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[Kulli]

Whats happened to Vijai, I remembered him looking excellent here last time around, though not sure if the stats back that up.

[mo_town]

Dont think India have any immediate answers to their batting woes..the trouble with all the young names listed above is that all of them are stroke makers. You need someone who is ready to be patient and concentrate over long periods. One name which is being discussed is Hanuma Vihari. He has been getting a lot of runs and is someone who like to take his time. But not sure if he will get a call ahead of all the star names.

Of course one could argue if anyone would be able to perform well against this England line up when assisted by the weather. Jimmy & Co. bowled brilliantly but that was more to do with the weather conditions. Would they be able to do the same anywhere else in the world? I highly doubt it. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that it might be a challenge facing attacks in favorable home conditions.

[Seniorplayer]

23 of which he has batted at either 8 or 9 where we all know it's easy to score big runs.

But easy to boost your ave with not outs
Anyway it's quite possible the ECB will review the stokes situation before selecting him

[WalkingWicket37]

But easy to boost your ave with not outs
Anyway it's quite possible the ECB will review the stokes situation before selecting him

Bloody Woakes, hitting a match winning unbeaten hundred to boost his average!

[Neon Cricket]

Bloody Woakes, hitting a match winning unbeaten hundred to boost his average!

Telling me, the cheek of it! How very dare he!

[stevat]

Dont think India have any immediate answers to their batting woes..the trouble with all the young names listed above is that all of them are stroke makers. You need someone who is ready to be patient and concentrate over long periods. One name which is being discussed is Hanuma Vihari. He has been getting a lot of runs and is someone who like to take his time. But not sure if he will get a call ahead of all the star names.

Of course one could argue if anyone would be able to perform well against this England line up when assisted by the weather. Jimmy & Co. bowled brilliantly but that was more to do with the weather conditions. Would they be able to do the same anywhere else in the world? I highly doubt it. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that it might be a challenge facing attacks in favorable home conditions.

Quite agree, that said Ashwin showed that if you are dogged, and avoid playing the ball away from your body, and attempt to hit the ball 'in the V' then you can survive and ultimately prosper.  The swing bowling has been top class, but they aren't helping themselves playing with angled bats and chasing after the ball.

[Seniorplayer]

Bloody Woakes, hitting a match winning unbeaten hundred to boost his average!

Bowlers win  test matches Wasn't it's Anderson and Broads  bowling that won the match

[WalkingWicket37]

Bowlers win  test matches Wasn't it's Anderson and Broads  bowling that won the match

Didn't Woakes remove Kohli in the first innings and take the final (match winning) wicket in India's second innings?

[six and out]

i now really don't think Stokes is going to be available for the 3rd Test one way or another.

they have just announced that Stokes and Hales are going to face a CDC (Cricket Disciplinary Committee) hearing straight after the Trial has finished - even if he is found not guilty. See link below -

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/11471609/ben-stokes-and-alex-hales-to-face-cricket-disciplinary-committee-cdc-hearing

Surely they will just name the same squad.

As for India - god knows! they change their team for every match so?

[Neon Cricket]

Bowlers win  test matches Wasn't it's Anderson and Broads  bowling that won the match

You're right, which is why a quality all-rounder like Woakes is perfect!

Anderson can take all the wickets he likes, if we're 100 ao it makes no difference.

[ppccopener]

i now really don't think Stokes is going to be available for the 3rd Test one way or another.

they have just announced that Stokes and Hales are going to face a CDC (Cricket Disciplinary Committee) hearing straight after the Trial has finished - even if he is found not guilty. See link below -

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/11471609/ben-stokes-and-alex-hales-to-face-cricket-disciplinary-committee-cdc-hearing

Surely they will just name the same squad.

As for India - god knows! they change their team for every match so?

I think they will name the same squad too, trent bridge should seam and with Rashid if it spins at all if the game goes 4 or 5 days

India have changed 25 consecutive matches or something, you would think for them at least the seamer comes in the kuldeep

I would find a way to get jadeja in the team myself, he is a quality player

this tour...so far....slightly surprisingly is taking the same pattern as when they were here 4 years ago. they have better bowlers now plus Kholi, but the rest is the same.

which maybe shows the gulf between winning matches at home and playing away

[Manormanic]

Jadeja and a seamer for Pandya and Yadav?

[ppccopener]

Jadeja and a seamer for Pandya and Yadav?

they have got more problems than we have I think. I would shift a top order batsman to get jadeja in myself. but quite how I don't know.

it begs the question if you drop one of the top 3 to get an allrounder in......who opens the batting.

jadeja in for kuldeep(the chinaman bowler) would make sense......

Pandya im not sure about, I think he could be a big player for India but no one really rates him ive spoken to... tricky 

[Manormanic]

Problem is in English conditions you cannot turn a fourth seamer (Pandya) into a third seamer.  He's got talent, but he doesn't have a role in the team unless they are prepared to play four seamers, which is probably not what they should do.

[stevat]

Pandya I quite like too, but ultimately he's only got one first-class century (for India mind).  He looks like he's on the cusp of delivering in every game though - and they need the bowling options without depleting their batting any farther.

They could easily play Pandya, Jadeja and Ashwin if their top 4 and keeper were delivering consistent runs.