Topic: Alec Stewart the new England coach?? Nope its Colly (for nowl (Read 24367 times)

billyb · « **Reply #75 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:13:17 PM »

Wow, that is a crazy squad!!!

ppccopener · « **Reply #76 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:14:20 PM »

It is indeed

Can�t see a natural number three thou with Burns and Hameed left out

Pope is a bit lucky to make the cut, maybe they think him or Lawrence can bat 3

Thor Odin�s Son · « **Reply #77 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:22:01 PM »

What�s the actual obsession with Ollie Pope? He looks mediocre at best.

And Anderson/Broad getting axed is no surprise after they called your terrible batting in the Ashes. As JL found out, honesty gets you sacked.

Manormanic · « **Reply #78 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:31:25 PM »

Wow, that's... Interesting.

Happy for Fisher, he is a class act, though everyone thought, possibly quite reasonably, that I was mad when I mooted a call up during the Ashes.

Amazed that Woakes survives. And really unclear who is going to bat three here.

Thor Odin�s Son · « **Reply #79 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:41:14 PM »

Joe Root is batting at 3 again. You Poms�he�s just had the year of his life at 4�

Bats_Entertainment · « **Reply #80 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:55:22 PM »

He was usually coming in with only about 20 on the board anyway. Would batting no.3 really be so different?

Jimbo · « **Reply #81 on:** February 08, 2022, 06:57:25 PM »

Quite adventurous with the bowling, wish they'd applied as much to the batting options though.

SurreySam · « **Reply #82 on:** February 08, 2022, 07:00:54 PM »

To save anyone the bother of searching, see below.

Quote from: ECB Press Release

England Men's selection panel, consisting of Sir Andrew Strauss (interim managing director of England Men's Cricket), interim head coach Paul Collingwood and head scout James Taylor, have named a 16-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of the Caribbean starting next month.

England Men's Test squad:

Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire)
Ben Foakes (Surrey)
Dan Lawrence (Essex)
Jack Leach (Somerset)
Alex Lees (Durham)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Craig Overton (Somerset)
Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)

Durham opener Alex Lees and Yorkshire seamer Matthew Fisher are called-up for the first time.

Lees, 28, captained the Lions squad in Australia and has shown great potential in the LV= Insurance County Championship over the past few years with Durham and previously Yorkshire. He scored 625 runs in last year's Championship campaign, with a highest score of 129.

The 24-year-old Fisher took 20 wickets for Yorkshire last season at an average of 19.65 from County Championship matches. His control with the ball has impressed the England set-up for some time, and he was a stand-out performer for the Lions during the winter programme.

Alongside the new additions to the squad, the Lancashire duo of Saqib Mahmood and Matthew Parkinson will be aiming to make their Test debut in the Caribbean having featured in previous squads.

Surrey wicketkeeper Ben Foakes returns to the squad for the first time in under a year when he played the fourth Test in Ahmedabad last March against India.
Eight players � James Anderson, Dom Bess, Sam Billings, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Haseeb Hameed and Dawid Malan - who featured in the recent Ashes series, have missed out on selection.
Interim Managing Director for England Men's Cricket, Sir Andrew Strauss, said:
"With the start of a new cycle, it has allowed the selection panel to refresh the Test squad with a particular focus on competing away from home.
"We felt that it was time to draw a line after the Ashes defeat, look forward and give some impetus with an influx of new players.
"In respect of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, I want to emphasise this does not mean the end for them as England players. We feel that it is important to look at some exciting new bowling potential and give some added responsibility to other players who have featured previously. No one doubts the quality and experience that James and Stuart bring to the England set-up. It will be up to the new managing director and permanent head coach to decide on whether they will be involved this summer and beyond.

"This selection of this squad is the start of a process and a journey to get England Test cricket back to where it needs to be, and the hard work starts now."

The three-match Test series forms part of the ICC World Test Championship. Joe Root's team will be looking to climb the rankings after a disappointing start to the second edition of the Championship. At the end of the two-year cycle, the top two teams will compete in the ICC World Test Championship Final due to be staged in 2023.

The touring party departs the UK on Thursday 24 February.

ppccopener · « **Reply #83 on:** February 08, 2022, 07:02:48 PM »

I think they are going to give Pope a last chance and bat him 3.
They will leave Bairstow at 6

Bohannon must of been close to being picked

Pope needs a good tour I feel, massive talent, not even close to being fullfilled

Bats_Entertainment · « **Reply #84 on:** February 08, 2022, 07:08:18 PM »

"Surrey wicketkeeper Ben Foakes returns to the squad for the first time in under a year..."

Strange wording! I guess they've got bigger thing to be worrying about?

SD · « **Reply #85 on:** February 08, 2022, 07:41:21 PM »

Bohannon and Yates are the two uncapped batsmen I would have taken in this tour and have batted in the top three.

richyreed · « **Reply #86 on:** February 08, 2022, 08:21:58 PM »

Wonder if Bohannon wasn't selected due to this - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/alex-davies-banned-and-fined-over-historic-offensive-tweets-1300322

Although not banned and fined like Davies, they probably didn't want to risk any negative PR. Classic ECB releasing this on the squad selection day so it gets swept under the carpet ...

"The Lancashire Telegraph reported in June that Davies, Liam Hurt, Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon and Richard Gleeson were under investigation, following the emergence of Ollie Robinson's historic tweets during his England Test debut. The players were handed formal warnings by the club."

Buzz · « **Reply #87 on:** February 08, 2022, 08:30:21 PM »

Maybe Woakes will bat at 3?

six and out · « **Reply #88 on:** February 08, 2022, 08:45:31 PM »

I find the balance make up of the squad really strange (even before you talk about who is in it), surely they are a batsman light.

There are only 2 genuine openers - Crawley & Lees
No one who bats 3 normally or even any other top order batters.
Then Root, Stokes, Pope, Lawrence, Bairstow in the middle order. Plus Foakes.

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #89 on:** February 08, 2022, 09:02:11 PM »

Really hope Billings isn�t a one test only player, personally feel he would bring a lot to our side and could if he took to test cricket been a good shout to be a potential replacement in captain terms for Root.

As for the squad it�s a bit left field but that�s by and large what we have benne asking for an and good to see a bit of a clear out of those that have had a chance and maybe age isn�t on there side for a couple. Pope is a funny one and you can only guess it�s last chance saloon for him given the talent he shows on county cricket vs the maniac batting on a hot tin roof style we have seen to often in his test career so far. Be it at 3 or in middle order he needs to score runs and also show self control and temperament to bat long

Fisher was spoken very highly of when he burst on the scene as a teenager and I believe has a yard or two of pace which if he has control as well is a winning formula. Parkinson must be given the series and supported, he must know how to set his own field as Root has proven he isn�t great at supporting his spinners recently.

Let�s see what happens

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