The International Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

It should be Woakes before either of them anyway.

Curran shouldn't be the one that's being debated, it's Rashid that shouldn't be in that team.

[Chico Hamilton III]

TV cameras just panned in on Steve Bruce in the crowd at the Test.

[Dave Cooper please]

It should be Woakes before either of them anyway.

Curran shouldn't be the one that's being debated, it's Rashid that shouldn't be in that team.

You say that but I reckon this pitch will be spinning sideways by the end of day three.

[paul_e]

It should be Woakes before either of them anyway.

Curran shouldn't be the one that's being debated, it's Rashid that shouldn't be in that team.

You say that but I reckon this pitch will be spinning sideways by the end of day three.

It may do, but I think I'd still rather have an extra quick than Rashid, I don't dislike him I just don't think his bowling is suited to test cricket (except maybe as a 2nd or 3rd spinner on the Indian sub-continent). If we had a genuinely threatening leggie who created pressure at one end I'd be really happy having them in but Rashid has a bad habit of bowling mostly tame stuff with enough scoring deliveries that teams never feel like they have to chase after him. As soon as players start going after his bowling he becomes a threat, but they just don't have to do that all that often.

[Dave Cooper please]

Our openers don't get any better do they?

[paul_e]

Our openers don't get any better do they?

Really poor shot from Burns to get out, he's better than that but misjudged the pace.

Jennings was just shockingly bad technique, so many things wrong with the shot and it's almost a perfect explanation of why he's just not good enough for test cricket.

Bairstow gone as well but I haven't got a massive issue with what Bairstow did, it was an excellent delivery to him and then pretty unlucky to cop his elbow and go on to the stumps.

[manic-road]

England's top order have been struggling for what seems like ages now, been piss poor again today.

[manic-road]

Jeez 48-5 Stokes 0.

[manic-road]

Very next ball Moen out for 0. Embarrassing

[PaulWinch again]

What a bloody shambles of an effort.

[manic-road]

And another goes, Buttler caught behind.

[manic-road]

I'm not so bothered about a match in the West Indies but the Aussies will be rubbing their hands at this. We just don't seem to have anyone that can stick around.
49-7 Struggling to get to 50.

[paul_e]

Middle order can't always bail out the openers, Jennings needed to see out the first session and then the guys on the field have to see the first 7-8 overs of the session through. If you can't do that you're always a couple of wickets away from a collapse like this.

[manic-road]

61-8 Foakes gone.

[olaftab]

I had a feeling the Test series wasn't going to be competitive