God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

They’ve picked butler and woakes for their batting.  You know you are jumping at shadows and don’t trust your top order when you don’t pick ur best keeper and seamer, because you want 7 and 8 sured up.  Real club cricket stuff - where you see the specialist no8

Agree their selections are always negative imo and show no faith in their batting lineup. They have two decent young leg spinners in Crane and Parkinson but were too scared to bring them. They also have three quicks in Norwell. Mahmood and SA born Brydon Carse who I would have brought over given Archer and Stone were injured and unavailable. Norwell played for the Lions team and did well in the Aus A game. Yet we get the old blokes plus Woakes, Overton and Bess. The latter three can all hold the bat but won't be bowling out too many decent batting lineups in Aus and as you say are here because they can
provide support for that rubbery batting lineup.
Their selections for Aus and defensive mindset give them little hope. Stokes will make a good captain if given the opportunity full time.