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Badger Oct 2017 1:28pm, 3 Oct 2017 8,743 posts	Quote Pin Badger Oh, that scorecard. You can buy t-shirts with that on, you know.
Badger Oct 2017 1:29pm, 3 Oct 2017 8,744 posts	Quote Pin Badger amazon.co.uk Might not be quite your size.
Nicholls595 Oct 2017 8:45am, 4 Oct 2017 13,479 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Australia fast bowler James Pattinson will miss the Ashes series following a recurrence of a back injury. Hopefully Doug the Rug will replace him
Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO) Oct 2017 10:59am, 4 Oct 2017 15,509 posts	Quote Pin Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO) It's just not cricket.... telegraph.co.uk
Bazoaxe Oct 2017 12:28pm, 4 Oct 2017 11,914 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I just read that on BBC and thought for a moment I had rumbled and April Fool bbc.co.uk
Wriggling Snake Oct 2017 12:30pm, 4 Oct 2017 16,506 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake a bit late for that
njosmith Oct 2017 1:09pm, 11 Oct 2017 95 posts	Quote Pin njosmith There is a fair bit of pessimism on this thread but even without Stokes England have a number of quality cricketers. Spent 30 minutes or so checking out some stats. Joe Root: World class batsman with a batting average of 60.75 as captain. James Anderson: Over 500 career wickets, with 126 wickets at 20.35 since January 2015. Alistair Cook: Most test runs for England (11,629) and averages 49.53 in Australia. Jonny Bairstow: averaging 46.02 as wicketkeeper in test cricket. Stuart Broad: Almost 400 test wickets and an innings best of 8 for 15 against Australia. Moeen Ali: 30 wickets at 21.29 in 2017 and averaging 68.54 batting at 7 which is his most likely batting position without Stokes. Mark Stoneman: Experienced batsman who knows his game and passed 1,000 first-class runs for four successive seasons. Garry Ballance: 1,019 runs at 67.93 in his first 10 Tests. Chris Woakes: Quality All-rounder with a batting average higher than his bowling average. Retaining the Ashes will be tough but England have the quality to win.
postieboy Oct 2017 1:22pm, 11 Oct 2017 4,850 posts	Quote Pin postieboy Garry Ballance - has done sweet FA since his first 10 tests because good bowlers have found him out. I agree with your assessment about the rest
Nicholls595 Oct 2017 1:27pm, 11 Oct 2017 13,501 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 We like a bit of pessimism on this thread njosmithers, so you "could" say... Root: Will almost certainly be batting in the first 10 overs against the new ball. Failed out there last time when that happened. Anderson: Lost a yard of pace and won't swing the Kookaburra ball. Cook: Past his best. Bairstow: Struggled early in his career against the short fast pitched delivery and certain to smell a lot of leather. Broad: Will get sledged to death by the convicts. Unlikely to reproduce "that" spell. Moeen: Not bad for a second spinner, but he's no Swanny. Stoneman: Not proven at Test level. Carberry, Lyth, Robson, Compton, Hales, Jennings, Duckett etc etc. Ballance: * Woakes: Solid all rounder, but he's no Derek Pringle. * There are no words suitable in my vocabulary
timaru Oct 2017 4:38am, 15 Oct 2017 772 posts	Quote Pin timaru Hehe may be nz has a chance after reading that 😆