Yeah there's no need for Bashir who looked bang average. Dan Lawrence strengthens their batting too and I don't think on raging turner, any team should need more than 3 spinners given the quality of exisiting spinners increases.
They all play IPL if they are fit but otherwise they are rested or allowed to miss lot of ODI as well as T20's .
Needing to be rested sometimes doesn't mean you're not a 3 format player. Sounds like you really mean they just need to manage their fitness better.
He's played plenty of away test matches which is how we know he's not good at them.
I think bigger surprise is Bairstow. In his current form
It was always likely he wouldn’t be dropped, the method has always been to give players a chance to play back into form under McCullum and Stokes.
and I'm saying that he isn't first choice in test matches anyway so he can play all three formats whereas say if India go to Australia next summer and there's a ODI/T20 world cup just two days after then the five i've mentioned will probably all the test matches and the world cup later.
Fair enough but if you want to keep alive our Chances of winning the series, I would have replaced him with Woakes or Livingstone etc
Interesting as both aren't on the tour.
Well that would be stupid wouldn't it? You've enough good players to be able to rotate. You could also not plan test series 5 days before a world cup.
I thought we may have gone with one seamer and either left Rehan in or played the extra batsmen. But no major qualms with this selection either.
I think it’s best to leave Rehan out after the last test. So makes sense to go with Bashir and Robinson can normally hold down an end with the bat although not as good as Rehan with it.
What on earth is that?!
Photo of Mars.
Very thin air up there, can see it reversing.
Bringing the red ball game to the red ball. I like it.
I think you're being tedious. It's pretty clear what @KM meant.
Ha ha - or anyone else but Bairstow to give us a bit of batting or bowling
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Coming from someone who failed to live up to his potential because he seemed to shit the bed under pressure constantly. He’s an exact example of the kind of player who would benefit from the culture that Stokes is trying to build.
No feckin way! Bazball rules!!
Always starts near empty. Been good crowds in this series.Couldn’t sleep so this is going to be the first morning I’ve watched of this series. Why is there about 100 fans there
Couldn’t sleep so this is going to be the first morning I’ve watched of this series. Why is there about 100 fans there
Looks to be really struggling then ends up on 32 from 32.Looks like a South African deck at the moment. Seam movement but also coming onto the bat.
