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Jan 2020
2:44pm, 27 Jan 2020
18,909 posts
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flanker
She's well into her scales now...
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Jan 2020
2:47pm, 27 Jan 2020
18,835 posts
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Nicholls595
... here she goes
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Jan 2020
2:50pm, 27 Jan 2020
18,911 posts
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flanker
Another 5fer for Wood would be nice!
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Jan 2020
2:50pm, 27 Jan 2020
25,390 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Wood, very well done indeed.
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Jan 2020
2:52pm, 27 Jan 2020
18,912 posts
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flanker
Oh, must try that more often! Ideally when he already has 4 not 3 😂
Well played England.
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Jan 2020
3:00pm, 27 Jan 2020
11,908 posts
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Cerrertonia
Very good series win for England.
Not too many teams win test series there. SA beat Pakistan 3-0 last year and the Aussies 3-1 and India 2-1 the season before. They've had a bit of a bad spell since then, of course.
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Jan 2020
3:01pm, 27 Jan 2020
68,431 posts
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Gobi
A series win, nice
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Jan 2020
3:01pm, 27 Jan 2020
1,369 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
9 for 100 for Mark Wood in the match. Fair play. MOTM? I must admit, I thought he had shot his bolt with injuries. Turns out he is averaging something like 14 with the ball since he extended his run up(!).
One or two issues to turn to when they go to Sri Lanka.
Gloves - I was espousing Foakes here a day or two ago but Buttler's average is 32 which is what we would expect from a number 7? Nonetheless, Foakes should make the trip, probably as the preferred gloveman.
Pace attack - not all of Broad, Archer, Woakes, Wood, Anderson will be required on a sub continent tour, especially with Stokes able to chip in. Rest for the two veterans?
Batting - there was a suggestion that Jennings should make the trip. To my mind, Crawley has done a good job and should continue his learning.
Spin - it seems they'd love Moeen but Mo seems less keen. Unrequited I think they call that. Parkinson hasn't done a lot (wrong), but managed to get himself below Bess in the pecking order. I suspect Leach and Bess will tour but that Leach's days are sadly numbered on account of his susceptibility to illness (he has Crohn's), with Root as the other spinner if required.
Good series win all told, albeit that the Saffers are below strength. Add Harmer, Olivier and one or two other Kolpaks and they would be a good deal stronger.
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Jan 2020
3:57pm, 27 Jan 2020
11,909 posts
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Cerrertonia
Broad & Anderson being rested for Sri Lanka has been the talk for a couple of months now. Is the Sri Lanka series counting in the World Test Championships? (The NZ one didn't, and the England team were quite open about not sending a full-strength squad.)
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Jan 2020
4:02pm, 27 Jan 2020
29,845 posts
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SPR
Re Buttler. He averages 27.43 as keeper, 35.68 when not keeping. Averaged 25.10 last year, 16.20 so far this year.
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