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Wriggling Snake Aug 2017 3:41pm, 6 Aug 2017 15,774 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Good punnage.
Derby Tup Aug 2017 6:11pm, 6 Aug 2017 23,383 posts	0 Derby Tup
lammo Aug 2017 11:54am, 7 Aug 2017 7,898 posts	0 lammo On the BBC feed, somebody has just asked why we could try Ali as an opener, that;s not right is it?
Crash Hamster Aug 2017 1:17pm, 7 Aug 2017 911 posts	0 Crash Hamster We did; he's not technically correct enough to open. See also Hales. And this is the problem; with the advent of hit and wish cricket, good technique is less of a prized commodity, so fewer players are produced. /grandma, stick of rhubarb, uncovered pitches, dig in
Doctor K Aug 2017 1:17pm, 7 Aug 2017 4,118 posts	0 Doctor K We tried him in India and it didn't go well. Short pitched bowling isn't his favourite so he would be peppered with it in Australia
Doctor K Aug 2017 1:17pm, 7 Aug 2017 4,119 posts	0 Doctor K Nice start by Broad and Anderson
GregP Aug 2017 6:39pm, 7 Aug 2017 94,767 posts	0 GregP Someone on Sky used 'Tom Westley' and 'short' in the same sentence. Not heard that done before.
Nicholls595 Aug 2017 8:46am, 8 Aug 2017 13,071 posts	0 Nicholls595 Hales for Malan anyone?
Wriggling Snake Aug 2017 9:01am, 8 Aug 2017 15,781 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Has Moeen got morecwickets and more runs at better averages than stokes?
Nicholls595 Aug 2017 9:05am, 8 Aug 2017 13,072 posts	0 Nicholls595 I heard TMS trying to claim last night that Moeen was a better all rounder than Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee.