Lord Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Surprised they went with Roy. Crawley or Salt seem better options now. Brook should still have made it ahead of Malan Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 21 minutes ago, Lord said: Surprised they went with Roy. Crawley or Salt seem better options now. Brook should still have made it ahead of Malan IPL experience probably played a role. Salt also clicked in a couple of matches. But Salt is mainly for T20. Lord 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 4 hours ago, sage said: Brooks out That is a surprise. He can bowl too albeit dibbly dobbly stuff. Livingstone as a part time leggie/offie will bring more to the table. They have too many seamers including Stokes. 6 of them. Woakes/Stokes/Willey/Topley/ Curran/Wood. Why do they need Willey and Topley both together. They could dispense with one seamer and include Brook. Link to comment
AKane Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Gus Atkinson Right arm Fast...... supposedly able to bowl 95 mph. Woakes, Wood, Atkinson, Stokes, Moeen, Root, Curran/Livingstone...... not bad. tapandrun 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Don't understand their obsession with Malan. Surprised to see Brook out. raki05 1 Link to comment
raki05 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gollum said: Don't understand their obsession with Malan. Surprised to see Brook out. Malan is like Mandeep Singh no body likes him but he will always be not just picked by one or the other franchises but also gets picked in playing xi. Edited August 18 by raki05 Gollum and express bowling 2 Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 On 8/18/2023 at 6:12 AM, Gollum said: Don't understand their obsession with Malan. Surprised to see Brook out. Check his record in the last couple of years. He is their best option in the top order and a left-hander to boot. Link to comment
Lord Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 On 8/22/2023 at 3:20 AM, Nikhil_cric said: Check his record in the last couple of years. He is their best option in the top order and a left-hander to boot. Only good thing is he's left hander. Brook and Root offer more otherwise. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 12 minutes ago, Lord said: Only good thing is he's left hander. Brook and Root offer more otherwise. And that's very important. Since 2021, the white balls have been swinging a lot more upfront. Malan has scored tons in difficult conditions in this period. Brook is not ready to play in the top order Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Brook has a 100 in 41 balls. Not sure if they will find him a last minute spot Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said: Brook has a 100 in 41 balls. Not sure if they will find him a last minute spot They should bring him in and bat him at 4, Stokes at 5 and Buttler at 6. There's no need for both Willey and Curran in that squad. Curran can operate in the death as well as in other phases so he should be selected imo and they are way too similar otherwise. Malan Bairstow (back up keeper) Roy (spare opener) Root (6th bowler) Brook (7th bowler if necessary) Stokes Buttler Livingston (spare MO batter) Curran (bowling AR) Woakes (bowling AR) Moeen (spare AR at 7) Rashid Wood Toppley Atkinson (spare bowler) That squad is a lot more balanced. Edited August 25 by Nikhil_cric Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 40 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said: They should bring him in and bat him at 4, Stokes at 5 and Buttler at 6. There's no need for both Willey and Curran in that squad. Curran can operate in the death as well as in other phases so he should be selected imo and they are way too similar otherwise. Malan Bairstow (back up keeper) Roy (spare opener) Root (6th bowler) Brook (7th bowler if necessary) Stokes Buttler Livingston (spare MO batter) Curran (bowling AR) Woakes (bowling AR) Moeen (spare AR at 7) Rashid Wood Toppley Atkinson (spare bowler) That squad is a lot more balanced. Way too many seamers for Indian conditions. Link to comment
Lord Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 9 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: Way too many seamers for Indian conditions. Rashid, Moeen,Livi,Root are enough spin bowling options Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 minutes ago, Lord said: Rashid, Moeen,Livi,Root are enough spin bowling options I mean they can drop a seamer and bring in Brook Link to comment
Lord Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: I mean they can drop a seamer and bring in Brook yes this Atkinson guy has been picked without any experience. Weird move. Link to comment
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