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[Seniorplayer]

Craig Overton
Tom Curran
Sam Curran

all bowling all rounders,

overton showed he could dig in over the winter, the currans have both done it for surrey with sam obviously the better bat

woakes is still by far the best woakes style player we have but there are options!

Thought Overton was England's best bowler at times in Auz and NZ

[Batoff]

Oh dear...

It could only be Pakistan, couldn't it 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-5768541/Pakistan-face-ICC-sanctions-wearing-banned-Apple-watches-against-England.html

[rickjames]

This is all a bit dire

[brokenbat]

Eng-Pak Test cricket is always so enthralling - really needs a 5 match series !

[stevat]

Lovely delivery from Wood, angled in and just straightening off the seam.

[Seniorplayer]

England have bowled well  just can't get the breakthrough

[brokenbat]

Pak can still lose this, but so far it has been a remarkable performance. Bowled like champs, and then to come out and blunt one of the all time greats of swing bowling, in swinging conditions, has been excellent.

[Seniorplayer]

That's what you call a throat ball from Ben to Shafik

[Seniorplayer]

Pak can still lose this, but so far it has been a remarkable performance. Bowled like champs, and then to come out and blunt one of the all time greats of swing bowling, in swinging conditions, has been excellent.

For me though England  have bowled to short and the swing was easy to spot or to full and were driven where as Pakistan bowled the perfect length for the track.

[ppccopener]

They have indeed your right

But our problem lie in the batting, it's Groundhog Day, we don't give enough runs for our bowlers to work with.

I'm not sure what the answer is to be honest. Maybe something radical needs to happen to change the team.

[InternalTraining]

Sarfaraz won't be a captain for long for Pakistan. Terrible judgement as a batsman! No runs.

[brokenbat]

shaping up to be a nail biting finish

[InternalTraining]

^ All England bowlers have to do is get their length right. Stokes can bowl quick and his throat ball is pretty good. Either way, it will be a one sided match in the second inning.

[alexhilly1492]

forget about the players, the  fact is we have no-one better coming through, this has been the case for the past few years,

I heard the interview with Andy flower about playing championship cricket at certain time of the year he is correct - however again that is what we have.

one thing is hardly mentioned and I'm really starting to think it isn't actually the players we have (i like the side out at the minute) but its the coaching staff, Trevor Bayliss is a wonderful one day cricket coach, we have gone backward (pre Andy flower backwards) since he took over, yes the one day/T20 has improved but the test just hasn't

Mr. Bayliss its time to go!

who should replace him i dont know but (yes im a notts fan) but i really think Mick Newell would do a good job either that or Alec Stewart

[InternalTraining]

Annndddddd...Stokes claims another scalp or a wrist.