Topic: England tour of West Indies (Read 147700 times)

Seniorplayer · « **Reply #780 on:** February 08, 2019, 03:00:11 PM »

St Lucia pitch green with grass and bare in places rock hard and reasonably true
Stokes to undergo fitness test in the morning on painful heel
Woakes unlikely to play with the one dayers Starting 20th Feb.
If Foakes hand still sore Jennings to open. Denly at 3.

ppccopener · « **Reply #781 on:** February 08, 2019, 03:08:38 PM »

Jennings? Well I guess .....I dunno actually. as long as he don't get out on the drive with feet in quicksand that will do

six and out · « **Reply #782 on:** February 08, 2019, 04:51:08 PM »

Quote from: Seniorplayer on February 08, 2019, 03:00:11 PM

St Lucia pitch green with grass and bare in places rock hard and reasonably true
Stokes to undergo fitness test in the morning on painful heel
Woakes unlikely to play with the one dayers Starting 20th Feb.
If Foakes hand still sore Jennings to open. Denly at 3.

All the journos watching practice today are tweeting that it is going to be Jennings in, Denly at 3. Bairstow definitely keeping whether Foakes is fit or not doesn't matter. Especially as Root talked about a change of balance to the team in an interview with BBC.

Wood in for Curran unless Stokes fails fitness test.

ppccopener · « **Reply #783 on:** February 08, 2019, 05:38:24 PM »

Quote from: six and out on February 08, 2019, 04:51:08 PM

All the journos watching practice today are tweeting that it is going to be Jennings in, Denly at 3. Bairstow definitely keeping whether Foakes is fit or not doesn't matter. Especially as Root talked about a change of balance to the team in an interview with BBC.

Wood in for Curran unless Stokes fails fitness test.

Yes they want to revert back to Bairstow. Neither him nor root want to bat 3, essentially Foakes will lose his place because those around him are not good enough.

It's poor but this was on the cards I think. With this summers cricket and a tour of SA to follow I think the specialist keepers role(although Foakes is a very good bat) is finished.

billyb · « **Reply #784 on:** February 08, 2019, 05:39:40 PM »

Foakes dropped, Jennings in.

And so the merry go round begins again.

six and out · « **Reply #785 on:** February 08, 2019, 05:54:26 PM »

It is piss poor if you ask me. Essentially Foakes is being dropped 4 tests after he scored a crucial 100 because others can't bat!

ppccopener · « **Reply #786 on:** February 08, 2019, 05:59:40 PM »

Exactly. This England team on this tour have become very hard to like. And I'm a die hard supporter!

Tailendfielder · « **Reply #787 on:** February 08, 2019, 06:26:54 PM »

Quote from: Tailendfielder on December 10, 2018, 12:00:43 AM

Foakes will constantly be under threat because Jos and Jonny can keep, he will have to 'keep' his average over 40 just to keep the media from writing him off.

Knew it would happen, i reality bairstow or buttler should have lost there place. Poor decision for me, until england ditch the Jamie Dalrimple approach, we will continue to be bang average.

FattusCattus · « **Reply #788 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:14:26 PM »

Quote from: six and out on February 08, 2019, 05:54:26 PM

It is piss poor if you ask me. Essentially Foakes is being dropped 4 tests after he scored a crucial 100 because others can't bat!

Mind you, there are plenty who haven;t made any significant runs in the last few tests - Butler, Stokes, Curran, Root - it's a bit of a shambles at the moment!

six and out · « **Reply #789 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:27:34 PM »

It's quite simply because Root doesn't have the balls to bat at 3. If he would take that responsibility we wouldn't be in this mess trying to fudge a top 3.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #790 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:29:30 PM »

Foakes has been dropped.

(No Swearing Please) it, I'm done! From now on I'm supporting Ireland

ppccopener · « **Reply #791 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:40:37 PM »

I didn't think 'piss poor' would get thru the filters so again

It's piss poor and we are turning into the boys club we are often called.

Manormanic · « **Reply #792 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:41:28 PM »

I don't get the logic of this on any level.

Bairstow has been our best bat since coming back into the team. Except when he had just kept 130 overs. He may prefer five to three and you might as selector humour that but... why hamstring him with the gloves?

Moving on. We now have a hole in the side and one of Buttler, Jennings or Foakes is to miss out. Well, of the three, Foakes is by far the most likely to score steady runs so surely he stays?

If anyone locates the plot, do wake me...

shadowlight · « **Reply #793 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:55:34 PM »

I hope WI give England another thumping. Very disappointed in the selection. What has Jennings done to deserve a place back, along with Fiakes losing his spot. If Johnny wants to keep fine , swap keepers around and play Foakes as Pure batsman. If WI bat first Jonny�s run production is suspect.

billyb · « **Reply #794 on:** February 08, 2019, 08:23:54 PM »

It's such a joke. Foakes is class. I cannot stand the ECB decisions at test level, what is their long term plan? They are wasting Root, Broad and the last year of Anderson.
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