He is better than handy with the bat we have seen. Our tail looks a bit long in this game, Woakes could of done a job as a seamer and a little more wi the bat than the other bowlers.
Hard to come in thou with sitting out the SL matches prior to this tour
Woakes has now played 0 out of 5 matches on these Tours. Although the first one he was unavailable for. The other seamers have all played at least 1 match including 80mph Sam Curran.
You have to think England have now (rightly so imo) pigeonholed him as a home only bowler. And was probably only taken on these tours as he has a full central contract.
In any case a like for like isnt the way to go in another daytime Test. If a seamer is left out for the 4th Test it should almost certainly be a spinner brought in. You cant strengthen the tail in India to weaken the bowling - where are the 20 wickets going to come from?
If Bess is still not pickable they need to throw a wildcard in in Parkinson or Virdi. At least give yourself the right set up for the conditions.
I have wondered if there’s more to the Bess story than meets the eye.
This thought had crossed my mind aswell. The PR machine had always backed him until suddenly it didn't. Strange
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