vinnyt77 Thought it was just beginning to get away from England, but Stokes does it again! Still looks like it could be par scores after the first round…
vinnyt77 Plus, I’ll repeat previous thought - Dom Bess isn’t Test match ready. Am sure he’ll look back at this tour as a great learning experience, but I don’t think a spinner should be learning their trade in the cauldron of a sub-continental tour.
Along_the_Wire Why aren’t we more ruthless with the likes of bess? Send him the the boundary and get some other cunt in who has even the tiniest bit of confidence. The lad is shot to bits.
vinnyt77 Along_the_Wire Don’t understand it either. With all the other fuckers rotating in and out of the squad over the past 8 weeks, it’s laughable that the England management couldn’t find a seat on a plane home for Bess..
vinnyt77 alistair As a strike bowler, 100%. Still think there’s a need for a pressure builder at the other end. Leach may or may not be the mid-term answer to that, but not the long term…
alistair vinnyt77 Leach has been ok this winter, best we have got. He survives the purge. Bess shouldn’t. The opening batsmen are a worry. Both Burns and Sibley have now played about 20 tests each and have been found out. I wonder whether its worth giving Malan a go at the test game, not necessarily as an opener. Pope has also had a poor winter
vinnyt77 alistair Yeah - agreed. Best of a bad bunch currently. Genuinely unsure of the answer with our batters, as not really kept abreast of county cricket the past couple of years. Are there hordes of talented youngsters that Joyce isn’t selecting?!
Dubman vinnyt77 Each time I go and make a brew I come back and we’ve lost another wicket..will India get into bat.
vinnyt77 Dubman 50/50 at best! Will be a pretty shaming turn of events if they lose by an innings, having had India a hundred and forty odd for six…
