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[Tailendfielder]

I was behind the bowlers arm and had no issues picking the ball up all day.

[rickjames]

This is just depressing to watch

[iand123]

Anyone know why sky haven't broadcast in UHD in this game?

[rickjames]

It's been so terrible it doesn't deserve it

[Calzehbhoy]

County Div 2 sides stronger than this WI side at the mo.

Such a sorry site to see such a poor contest between two sides.

[rickjames]

So hollow

[ow860]

Windies are an embarrassment, however pink ball seemed to hold up well.

[Seniorplayer]

 Next test England should rest most of  there established players  and give the fringe guys  a go it won't prove that  they  are good enough for Oz if they are successful but  will tell you plenty if they fail

[ppccopener]

Whoever tells broad he is resting next match could have the job from hell on his hands!

[Seniorplayer]

Whoever tells broad he is resting next match could have the job from hell on his hands!

Maybe someone from the ECB should tell him  they don't want another three day test.

[Buzz]

Two months between this test series and the ashes. There is no way Broad and Anderson will want to miss out on some cheap test wickets

[ppccopener]

Yes exactly, Anderson is not far off 500 wickets and that puts him as an all time great despite the doubters 

It's the batting that's the worry. Jake ball, wood,TRJ, stokes,Woakes,broad,Jimmy plus there's some other seamers as well.Finn does not get a mention these days...

We got plenty of bowling for Australia....

As as fan my only hope is one of Stoneman, Malan or westley grabs it and we find one batter from this summer.

And I didn't think I'd be posting this but I think it's going to be dawid Malan.

[iand123]

Two months between this test series and the ashes. There is no way Broad and Anderson will want to miss out on some cheap test wickets

Especially as they only play red ball cricket for england, i'd let them play both games and then tell them to rest up before the winter

[petehosk]

In reality there is no real need to rest any pace bowlers. Woakes has more than proved himself to be excellent with the ball which all changed when he added 5mph onto his pace! He is also more than useful with the bat! So his place is secured in the Ashes squad. No issues if they give TRJ a decent run for the rest of the Windies series.
Also I can't see them realistically looking at any other batsmen this late on either as they need to give Stoneman, Westley and Malan a run to see how they bed in. Malan has shown he can play a bit although I am not convinced that he was ever the best man for the job at number 5?
Westley has shown that he has a reasonable base technique that he can work on and I'm sure the coaches are trying to help him to grove his technique - but he now needs to go on and prove he can hit runs and bat for long periods of time in a match! And Stoneman? Hopefully get to see more of him in the next few Test matches.
But I'm sure they are working with Hameed to see how he comes on and will make a call whether to take him to Aus or not at a later date.
The only person they have yet to take a look at is Crane. He acquitted himself well down under last time he went but I am sure they will look to get him playing a couple of Tests in this series! So I suspect they will either rest Ali (he has MORE than proved himself already!!!) or they may rest a top order bat and move Bairstow up to 5 to accommodate playing both Ali and Crane? Although I am not sure which top order bat they could rest! Root and Cook are the rocks in the top 5 at the moment. So there is only Westley, Stoneman and Malan and none of those have proved themselves yet, so resting Ali is most likely I suspect.

[Calzehbhoy]

Anyone who cares to look at Woakes stats from his last tests ( India  ) will see that he wasn't excellent with the ball or useful with the bat.