India 67-9!

[life on mars]

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😂 I really hope Hameed can come good.

If the Ashes go ahead and England want to win then id be doing all I could to convince Cook out of retirement.

Hammed looked very good today good few boundaries for his 60 .

Trouble with so many of today's England is there lack of consistency test after test, results In us not establishing a strong front two .

[The Bloop]

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Nobody you mentioned could 'easily' be Anderson and Broad in my opinion

If replacing Broad and Anderson means finding a pair of bowlers who'll play 300 tests and take 1000+ test wickets between them, then no I dont think they will. If it means finding a reliable swing bowler, who can land it on a sixpence time after time, then I think Robinson could in time be that player.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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If replacing Broad and Anderson means finding a pair of bowlers who'll play 300 tests and take 1000+ test wickets between them, then no I dont think they will. If it means finding a reliable swing bowler, who can land it on a sixpence time after time, then I think Robinson could in time be that player.

But everytime you don't think players are replaceable, sometimes someone comes along and does even better. Nobody would have thought Jimmy Anderson would have got the test wickets he has after a few tests. If I remember rightly, he wasn't thought of as a first choice bowler for quite a few years.

[Hilts]

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England do seem to have a lot of good medium fast bowlers which will always cause problems in home conditions.

Unfortunately the 3 fast bowlers Archer Wood and in particular Stone are always getting injured.

We dont have anyone close to being a world class test spin bowler and the batting is a major issue.

Yesterdays opening stand was the highest since Cook and Hameed in 2016.

Cook and Strauss definitely havent been replaced.

[the other bob wilson]

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It's worth noting as well that Anderson was, comfortably, England's quickest bowler. A while ago, the talk was of going to Australia with Stone, Archer and Wood to hit them with pace - with two of those out of consideration and the third pretty injury prone, it is conceivable that, apart from, Mahmood, Anderson might be the quickest bowler England have this winter as well. Glenn McGrath proved that you can get wickets in tests in Australia bowling at speeds in the early eighties, but he was an exceptional player - for all that Robinson has done well so far, he's no McGrath yet.

[Hilts]

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Glenn Mcgrath is also a few inches taller than Anderson which gives an advantage in Australian wickets.

Chris Tremlett had a very successful series with the extra bounce he got and he didnt have great pace. So hopeful Robinson will be effective with his extra height.

Its a real disappointment the injuries to the fast bowlers. Wood needs protecting.

Im not convinced the series will go ahead anyway.

[Elwood Blues]

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Glenn Mcgrath is also a few inches taller than Anderson which gives an advantage in Australian wickets.

Chris Tremlett had a very successful series with the extra bounce he got and he didnt have great pace. So hopeful Robinson will be effective with his extra height.

Its a real disappointment the injuries to the fast bowlers. Wood needs protecting.

Im not convinced the series will go ahead anyway.

I see Boycott has spoken out saying the Ashes should be cancelled. Apparently Josh Buttler is undecided about going. I suspect he won't be the only one.

[Rjk]

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root seems to be trying to accelerate things here

[Optimistic Nick]

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root seems to be trying to accelerate things here

just a bit. 54 of 59 balls. This is an amazing performance overall so far by England. Dominating everything.

[the other bob wilson]

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Malan’s just edged one which didn’t carry to the keeper. Headingley is another of those pitches which often gets flatter as the game goes on - I reckon India can make England work really hard for second innings wickets if their heads are right.

[Rjk]

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Malan’s just edged one which didn’t carry to the keeper. Headingley is another of those pitches which often gets flatter as the game goes on - I reckon India can make England work really hard for second innings wickets if their heads are right.

Comes back to scoreboard pressure doesn't it.

[the other bob wilson]

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Comes back to scoreboard pressure doesn't it.

Yes, batting a couple of days to save a game is always far more easy in theory than in practice.

[Majorblue]

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Yes, batting a couple of days to save a game is always far more easy in theory than in practice.

Especially as it would now appear that India will be facing a huge first innings deficit.

Meantime the England attack are feet up for a couple of days and probably telling the batsmen to wreck the strip.

Probably rain for the next three days though.

[Rjk]

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ton up for root

[Rjk]

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Hopefully we can get to the end of the day without losing many more wickets then they can have a real thrash tomorrow morning to build up an unassailable lead