Official Ashes Thread

[The Bloop]

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Disappointing about Foakes and Archer.
I guess where Bairstow bats will depend on where Stokes wants to bat. Stokes, Bairstow and Brook at 5 6 7, with possibly Lawrence at 8, is a fairly tasty proposition.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Disappointing about Foakes and Archer.
I guess where Bairstow bats will depend on where Stokes wants to bat. Stokes, Bairstow and Brook at 5 6 7, with possibly Lawrence at 8, is a fairly tasty proposition.

Lawrence at 8? Who is going to bowl?!

[The Bloop]

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Lawrence at 8? Who is going to bowl?!

If Leach isn't effective, then Root and Lawrence could share spinning duties, just to hold an end whilst the faster bowlers do the business at the other end.

[Hilts]

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Foakes being left out is really disappointing.

Really good middle order. Opening isnt strong and Pope coming in probably early most innings isnt ideal.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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If Leach isn't effective, then Root and Lawrence could share spinning duties, just to hold an end whilst the faster bowlers do the business at the other end.

You're only picking 2 seamers, then? Robinson will bat 8, with Wood/Broad, Leach and Jimmy. Stokes cannot be relied upon to bowl. Leach is absolutely guaranteed to play unless he gets injured or the pitch is the greenest seamer we've ever seen.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Foakes being left out is really disappointing.

Really good middle order. Opening isnt strong and Pope coming in probably early most innings isnt ideal.

Surely it isn't that disappointing. He's been dropped for a world class batter who is a very good keeper.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Team picks itself, it is one seamer from Potts/Wood/Broad (if Anderson is fit). Also, there's loads of rubbish written about Duckett. The bloke is an extremely, extremely talented cricketer who has finally screwed his head on. He's averaging 46 in his 14 innings opening the batting. We'll have some of that.

[The Bloop]

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You're only picking 2 seamers, then? Robinson will bat 8, with Wood/Broad, Leach and Jimmy. Stokes cannot be relied upon to bowl. Leach is absolutely guaranteed to play unless he gets injured or the pitch is the greenest seamer we've ever seen.

Sorry, I meant that if Leach doesn't play then Lawrence comes in.
3 seamers which I think will be Robinson Broad Anderson in the first Ashes test, then rotated after that.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Sorry, I meant that if Leach doesn't play then Lawrence comes in.
3 seamers which I think will be Robinson Broad Anderson in the first Ashes test, then rotated after that.

You can't go into a test match with 3 bowlers and a few part timers.

[The Bloop]

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You can't go into a test match with 3 bowlers and a few part timers.

If Leach gets injured, then who plays? Icant see them playing Reham Ahmed at home as a single spinner for a while,and why pick Lawrence if he's not there as Leachs replacement?

[the other bob wilson]

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If Leach gets injured, then who plays? Icant see them playing Reham Ahmed at home as a single spinner for a while,and why pick Lawrence if he's not there as Leachs replacement?

I think I’d trust Root as first choice spinner above Lawrence - Jacks is playing for Surrey again now.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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If Leach gets injured, then who plays? Icant see them playing Reham Ahmed at home as a single spinner for a while,and why pick Lawrence if he's not there as Leachs replacement?

Lawrence isn't a front line spinner, he's taken 20 wickets in first class cricket. If Leach gets injured, they'll call someone up, which will probably be Ahmed or Jacks. They've basically called up the team, plus 1 batter and 3 extra bowlers because the want to protect the seamers. Everyone else should get game time while quicks need to be managed.

[TWGL1]

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England player ratings

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-12091005/PAUL-NEWMAN-rates-15-Englishmen-regain-Ashes-Brook-Bairstow-key-success.html

[Hilts]

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Leach ruled out of series.

[TWGL1]

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Leach ruled out of series.

That’s a really big blow for Australia