StephenZA
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Just read a bit about Bess... unsure whether to say good luck young man or dear lord is England desperate for a spinner? Ali not playing seems foolish.
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*Official* Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 2018
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Groundking
International Debutant
Ali has completely lost form and confidence, leaving him out for a while is the best thing for him and the team.
fredfertang
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I'm just hoping that, mentally, Bess is more of a Mehedy Hasan than a Simon Kerrigan
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Possibly, but done alright in IPL and will be playing at home, not in an Aus cauldron. And his batting must add something compared to Bess. Bess seems a young 20 year old that has shown something and England in desperation to make changes and be 'proactive' threw the kid in... may be inspirational, but somehow doubt it. England still favourites... just seems tough on the kid.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
My theory is that they're trying all the top performing county spinners (plus Mason Crane for some ****ed up reason) to prove that Ali is actually the best option.
fredfertang
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Best not have Matty Parkinson on the list or they'll fail in that endeavour
Groundking
International Debutant
Good Cookie, now double it please.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Better spell from Amir this
Black_Warrior
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Top spell from Abbas here. Felt Sarf under bowled him in the 1st session and over bowled Fahim
Black_Warrior
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Sight screen management in England is dreadful. Then the bowling team gets fined for slow over rate
Firebreaker
Banned
I don't even know why Fahim is playing? I don't see him scoring more than 20 in this match and his bowling is really average for Test cricket
flibbertyjibber
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In fairness Moeen was abysmal all winter with bat and ball and deserves to be dropped. The fact he hasn't played any cricket bar hit and giggle means he shouldn't be anywhere near the side, then again it hasn't stopped them picking Buttler.
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
How many potential prodigy spin bowlers does England have?
I think its probably a case of waiting out until Harmer is available for England....
Not convinced Harmer is that much better than Ali, if at all.
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Not in terms of spin, but he is a bit more wily and better control... not as good a batsmen. But it was just a silly facetious remark not to be taken seriously.
Groundking
International Debutant
It's beyond silly that we've moved Bairstow up to 5 imo
flibbertyjibber
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Bairstow doing a Vince then, fine 20 odd then get out from nowhere.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
So Fahim Ashraf vs English Fahim Ashraf now. Should be interesting