[Cricket] England test squad

[Gwylan]

Day of the long knives at Lord's: eight players dropped after the Ashes debacle. Bye bye Anderson and Broad after such long service. No room for Malan, Burns, Billings, Buttler, Bess and Hameed. Brutal.

No room for Tom Haines though. Lees, Parkinson, Fisher and Mahmood join the squad

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

Probably Haines needs a bit more grounding in county cricket. Another good season and he should be knocking on the door.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Harsh to drop Malan, I think.

 

[dazzer6666]

Day of the long knives at Lord's: eight players dropped after the Ashes debacle. Bye bye Anderson and Broad after such long service. No room for Malan, Burns, Billings, Buttler, Bess and Hameed. Brutal.

No room for Tom Haines though. Lees, Parkinson, Fisher and Mahmood join the squad

Another stuffing incoming

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I had to look up who ‘Fisher’ was. First time since I was about 8, that England have named a player in a Test squad that I’ve never heard of!

(Obviously it’s happened in T20 and that. They let anyone play those)

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

Me too. I watched Sussex at Headingley last season but he wasn't playing (or I didn't notice him!)

 

[Lower West Stander]

Still the same old counties forming the basis of selection though.

Give some the lads in the less high profile places a go. You never know - they may be quite good….


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[keaton]

Harsh to drop Malan, I think.

I'd assume/hope he's been given time off as he had his first child during the last Ashes test (and she was six weeks early)

 

[Gwylan]

I'd assume/hope he's been given time off as he had his first child during the last Ashes test (and she was six weeks early)

Maybe ... but he's also 35 this summer and after 22 tests has an average of 27. That maybe ok for a young batter finding his feet, but he's scarcely one for the future

 

[The Fits]

Pleased to see Saqib Mahmood in. He deserves a go and I think he and Robinson is potentially a wonderful attack.
Batting still looks incredibly short.

 

[vegster]

Anderson and Broad will be back for the home Tests. Not much point in flogging them on those hard pitches in the WI, on English conditions they will still do a job unless a couple of new bowlers really impress.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Probably Haines needs a bit more grounding in county cricket. Another good season and he should be knocking on the door.

…..of Surrey

 

[keaton]

Maybe ... but he's also 35 this summer and after 22 tests has an average of 27. That maybe ok for a young batter finding his feet, but he's scarcely one for the future

I'd agree with that, but he was also one of the few who looked ok rather than hopeless.

 

[Eeyore]

No Josh Bohannon ?

I hope they know what they are doing here.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Maybe ... but he's also 35 this summer and after 22 tests has an average of 27. That maybe ok for a young batter finding his feet, but he's scarcely one for the future

27? I’d probably take that .

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Who’ll bat at 3 do we think? Bairstow??

 

[Machiavelli]

27? I’d probably take that .

Positively brilliant for an England batsman.

 

[A1X]

Who’ll bat at 3 do we think? Bairstow??

Root probably but TBH him at 4 is about the only thing working in the batting at the moment. Wouldn’t totally object to Stokes at 3.

Suspect Broad and Anderson will feature this summer. Although my ticket for the Oval starting to feel like it might be a farewell test…

 

[zefarelly]

I thought this was a thread asking for players

My mistake.

 

[knocky1]

I had to look up who ‘Fisher’ was. First time since I was about 8, that England have named a player in a Test squad that I’ve never heard of!

(Obviously it’s happened in T20 and that. They let anyone play those)

Stick a few in from Yorkshire ,if we want to make them grovel, was the thinking.