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[smilley792]

So if hameed isn't available for test 4/5  What do we do?


Open with duckett? Ali? Root stay there?

If not duckett does ducket or ballance come into the middle order?


Do ee bother calling anyone up if he is injured? a proper opener? Hales, lyth, Robson etc.

Or do we call up a middle order player? Vince, kp, bortheick. Or one of many many more?

[edge]

Surely Ali should have opened?

He didn't exactly make a great fist of it last winter did he! Assuming Moeen bats 3, he'll have batted in every spot in the top 9 for England. Sounds like my club seasons recently...

I'd have sent Woakes out with Cook. Not just to annoy seniorplayer either, although that would have been an added benefit.

[ppccopener]

So if hameed isn't available for test 4/5  What do we do?


Open with duckett? Ali? Root stay there?

If not duckett does ducket or ballance come into the middle order?


Do ee bother calling anyone up if he is injured? a proper opener? Hales, lyth, Robson etc.

Or do we call up a middle order player? Vince, kp, bortheick. Or one of many many more?

there's a break after this match before Mumbai so there's time to get fit, depends if it's a crack or just bruising I suppose.

As to who we call up  those that posted on here we looked a batsman light might be proved right

I don't think were but taking Balance so clearly out of form was a mistake.

We are getting ourselves in a bit of a tangle on this tour, we are on the wrong end of it this match that's for sure.

[rickjames]

Is DRS dead?

[ppccopener]

Cook looks gone here too 

[rickjames]

Nah, great umpiring

[rickjames]

I can't take much more of this

[ppccopener]

hanging on for dear life here 

COME ON COOKIE REVERSE SWEEP IT

[rickjames]

This is awful

[smilley792]

hanging on for dear life here 

COME ON COOKIE REVERSE SWEEP IT

MAybe he should have.......

[smilley792]

This is awful

Yep drop cookie............ (that'll get @Bats_Entertainment going)

[Seniorplayer]

Moeen fails to go through with the shot  out caught

[csnew]

Wow what a poor shot from Ali! Ashwin beat him in the air yes, but what a rubbish shot!

[ppccopener]

we are going under here...

I think we are a bit shot to be honest after the effort in the field..

[csnew]

Decent ball from ashwin to get rid of stokes. Kohli gets the last word or should I say shhh.

England still 56 behind

Still don't believe this is a spinning wicket, they've produced pretty flat tracks this series