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[Seniorplayer]

Looking foreward to watching England bat for 2 days.

[Manormanic]

Looking foreward to watching England bat for 2 days.

you're planning on watching it on repeat?

[ProCricketer1982]

Looking foreward to watching England bat for 2 days.

Good one

[FattusCattus]

I'm not expecting England to last the day, and frankly we deserve it.

We're doomed Captain Mainwaring, doomed!!

[FattusCattus]

How about this for a team for the next test (bearing in mind they are not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater? -

Cook
Jennings
Root
Clark
Pope
Foakes+
Woakes
Curran
Rashid
Broad
Anderson


Personally, if I could find a decent right-handed opener, I would go with the following -

Cook
A Right Handed Opener
Jennings
Root
Pope
Foakes+
Woakes
Curran
Leach
Broad
Anderson

[ppccopener]

we are, and India have outplayed us on every day

if bairstow is out of the next match and Butler keeps, which he surely must, who comes in?

clarke
foakes
vince
malan?
burns?

do we go back to playing 3 openers in and move everyone down a place, that puts Root back at 4

and maybe Burns of Surrey as a genuine opener is the answer

personally, presuming Bairstow is out I would recall Bell and bat him 3 for the remainder of the series, then look at the openers after the fifth test.

[northernboy1987]

I'd be very surprised if they dropped Stokes or Buttler, never mind both of them, if YJB can't play Buttler will get the gloves and a batsman (probably Moeen) will come in to bat 4 or 5

[FattusCattus]

Oh goody - another underperforming left-handed batsman will help!

and I actually forgot about stokes in my lineup

[SLA]

Jennings has to go, surely. He's looked completely out of his depth. Awful technique. Can't play pace, can't play spin, can't catch.

Cook has been a walking wicket on anything but the slowest, flattest decks for about 4 years now, but they're not going to drop him until they find a replacement for Jennings. Probably his best hope of a continued test career is for his partners to keep failing!

[Seniorplayer]

Woakes looked shattered yesterday pace down to under 80mph far to easy for batters.

[edge]

If Ed Smith picks have any pattern so far, it's picking on form. Plenty to bat for today in the CC for Clarke/Moeen/Hildreth etc. Not to mention Keaton Jennings of course!

[northernboy1987]

If Ed Smith picks have any pattern so far, it's picking on form. Plenty to bat for today in the CC for Clarke/Moeen/Hildreth etc. Not to mention Keaton Jennings of course!

Yup, very timely ton by Mo

[rickjames]

If Ed Smith picks have any pattern so far, it's picking on form. Plenty to bat for today in the CC for Clarke/Moeen/Hildreth etc. Not to mention Keaton Jennings of course!

If he's picking on 'form' then Burns should have been in the side from the off. Period.

[Mister Le Chiffre]

Unless Ashwin makes some sort of amazing recovery another left hander wouldn't be a problem, as they'll probably pick Jadeja as Kuldeep isn't good enough of Tests. Whether that's Burns or Moeen. But if Ashwin is fit for Southampton a right hander would be beneficial perhaps Bell.

[rickjames]

Goodbye Jennings, just not good enough