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[smilley792]

Used to love knocking off stump out the ground.

I'd go mental if I snapped it in half! Pace from shami!

[csnew]

Wow what a start fromshami! Cook gone

[Big Mac]

though Dilly has clearly been our best spinner in India...

It's a crappy prediction if I wait for the series to end isn't it? 

[tate035]

Used to love knocking off stump out the ground.

I'd go mental if I snapped it in half! Pace from shami!

Poor technique from cook. Going are the ball rather than letting it come to him. He could learn a lot from haseeb.  lol... But true

[ppccopener]

Without stating the obvious 

one of our lads is going to need a big ton and hameed to bat forever

[Manormanic]

It's a crappy prediction if I wait for the series to end isn't it? 

I was actually kind of agreeing with you.  Rashid has been our best bowler but he doesn't offer the first innings (non sub continent) overs that Ali does, nor has he yet made anything ike the runs to justify consideration as a batting all rounder.

Moeen's place in the team is safe for a long time to come.  Question is, will they play both in a six man four all-rounder attack?

[rickjames]

Hameed is single handedly going to save test cricket

[procricket]

Sold down the river

[rickjames]

Ah

[Big Mac]

I was actually kind of agreeing with you.  Rashid has been our best bowler but he doesn't offer the first innings (non sub continent) overs that Ali does, nor has he yet made anything ike the runs to justify consideration as a batting all rounder.

Moeen's place in the team is safe for a long time to come.  Question is, will they play both in a six man four all-rounder attack?

If Rashid bowls well this winter then I wouldn't mind if they just swap Ansari for Woakes when they travel back to England and leave the rest of the XI as it is. Stokes, Woakes, Broad and Anderson plus two spinners has every option covered but I feel like they'd also drop Rashid and play the extra batsman.

Root seems to be struggling to pick up Jadeja's length right now, could see an LBW with his feet trapped on the crease.

[procricket]

Very poor from root that they had almost crossed....

[smilley792]

Duckett showing an issue there with his front leg still well outside leg stump. He needs to work on that or will struggle at test level.

[Byo]

Massive flaw in Duckett's technique against spin, needs to sort that out or he's not going to get any runs.

[Big Mac]

His technique is fine, he just doesn't want to get his new pads dirty.

[Seniorplayer]

Duckett needs to get the front leg forward and straight not sidewards in defence as this exposes his off stump also his bat goes with his front leg towards the  legside  rather than coming down straight in line with the ball.