Hope so …basically they wanted to squeeze Stokes in cos he decided to come out of retirement for ODI’s and obviously the World Cup
There’s a good article in Cricinfo mainly about Malan etc. His record is amazing and the fact that he’s a number 3 and left handed also helps. Personally, I don’t agree with Stokes just jumping back in. We’ve too many top batters
Enjoying this performance by england. Outstanding. Sorry in advance x11 for being optimistic of a win. For If it goes tits up. I'm pretty confident though lol. Edit. I'm no jinx lol.
Nah I think we were always going to win after we’d bowled 10 overs. Even you couldn’t stop it …. notice how I kept mum though
If he got his head down and didn't try and smash everything he could break all the records going. Classy batsman. I think he's focussing too much on Bazball and let himself down in the Ashes. He scored some runs but it was a damp squib.
Think it's more replacing Roy (back spasm). Straight shoot off this series, Roy v Brook for spot in India.
Said to bro in law after our innings we were 30 short at least. If it hadn't been for Livingstone's innings. (The only shining light of our innings for me.) Game would be over by now.
They won the toss and opted to bowl which seems to be the popular choice nowadays. Perhaps Brook and/or Malan should have used the power play better like Roy and Jonny used to do and scored a bit quicker. Anyway, they are a good side but beatable in 2 days time