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[WalkingWicket37]

Yuvraj without a bat sponsor, I can't imagine it will be long before someone snaps him up

Yuvi now batting with a TON
Took all of 2 games to get a sponsor

[WalkingWicket37]

English type pitch  34 off 20 good but not great.

I get the impression Woakes could take 10 wickets in 10 balls and score a 17 ball hundred and you'd still say he wasn't good enough.
Blinkers off, please...

[Manormanic]

Ali love him as a player but he has not been weak against the short ball on this tour. He has been weak against it in tests and one dayers since he started playing. Absolutely baffling to me why he has batted higher than 7 in any format.

We are very close to being a good side who can compete for a 50 over trophy. Dawson may be worth a try left arm over or try to get Root to burgle a few of the 50 overs when he gets back in.

That would leave a space for billings, or, a specialist batsman baistow(alright @Manormanic ). 

Amazes me that some rave over Billings making 30 before playing a daft shot, but Bairstow makes a well pace 60 and noone thinks it worth a mention. 

[rickjames]

Dropping Kohli, no issues yeah. Ah.

[Shinpathy]

Game has been dropped

[Seniorplayer]

So are we saying Stokes was poor too

Woakes strike rate better than Stokes in this innings

It's different   Situation though when you come in first innings with 5 overs left  and. There's 250 plus on the board  and 4 wickets  left and all the 4 guys left can bat  you  can have a go
in any case one knock swinging the bat getting edges doesn't  prove a thing.

[rickjames]

Thank God for Ben Stokes

[tom line]

Didn't he get a match drawing 95 not out not so long ago? Not sure even with all the luck in the world you can get 95 runs of edges

[ppccopener]

Bairstow did bat very well today, with Stokes getting us up to something Decent to bowl at.

We got kholi now we just need youvraj but if we keep bowling pies he is going to hit them

[Seniorplayer]

Didn't he get a match drawing 95 not out not so long ago? Not sure even with all the luck in the world you can get 95 runs of edges

Yes Tom
96 against A poor Sri Lanka bowling attack in England in 2017

[Seniorplayer]

Plunkett deserved that wicket bowling well.

[WalkingWicket37]

96 against A poor Sri Lanka bowling attack in England in 2017

His top score is 95* made in 2016
If he makes 96 against Sri Lanka in the 2017 champions trophy I'll buy you a new bat!

[tom line]

May well have been a weak attack but still gotta score 'em, and from memory the only other batsmen who really got going was Buttler, weak attack or not almost everyone else failed and he stood up and played a well paced, calm and controlled innings that stopped us losing the match. Guess he placed the edges well.....

[smilley792]

Anyway, moving on from #blinkergate


Anyone notice he majority of England batsmen in Masuri s had the new style ones on, not the halo one.
Is it that much better, lighter, comfier??

[tom line]

Dhoni's just done a Woakes and top edged a six, best drop him, he's got a lower strike rate as well