At least there’s no bloody Ballance in the first test. England look they need a bit of help from the pitch or conditions - Woakes is the quickest out of that lot? Australian batting line up doesn’t exactly have you quaking in your boots though - obvs Smith and Warner (if he plays) can pile em on, and I like Khawaja, but the rest are probably on a par with our lot?
Really hope Bairstow can have a good series, if he could be what Prior was a bunch of times, it’d be such a great boon. Knock a hopefully tiring bowling attack around a bit. Got to bat plenty of time before that though, get that Kookaburra ball dead with minimal wickets lost. Hoping Stoneman’s aussie experience comes through.
