*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

[harsh.ag]

Holderrrrrrr

 

[Kraken]

career best for Holder - been superb

 

[Flem274*]

apart from crawley (who root will displace) this is probably the best england can do unless they have some 40+ averaging experienced county pros hiding away somewhere.

 

[honestbharani]

Hope is awesome. Quiet unassuming guy but gets the job done, solid, no frills. With the bat, with the gloves and now in the field. Hope (forgive the pun) he has a breakthrough series with this one as a batsman.

 

[Pothas]

Was just starting to think maybe this will be the day when we got a good old fashioned Broad innings before remembering that he is not there. That slight hope that he might do something with the bat despite all evidence to the contrary is one of my favourite things about Broad.

 

[morgieb]

WindieWeathers being vindicated AWS.

 

[honestbharani]

apart from crawley (who root will displace) this is probably the best england can do unless they have some 40+ averaging experienced county pros hiding away somewhere.

The top 4 is understandable but not having Woakes at 8 is really not. Is Bess that good with the bat?

 

[OverratedSanity]

God this is such bull****. Why were only india subjected to Sam Curran playing like peak Ian Botham ffs

 

[weldone]

I almost forgot that Anderson bats lefty.

 

[Pothas]

apart from crawley (who root will displace) this is probably the best england can do unless they have some 40+ averaging experienced county pros hiding away somewhere.

Dan Lawrence will probably be seen before the end of the summer. No idea if he will be any good of course.

 

[morgieb]

God this is such bull****. Why were only india subjected to Sam Curran playing like peak Ian Botham ffs

Well hard for him to do so when he's not in the side.

 

[honestbharani]

@OS: Don't worry. Kyle Jamieson will turn out to be **** too.

 

[StephenZA]

God this is such bull****. Why were only india subjected to Sam Curran playing like peak Ian Botham ffs

India made him look like Botham?

 

[Flem274*]

The top 4 is understandable but not having Woakes at 8 is really not. Is Bess that good with the bat?

i was talking about the top 4.

i understand playing one of wood and archer, but both is a risk. bess is a bowling allrounder in fc, he can be expected to bat #8.

when anderson pulls the pin i would definitely bring woakes in for an extended run.

 

[Pothas]

The top 4 is understandable but not having Woakes at 8 is really not. Is Bess that good with the bat?

Did pretty well the first couple of Tests he played.

I don't think Woakes would have made a great deal of difference here.

 

[honestbharani]

Thanks guys. Maybe I just rate Woakes' batting more than some here. FTR, I think Sam Curran can be very good too.

 

[Flem274*]

sam curran would be fine in this game with bat and ball. england are getting rekt by right arm medium here (albeit very tall right arm medium).

 

[harsh.ag]

England prime candidates for reversing the batting order

 

[Pothas]

Woakes is a slightly frustrating batsman. Think he looks a bit better than he actually is.

 

[harsh.ag]

I don't think Woakes would have made a great deal of difference here.

He would be the 4th best batsman