Foakes, Woakes and Wood ( Bairstow for batting only ) and Tongue for longer........no question.
This is the series win that got away. We have shown what we are capable of. Poor decision making, sloppy errors, one over cocky declaration and too much loyalty in certain areas. The Aussies were...
Tony Greig did just that in a Gillette Cup Final at Lords. Threw the ball up too quickly, ( miles in the air ) umpire immediately called ' not complete ' and Greig had to scramble and dive to ' complete ' the catch.
Yep.
....and his teammates and the media have been blaming ' unhelpful 'conditions all the time. It is probably a more significant error, persevering with Jimmy than the Foakes/Bairstow discussion.
It is desperately sad to see him struggling. A shadow of his former self. To bowl him for 10 overs...
We messed this series up good and proper in the first two Tests. In our desire to assert ourselves ( nay......attempt to bully the Aussies into submission ) we failed to play the percentages, tried to force the pace too much and our errors tilted the balance in their favour. The margins have...
When will the management admit that as good as he has been, he is now over the hill. No surprise at 41. He has lost that little bit of extra zip.
Surely, a joint announcement with his bowling mate would have made sense but statements that he intends to carry on fill me with concern that he will...