06-27-2023, 09:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-27-2023, 09:31 AM by AnelkasBeard.)
(06-27-2023, 09:22 AM)SuperBob2002 Wrote: England Men's XI
1. Ben Duckett
2. Zak Crawley
3. Ollie Pope
4. Joe Root
5. Harry Brook
6. Ben Stokes *
7. Jonathan Bairstow +
8. Stuart Broad
9. Ollie Robinson
10. Josh Tongue
11. James Anderson
Sigh. We haven't learned from our mistakes. No specialist wicket keeper, the continued selection of Crawley and no front line spinner. What is going on? I'm not sure if it's sheer overconfidence, arrogance, and ignorance, or stupidly? Possibly a combination.
No spinner kinda makes sense at Lords?
But how has Tongue got in ahead of Wood, Woakes and/or Potts?! Really baffling. Woakes averages 61 with the bat and 11 with the ball at Lords... and we all know what Mark Wood can do. If they're going to select that type of bowler over what Woakes gives, surely it had to be Wood.
And as much as we'd all have wanted to see Foakes in to the team, I think we all knew it wasn't going to be happening.

