It's The Ashes (again)

[Pragmatist]

Reckon that's it.

Right, Foakes in and Crawley and Anderson out next test please.

Agree. We must learn for these two defeats and change things. We can't keep selecting played because they're part of a jolly boys club.

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Duckett
Bairstow
Root
Brooks
Stokes
Pope
Foakes
Woakes
Broad
Wood
Ahmed

That'd be my team for the next Test.

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I don't understand why Robinson had to go so aggressive. Could we not milk the singles at this point. Time isn't an issue? I get why Stokes did as we were so far behind and he was the only real batsman left, but we don't need to take such risks at this point?

So drop Robinson and Tongue who got half the Aussie wickets between them, including Tongue getting Smith twice in his second test appearance

Hard to pick either Wood or Ahmed.  Wood is nowhere near fit to bowl in a Test (has solely played T20 since March) and Ahmed has bowled very poorly for Leicestershire in the Championship all season. He’s simply right to be picked yet.