Lyon has great control and gets better and better,plus you can see he's super confident.But does he lack a decent arm ball,as Graeme Swann was suggesting on commentary?! That really would surprise me as any half decent offie,even at club level,has an arm ball.
I also do worry about our batting when these pitches will inevitably quicken up.
Finally,Root's dismissal reminded me of when he got castled by that quick Yorker by Chris Morris at Trent Bridge.
In a nutshell, I'm a worried English fan!!
Root does not play pace as well as some others.if there is a part of his game that has a weakness that's it, he's superb against spin and pace usually but Australia is different there is bounce we are not used to. So many batsmen have come unstuck over the years. As Buzz mentioned ages ago, you need a top class back foot game, Stoneman looks ok, Malan looks good and Vince ok. but this is not a quick track we are playing on.
Root also had a poor tour last time round and the Aussies will target him.
Look at our team, it's bloomin obvious we are a batsman short. Without Stokes that's how it will be as England cannot afford to weaken the bowling.
This is the reason I read some posts on here and wonder if I've gone mad. Our tail is Broad,Anderson,Ball and there's a chance JB could get left high and dry.
We need Woakes at 8 more than ever before. I just cannot see myself how he is not vital to the team. If Stokes plays he does the seamers job and is world class at 6, Woakes could still play as you are not weakening the batting or the bowling by leaving out Ball for example.If Stokes does not play number 8 has to make a contribution with the bat.The best bet for that is Woakes, and he's a good bowler who has more pace than he had when he first played, and is a gun fielder.
That's how I see it it anyway, it's all about opinions and we all got them!
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