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[Woodyspin]

Rarely come on the forum anymore as it got a little petty over the last couple of years at times. I was in it mainly for the kit and talk of bats and the viewing of the shaq harris kitchen fire was a bonus

However, and I would be very surprised if this hasnt already been mentioned or at least thought, I am convinced this Felix character is old Gerry SA isnt it?? Some might not remember him but a few will

This outburst of aggression reminded me of his old demeanor when he was upset with life

Shame i didn't see this first really... Too scared to do it himself so has to get someone to do the dirty work, quite womanly if you ask me.

[smilley792]

Admins have a tracking tool which allows us to see who is posting under what name.

Am quietly confident that Felix isn't Gerry. Not least because he picks Anderson in his team...
To say admin do "squat" is a little disingenuous.
You have no idea what goes on behind the scenes.

I run two forums, I know exactly what goes on and know all about ip tracking etc. Easily worked around, a primary school kid could do it.


It's funny the crap said on this forum and all is ignored. But boom your there in a second if an admin is questioned.

[edge]

You can only troll if you do it well...so stop before you embarrass yourself

Agree, Mark Wood being fit to play is a clearly ridiculous idea

[Woodyspin]

Agree, Mark Wood being fit to play is a clearly ridiculous idea

as you said its all the rave to have a batting average better than your bowling average... Woakes has exactly that in First Class matches.

[edge]

as you said its all the rave to have a batting average better than your bowling average... Woakes has exactly that in First Class matches.

Also in tests!

[Woodyspin]

Also in tests!

statistically, their data forms part of first-class cricket. First Class cricket being defined as if: it is of three or more days scheduled duration.

[uknsaunders]

Tough to second guess the selectors here.  Assuming Jennings doesn't get 0/1 again in the second dig (in which case, he needs some county runs because that ton will start to look like the quickest outlier in the history of the game) I reckon we have nine nailed on (in the correct order):

Cook
Hameed
Jennings
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
X
X
Broad
Anderson

One X will be a seamer - you sense Wood would be the man if he managed a run of fitness but in the likely absence thereof that Woakes' skills in English conditions gives him domain.

The second is where England can take a punt.  They could go extra batsman - Buttler - technically superior keeper who bats - Foakes - or more threatening spinner - Rashid.  Technically a fifth seamer is also an option but I am struggling to remember a time when the fifth seamer won anyone a game of cricket...

You'll need 4 seamers in Australia next winter,  probably Finn. England need runs as much,  we just aren't scoring enough. You need to work on a quality middle order option.  To be honest,  had Jennings not been dropped early in his ton,  he wouldn't be in the above list.   He also looks a bit dodgy against the short ball. Not great when you have SA and Australia next up.

[Seniorplayer]

100 per cent sure he will play as a batter same as his mentor Gooch well into his thirties form permitting.

i'm not convinced we will have change of captain myself. And I hope we don't.

appreciate im in a minority of ONE on this forum but I do not believe Cook has been treated particularly well and his relationships with the top people are not as good as they may appear.

Like I said, I don't expect anyone to agree, but that's my view

new forum phase, I love it

IMHO   

The selectors won't want  a new captain to tour Aus  they will want cook but  if cook  does resign the selectors will want it to be before the Start of the 2017 UK series  so that the new captain can find his feet in the UK

[Manormanic]

You'll need 4 seamers in Australia next winter,  probably Finn. England need runs as much,  we just aren't scoring enough. You need to work on a quality middle order option.  To be honest,  had Jennings not been dropped early in his ton,  he wouldn't be in the above list.   He also looks a bit dodgy against the short ball. Not great when you have SA and Australia next up.

My set up allowed four - Jimmy, broad, Stokes and in England Woakes.

Agreed, Woakes is not ideal for Aussie conditions. We need either a Tremlett style trampoline (which would require the quicker Overton to get fit and soon) or a Bresnan like heavy ball bowler...which would be Ball.

[brokenbat]

I run two forums, I know exactly what goes on and know all about ip tracking etc. Easily worked around, a primary school kid could do it.


It's funny the crap said on this forum and all is ignored. But boom your there in a second if an admin is questioned.

kinda have to agree with @smilley792 here.. some of the posters here are nothing but hate and anger.

[Felix Tito]

All the decent work from yesterday disappeared within the first hour. Stokes and Buttler didn't last long. Moeen was eventually bounced out for 146. 400 might not be enough on this pitch

[InternalTraining]

Oh no, Benji and Butler are back in the dug out. 

[JB]

I've been flicking between eng ind & aus pak since around half three. Disappointing that stokes was out in the first over! Ali was looking sketchy from the start! Fair play to India for coming out this morning with a new plan that has England in trouble!

Dawson has dug in from a rocky start, hope that him and Rashid can form a decent partnership

[ppccopener]

Good partnership from rash and Dawson, Dawson can clearly bat. Our lower and middle order is crowded already

We need to find out if he really bowl at this level thou 

[csnew]

Really poor wicket - flat and slow.