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Ocelot Spleens Aug 2021 1:05pm, 17 Aug 2021 31,711 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens It is not the whole batting line up it is the top 3, sort that out and it will not look so bad, you cannot keep having to battle back fro 5 for 2..Yesterday if the openers just lasted 10 overs it would look different. I still say Root, as good a leader as he is in terms of batting, made a right cock up of the morning, just bowl straight.
Cheg Aug 2021 1:08pm, 17 Aug 2021 3,312 posts	Quote Pin Cheg Stokes is a big miss in the middle. The openers are definitely the biggest issue and set the tone. But even so outside of root I don’t see who is a dead cert starter.
Oscar the Grouch Aug 2021 1:49pm, 17 Aug 2021 3,399 posts	Quote Pin Oscar the Grouch I could see Stokes as a latter day Kallis. Clearly has the technique/ability to bat at 3 and contribute up to 10 overs a day. Obviously has to be available for selection. 3 and 4 sewn up then, Stokes/Root. A couple of openers clearly required. I don't see Burns/Sibley as the future but perhaps one should stay and move Hameed up. Burns on balance. Well, not balanced technically. It was notable yesterday that Hameed was trying to play with soft hands and take the slips out of the equation. Not how it ended obviously. If - IF - YJB has sorted the technical flaw that sees him bowled playing through wide mid on, he could be 5. Pope looks better the less he plays, so he can be 6. A proper keeper is required, so Foakes at 7. I'm not sure about Sam Curran, but he or Woakes at 8. Robinson has done enough. I'd have Leach as a better spinner than Moeen, but if Moeen plays, he bats 7 and all move down one. Would also balance the side better if/when Broad comes back i.e. Broad for Curran, Moeen for Leach. Then Anderson 11. Bit of a tail but the top 7/8 should be there to score the runs.
Bazoaxe Aug 2021 1:58pm, 17 Aug 2021 20,694 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe lol at Pope......looks better the less he plays It actually feels quite depressing as so many top order options have been tried and there has only been limited success but even those successes have petered out Bowling is proppoed up by Anderson and Broad as well. Wood should be a good option but fitness a major concerm. Bit like Archer who I almost forgot about
Derby Tup Aug 2021 2:01pm, 17 Aug 2021 51,419 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup If all fit and available we have about six or seven decent players
ThorntonRunner Aug 2021 2:03pm, 17 Aug 2021 5,175 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Move Hameed up to open and give him a good few tests to bed in - can't be any worse than current opener options and it may just work
Cerrertonia Aug 2021 2:45pm, 17 Aug 2021 14,472 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia No mention of the Cooke (66* off 56 balls, 5-61) vs Cook (68) semi-final yesterday then? Looks like it was a close game.
GregP Aug 2021 4:48pm, 17 Aug 2021 128,700 posts	Quote Pin GregP Could have gone either way. Rest of the season is going to be fairly flat. Looking forward to actually turning up in person in September mind - the Monday of the Gloucestershire game coincides with a cheeky day off.
TROSaracen Aug 2021 4:59pm, 17 Aug 2021 23,753 posts	Quote Pin TROSaracen Big Hundred game tonight with Fozzy’s lot taking on Pheonix with places in the post season at stake. Get to your theatres kids!
GeneHunt59 Aug 2021 5:20pm, 17 Aug 2021 1,539 posts	Quote Pin GeneHunt59 Essex set a good base, but seemed to stutter, losing wickets just as they looked to building a total 300 plus and somehow managed to get bowled out, albeit in the last over. Glamorgan got off to a flyer in response. Some Essex bowling looked a little suspect, but they made the most of it. Definitely a game Essex could have won, but I have seen many of them in my time.