England players and selection discussion thread

[tooextracool]

Always felt like Compton had the game to make it in test cricket but for whatever reason he just failed at the wrong times. Given the chances he's had and at age 35 one suspects that his time has come and gone.

My team for the subcontinent:

Burns
Jennings
Hildreth
Root
Moeen
Buttler
Stokes
Bairstow
Curran
Leach
Anderson

Rashid
Pope
Woakes
Porter

Hildreth is arguably the best player on the county circuit and, given his experience, I cannot see why he wouldn't be able to bat at 3 particularly in SL conditions.

 

[FBU]

1 Burns
2 Hameed
3 Stokes http://cricviz.com/2018/09/cricviz-analysis-why-ben-stokes-should-bat-at-no-3/
4 Root
5 Ali
6 Buttler
7 Bairstow
8 Curran
9 Rashid
10 Leach
11 Anderson

Livingstone Foakes Bess Wood Stone

 

[S.Kennedy]

Everyone has there favourite Cook opener though: ''Compton was unlucky. Did better than most of the mainstay fellas. Should have been given another chance''. Replace Compton with Carberry or even Lyth.

 

[FBU]

Tomorrow the ODI squad is announced I think ..

1 Hales 2 Bairstow 3 Root 4 Stokes 5 Morgan 6 Buttler 7 Willey 8 Woakes 9 TCurran 10 Rashid 11 Wood
Roy M Parkinson A Davies Livingstone S Curran

 

[marc71178]

Tomorrow the ODI squad is announced I think ..

1 Hales 2 Bairstow 3 Root 4 Stokes 5 Morgan 6 Buttler 7 Willey 8 Woakes 9 TCurran 10 Rashid 11 Wood
Roy M Parkinson A Davies Livingstone S Curran

Moeen?

 

[ImpatientLime]

yeah moeen has to play. becoming very effective at tying the opposition down in the middle overs.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Curious as to why people would consider Wood in either format? Averaging over 30 is one thing that you shouldn't try and do but this guy averages over 40 with the ball in both formats, he should be one of the last people on the list now imo. Surely Plunkett, Woakes, Curran should be well ahead of him. Let's not forget how good Willey has been this year too + left arm.

 

[Agricultural]

1 Burns
2 Hameed
3 Stokes http://cricviz.com/2018/09/cricviz-analysis-why-ben-stokes-should-bat-at-no-3/
4 Root
5 Ali
6 Buttler
7 Bairstow
8 Curran
9 Rashid
10 Leach
11 Anderson

Livingstone Foakes Bess Wood Stone

I'd rather see Ali at three than Stokes.

 

[Agricultural]

Curious as to why people would consider Wood in either format? Averaging over 30 is one thing that you shouldn't try and do but this guy averages over 40 with the ball in both formats, he should be one of the last people on the list now imo. Surely Plunkett, Woakes, Curran should be well ahead of him. Let's not forget how good Willey has been this year too + left arm.

I don't rate Wood in international cricket. He's had enough chances. Averages are woeful.

 

[SeamUp]

Olly Stone called up for limited overs

Dawson in.

Curran brothers & Woakes in

Plunkett getting married

 

[SeamUp]

England ODI squad to play Sri Lanka. #SLvENG #Cricket

Eoin Morgan (c)
Jos Butler
Chris Woakes
Jason Roy
Moeen Ali
Jonny Bairstow
Sam Curran
Tom Curran
Liam Dawson
Liam Plunket
Alex Hales
Adil Rashid
Joe Root
Ben Stokes
Mark Wood
Olly Stone

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Whoa, they actually picked Wood? I must be missing something, really.

 

[Starfighter]

I wonder who they're gonna jam Dawson into the side for. I suppose this is for SL pitches.

Wood... why?

 

[Agricultural]

Whoa, they actually picked Wood? I must be missing something, really.

Olly Stone isn't going good guns in List A stuff either. It's an odd ball pick (like Wood).

Olly Stone | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPNcricinfo

 

[sledger]

Where is Steve Finn?

 

[Moonsorrow999]

I wonder who they're gonna jam Dawson into the side for. I suppose this is for SL pitches.

Wood... why?

Even the selection of Craig Dibbly Dobbly Overton would have been preferable.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Where is Steve Finn?

Injured as per.

 

[sledger]

Poor lad.

 

[Prince EWS]

Looking forward to the opening bowling combination sharing a name with an Australian craft beer:

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Looking forward to the opening bowling combination sharing a name with an Australian craft beer:

Looking forward to a guy on debut with average FC record bowling with a guy who has an awful record full stop? I presume you’re Sri Lankan?