No England vs. India cricket thread?

Jones checked out with an average of 23. That’s nuts - early days him and Flintoff had a partnership average of over 100 for a while.

is there anyone who knows how to play a sensible red ball innings in the county game atm?

yeah checked that, must have had a real slump at the end

Also Prior averaged over 40 in tests, never really think of him as being that good for some reason

I’m not sure i’d put much fault at the Buttler inclusion really, but you guys know more than me and i’m probably a little biased. Seems like there are a number of issues from the openers down and we go round and round in circles questioning the most recent call-ups.

Yeah it wasn’t pretty - was awful with both the gloves and bat before Prior came in. Sad to see. Especially for a Member of the British Empire.

Prior was an absolute machine at his peak - when we became the #1 test nation after India came over in 2011. Part of the KP, Bell, Collingwood, Prior axis I mentioned upthread. Spoiled we were.

Issue is there are a lot more questions than sensible answers. So people who have been shown to not be test players get called back up time after time. Happening at opener and 4 as well. Ballance will probably get another go at some point

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The fuck - Collingwood is still playing for Durham?! Absolute legend :heart_eyes:

Isn’t Ollie Pope the current NEXT BIG THING

Startling lack of James Vince chat here, guys

at least his 30s were pretty :heart_eyes:

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Burns very much due a go to open. Joe Clarke at Worcester has been touted for a few years and will probably be in soon. Cricinfo have highlighted Ollie Pope at surrey who is only 20 but averages 60+, might need a bit more time though. Foakes will be in at some point.

No-one else exactly beating down the door. Vince is next in runs, and we’ve been there enough times. Hildreth too, but he’s 34 shortly, they’d have picked him by now if they were going to. Topscoring Englishman in Div 2 is a certain IR Bell…

:man_shrugging:

the woakes foakes stokes axis will be unbeatable

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Buttler, like Hales, is phenomenally talented, and there’s not very many of those players playing for England at the moment. I’d be looking at Jennings and Malan ahead of Buttler as someone to make way to get pretty much any other batsman in, and shuffle everyone up (obvs easier to do with Malan)

Hales for Jennings, Ali for Malan. No point in a gritty batsman who get can’t get it done when you need him.

absolutely screamingly obvious this. Better test batsman plus means you’ve got 2 spinners

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Foakes at 7, keeping, YJB as a specialist bat, aye?

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Hales has given up red ball cricket so he can’t be pic… oh wait.

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NO to Hales for me. He just is not a test batsman.

Yes I know everyone else averages 24 but, still.

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Cook
Burns
Root
Clarke/Pope
YJB
Stokes
Ali
Foakes (w)
Rashid
Broad
Anderson