Ashes 2019

[ElwoodBlues1]

Possible they could open with Harris and Khawaja batting Labuschagne at 3. Bancroft's technique has been worked out and Warner is having an all-time shocker. Warner may get another Test as he is liable to come good but he wouldn't want to fail again. Pattinson will came back in, i'd say for Siddle, who hasn't done alot wrong just that the others are better.

Bancroft doesnt have a technique, falls across the crease and plays around his pad, not sure about Labuschange at 3, got a bit lucky and played and missed a lot, prefer him at 4 or 5.
I think Head is technically better than most and has a cool head(pardon the pun ) under pressure and could play 3, Warner has to play as he might come good like you say.
Be Harris in for Bancroft and Marnus for Smith...dont want Mitch Marsh at this stage. Khawaja didnt want to get in behind Archer at all and isnt No 3 material, plus he is a very average fielder IMO.
I'd play him at 4 only because we dont have much else, agree on Pattinson....Siddle bowled ok when the pitch was doing something but as soon as it got flat Stokes took him apart and treated him
like he was bowling a tennis ball. Temptation is to play Starc given Archer is so much quicker than our bowlers and scaring our blokes but I'd be going the consistent types and play Cummins, Hazlewood
and Pattinson. Archer will break down IMO as Root will over bowl him, they are probably pouring water and manure all over the Leeds pitch as we speak trying to make it grassy and quicker...
Hopefully the umpiring will be better and the suedo bodyline stuff controlled in this test....someone will get badly hurt if they dont. They also need to do something about the helmets and add protection around the lower head/neck area, that blow to Smith could have been another Phil Hughes tragedy.