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[alexhilly1492]

oh wait forgot about root have him at 1 or 4 depending on how youre feeling at the time it seems

[Twelfth Man]

Handbags comes to mind!

Short term - Taylor, Ballance, Finn should get more of a look in

Long term - Robson (see how he goes again this season), Foakes/Mills if they move from Essex & are actually given a chance, Overton if he continues to impress the right people. Also would like to see how Shiv Thakor develops.

[alexhilly1492]

wouldnt mind seeing how moeen ali goes at test level

[Twelfth Man]

Think a call up to ODI's before hand would be possible first..

[imogzyboy]

He was clearly not hurt.  should they hold his hand?  only tossers are the dick head poms on this site.... i dont know why this is such a shock to you, its only normality reasserting....sun rises in the east...australia beat england (or should I say league of nations) at cricket....its the natural order of things.

Wow interesting read fascinating I'm probably one of those poms!

[Overdrive]

Stokes bowled...probably about it now.

[smokem]

The self destruction continues... Siddle on a roll!

Well played again though Ben Stokes. Showing the top order how it's done yet again.

[Gingerbusiness]

Jimmy Anderson currently reminds me of Will from The Inbetweeners... Zero Penetration!

[Manormanic]

He was clearly not hurt.  should they hold his hand?  only tossers are the dick head poms on this site.... i dont know why this is such a shock to you, its only normality reasserting....sun rises in the east...australia beat england (or should I say league of nations) at cricket....its the natural order of things.

From your behaviour you're, what, thirteen?   So really, that'd be 4 series to 2 to us in your living memory!

[Manormanic]

A question for county cricket followers, who are the main cricketers who are taking/scoring stacks of wickets/runs?

Not quite as simple as that, there being factors like division, home pitch etc to take into account, but names that have impressed me, done okay statistically and have the relevant tools for international cricket (ie are under 30, and if seamers bowl at above 80mph) would be:

Openers: Sam Robson, Alex Lees (Varun Chopra has scored a sackload of runs but I don't rate his technique for the top table)
Middle Order: Gary Ballance, James Taylor
Spinners: A barren closet - Rashid will not be picked whatever he does, Rafiq is two years away, Kerrigan not quick enough, Briggs not slow enough...
Seamers: Topley at Essex (Mills has wheels but no real idea how to take wickets), Roland-Jones at Middlesex

[Manormanic]

Stokes (V/C)

What?  Bit soon dontcha think?

[Twelfth Man]

Rashid's time to come into the side been and gone then has it? What's this Lees like? Agree that its way too soon for Stokes to be thought as a VC. It would go to Bell, Broad, Anderson before even considering it.

[cricketbadger]

Just shut up and play cricket and leave the other team alone as you are irrelevant to them as they are to you then everyone is happier as they is no utter rubbish spoken

How do you work that out? How is your opposition irrelevant to you during a match?

And why are you calling Anderson a 'bunny'? He's a tailender number 10, plays as a bowler and would never call himself a batsmen so why are you getting stuck into him?

[procricket]

Hold on my dad's coming round the corner he is bigger than your dad.

In truth Sledging is normally one of two things.

Your on top they have no answer so they look at alternate ways to get to you

Or your on top and you can say what the hell you want.


Both sides have used it in the past.

I bet they all have a beer together at the end of the series.

Fair play Australia I say they have simply blown us away.

England will be back with players like Ben Stokes around well have our time again.

Player of the series.     

Australia tough one either Mitchell or Haddin

England

There can be only one

[Manormanic]

Rashid's time to come into the side been and gone then has it? What's this Lees like? Agree that its way too soon for Stokes to be thought as a VC. It would go to Bell, Broad, Anderson before even considering it.

Thats the conclusion that I have sadly come to - which is sad given that he is not yet 26 years of age.  There were rumours that he had a bit of an entourage that annoyed the England management, and that he came back from the South Africa tour annoyed at having been treated as a drinks waiter for three months (to whit, having also had his action modified for the worse by Team England) - and he has been ignored by England A this winterm whilst Borthwick has been elevated to the Test side.  For Adil, that probably signals no way back - after all, he is the better bat of the two (though Borthwick has improved this last year or so) and, whilst Borthwick has a slightly lower bowling average, there is a massive difference between someone who has been a match winning spinner (17 first class five wicket hauls) and someone whose own county treat as a part timer.

Lees...could be very good in time.  Really well organised, solid tecnique, leaves the ball exceptionally well, good range of strokes.  I don't go for Boycs assertion that he should be in the England side next year, but in 2-3 years time, I think there might be a case.