10-18-2021, 04:04 AM
Ashes series looks set to go with England picking their team and the schedule in place.
England have gone with the tried and failed in the main, No Stokes and No Archer so their big guns wont be playing and that doesnt leave them with much match winning material other than oldies like Anderson and Broad plus Root with the bat.
No Mooen Ali who has decided to retire from Test Cricket...a decision made earlier than expected IMO due to his lack of form in Australian conditions and they have gone with Leach and Dom Bess who is a offie who can bat a little bit.
Watched the Eng vs India series and wasnt impressed with the POMS at all other than Root and new kid Robinson who is a tall swing/seam bowler. Woakes was injured for most of the series but came back at the end and did ok and is a decent cricketer but apart from Wood who cant stay on the park they have no pace bowlers over 140kmh.
Their batting is a shambles, Burns is a battler who averages 32, Hameed a spud who wont like the pace and bounce in Aus.
Their class players are Root and Malan.......the latter fell out of favour at test level but has dominated in the short formats and has been brought in because there was no one else in county cricket capable.
We have seen him before and he made runs in Aus and impressed, he is that lazy left hander who will play away from his body and give the slips a chance but he also can play some cracking shots and he has that bit of class and time that good players have.
Root was sensational vs the Indians and dominated the series but after that its slim picking with the overhyped Butler, Bairstow who should have retired and wonder kid Ollie Pope who looks good but cant make big scores.
3-0 Australia providing we have all our best quicks fit and dont provide wickets with too much grass that England can exploit.
We want fast, dry, bouncy wickets that suit our tall quicks and Lyon who get some bounce.....
Need to find an opening partner for Warner who should be primed to make runs after his disaster tour of England where Broad had him on toast all series but out here with no movement I expect Warner to dominate along with Smith.
England have gone with the tried and failed in the main, No Stokes and No Archer so their big guns wont be playing and that doesnt leave them with much match winning material other than oldies like Anderson and Broad plus Root with the bat.
No Mooen Ali who has decided to retire from Test Cricket...a decision made earlier than expected IMO due to his lack of form in Australian conditions and they have gone with Leach and Dom Bess who is a offie who can bat a little bit.
Watched the Eng vs India series and wasnt impressed with the POMS at all other than Root and new kid Robinson who is a tall swing/seam bowler. Woakes was injured for most of the series but came back at the end and did ok and is a decent cricketer but apart from Wood who cant stay on the park they have no pace bowlers over 140kmh.
Their batting is a shambles, Burns is a battler who averages 32, Hameed a spud who wont like the pace and bounce in Aus.
Their class players are Root and Malan.......the latter fell out of favour at test level but has dominated in the short formats and has been brought in because there was no one else in county cricket capable.
We have seen him before and he made runs in Aus and impressed, he is that lazy left hander who will play away from his body and give the slips a chance but he also can play some cracking shots and he has that bit of class and time that good players have.
Root was sensational vs the Indians and dominated the series but after that its slim picking with the overhyped Butler, Bairstow who should have retired and wonder kid Ollie Pope who looks good but cant make big scores.
3-0 Australia providing we have all our best quicks fit and dont provide wickets with too much grass that England can exploit.
We want fast, dry, bouncy wickets that suit our tall quicks and Lyon who get some bounce.....
Need to find an opening partner for Warner who should be primed to make runs after his disaster tour of England where Broad had him on toast all series but out here with no movement I expect Warner to dominate along with Smith.