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bonners Dec 2021 7:44am, 9 Dec 2021 2,270 posts	0 bonners What's the story with Stokes? Series ending injury or a bit of stiffness that'll come out overnight?
njosmith Dec 2021 7:55am, 9 Dec 2021 766 posts	0 njosmith Robinson apparently struggling as well. At least they won't have to bowl in a second innings
Icy Shirt Dec 2021 8:33am, 9 Dec 2021 19,531 posts	0 Icy Shirt The plan is to tire the Aussie batsmen out in the first test by making them run so often, then get them in the second.
TROSaracen Dec 2021 8:35am, 9 Dec 2021 24,373 posts	0 TROSaracen May I be the first….. Well England’s cricketers are like the rest of us…..didn’t get Head last night. Leach 11 overs, 95 runs. We dropped Broad for that.
Oscar the Grouch Dec 2021 8:37am, 9 Dec 2021 3,930 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Burns takes the regulation catch early on, might be different. Confidence game.... we won't see him beyond the 2nd Test. He's burgling a living at the moment.
Fields & fountain, moor & mountain Dec 2021 8:38am, 9 Dec 2021 962 posts	0 Fields & fountain, moor & mountain Leach is no Ian Salisbury
Nicholls595 Dec 2021 8:40am, 9 Dec 2021 26,406 posts	0 Nicholls595 Kerrigan?
Oscar the Grouch Dec 2021 8:42am, 9 Dec 2021 3,932 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Leach has more practice as a drinks carrier than a bowler. Unfortunately, he is and always has been someone who has to bowl regularly to see the best of him.
TROSaracen Dec 2021 9:27am, 9 Dec 2021 24,374 posts	0 TROSaracen First 3 tests of 2002/3 series: - loss by 384 runs - loss by innings and 51 runs - loss by innings and 48 runs Can this year's shambolic and pitiful effort exceed those margins of defeat to lose the urn....
B Rubble Dec 2021 9:45am, 9 Dec 2021 2,930 posts	0 B Rubble I'm guessing they will be 300 runs behind at the close of Australia's innings, so loss by an innings and 100 runs looks to be on the cards for the first test. the series will be worse this time because come the third test, after Anderson and Broad work themselves lame, we won't have any fit bowlers. None of the batsmen are on form either. I wish there were any reasons to feel optimistic but I can't see any.