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PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Dowbocop** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 12:12 am

The state of that Aussie Rules player's teeth :lol:

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:09 am

Buttler is to replace Duckett and bat at 7. I wonder if they will boost JB up to 4?

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:20 am

Vaughan reckons the pitch will break up relatively quickly so the result will almost certainly go to whoever wins the toss.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:01 am

Unless we win the toss.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:37 am

Drumstick wrote::x

Unless we win the toss.

Or not.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:26 am

Yeah it isn't good. Hameed is the only one who can feel hard done by (again), very little he could do.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Hypes** » Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:07 am

India are going to end up with a lead of over 100 here

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:40 pm

If we want a chance to win this then we need to keep their lead to less than 60.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Hypes** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:11 am

All going rather well

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:30 am

So all we need to do is bat for 5 sessions which should be enough to get the draw.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Mini E** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:41 am

Easy peasy.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:52 am

I hope our top order (sans JB and HH) all feel suitably embarrassed about their performances in the first innings. I think deep down we all know that those cheap dismissals are going to be the critical and deciding factor.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:54 am

Moeen you enormous twonk.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Mini E** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:55 am

Ummmmm. So exactly what the strawberry float was that shot in this situation?! Embarrassing in both innings from Moeen.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:56 am

Indeed. Just no need for it. Just because he's invited to come down the wicket doesn't mean he has to. He seems to fall foul of this a LOT.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:29 am

1 down chasing 103...

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:48 pm

So Hameed's tour is over which is a massive shame. I'm sure this will have helped his development and prepared him for what test cricket is like but all the same I'm sure he'd rather be playing.

Not sure who England are going to replace him with. Any guesses?

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:56 am

You'd have to assume Duckett or are they planning to fly someone over?

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Drumstick** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:31 am

This all comes back to the farcical squad selection announcement. Poorly planned, poorly timed and the team are now even more ill-equipped than they were to start with. Can’t play Duckett or Ballance as both have shown themselves to be walking wickets in this environment, doing so will destroy their confidence. So that means they've got to make a very quick decision in order to allow whomever they call up time to acclimatise to the atmosphere and surroundings out there. Personally I would go with Billings. He impressed in Roy's stead in the final ODI vs. Bangladesh, has experience of the pitches in India and is a competent player of spin. Not a traditional test opener by any means but I'd give him a go.

PostRe: The Cricket Thread - Oh by **Rex Kramer** » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:41 am

Have they announced a ODI squad for the India tour? Might be worth using someone who would be going along on that. On that basis I guess we're looking at Roy or maybe Hales back in?

EDIT: Scratch all that.

England have called up uncapped duo Keaton Jennings and Liam Dawson to their tour of India.

Durham opener Jennings, 24, replaces Lancashire's Haseeb Hameed, 19, who will miss the remaining two Tests after breaking his left hand.

Hampshire all-rounder Dawson, 26, comes in for Zafar Ansari, who has been struggling with a back injury.

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