option.
Assuming he gets a bowl before the 70th over - he will take wickets.
His batting is no worse than the others - i'm sure he's capable of making an 8 ball duck as well.
Those English 11 are playing for pride and a little slice of redemption if they can tie up the series 2-2.Interesting England have gone with an unchanged squad. I suspect Woakes or Curran will come in for Overton.
Wouldn't happen too often where the team on top in a series has made far more changes than the team behind.
15 Australian players used to 14, but a lot more chopping and changing for us.
England have made 3 changes all series - Ali to Leach and Anderson to Archer after the first test, Woakes to Overton for the fourth.
We've changed openers, bought Labuchange in for Smith, Smith has back come in for Khawaja, and rotated all our fast bowlers except Cummins.
The conclusion, in short, was that England weren't as good as they thought they were. They weren't training as hard as they should be; they weren't living the lifestyles they should be. And only by acknowledging their short-comings could they understand where they needed to change and improve. Diagnosis is the very step towards recovery.
Might England be in a similar place now? Yes, we know some of this team have excellent records in white-ball cricket. And yes, we know some of them are hugely talented. But it increasingly seems several of them are living on the promise of what they might achieve rather than what they have. Eventually, such promises must be kept.
Correct. The title of his piece shoud be "England are not as good as the English media made them out to be".Not sure if Dobell article on Cricinfo has already been posted, is a pretty good dissection of England. I can't quite remember, but didn't Dobell write an article crowing about how this was the best England side ever right after the World Cup?
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England are not as good as they think they are
This England side is full of batsmen with big reputations and small averages and bowlers who were put in the shade by Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewoodwww.espncricinfo.com
I really like this XI, however i'd give Harris another chance. Khawaja has had enough chances.We have to try something different with the openers, they have given us absolutely nothing. The Oval is a ground where you need your openers to bat long.
If Lyon has split his spinning finger, he's a total liability. I'd use the fifth test as the opportunity to bring out the 4 man pace attack:
Khawaja
Bancroft
Labuschagne
Smith
Head
Wade
Paine
Pattinson
Cummins
Starc
Hazlewood
Wouldn't mind Marsh for Head if they want one less left hander, but 3 changes to a winning side is already a lot.
I'd drop Roy before Butler. Roy has shown this series he is simply not up to test match cricket.Would not surprise me if England drop Roy or Buttler and bring in Curran to also do some bowling since Stokes will not be able to bowl as much as he normally does
I really like this XI, however i'd give Harris another chance. Khawaja has had enough chances.