No but it's not like Blackwood is out when he's trying to dig in.
I loved listening to Tony Cozier, but his replacement on TMS has been brilliant.
To be fair to Warne, his few overs comment was about the first innings and then he said he would come into it more in the 2nd innings. I like the 6-11 unit of Stokes, Bairstow, Ali, Woakes, Broad and Anderson and would be hesitant to change it, but I just worry about our attack in Australia when the ball isn't doing anything and think we might need to find a way of getting a different bowling option in there somehow.
Quote from: tomd2103 on September 11, 2017, 12:22:13 PMTo be fair to Warne, his few overs comment was about the first innings and then he said he would come into it more in the 2nd innings. I like the 6-11 unit of Stokes, Bairstow, Ali, Woakes, Broad and Anderson and would be hesitant to change it, but I just worry about our attack in Australia when the ball isn't doing anything and think we might need to find a way of getting a different bowling option in there somehow. That's a slightly different issue, I do think that there's an argument that the 4 we have are a little too similar and very reliant on the ball swinging, on pitches where that seems unlikely there's a fair argument to look at getting TRJ or Wood in. The next step is who do you leave out? TRJ for Woakes is fair because both offer a bit with the bat but Wood, like Crane, is a bunny so I'd be reluctant to drop Woakes for him which means leaving Broad or Jimmy out, which seems unthinkable but has to be considered if you want to keep the middle order balance that has worked so well for us.On this one I wouldn't want to be a selector.
Wood isn't a complete bunny is he? He's averaging around 20 in 1st class cricket.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on September 11, 2017, 01:12:56 PMWood isn't a complete bunny is he? He's averaging around 20 in 1st class cricket. He seems to get single figures or 40-50+ and very little in between but yes, he's not like Crane but he's also not going to provide the crucial late runs that Woakes and Ali have done so well for the last couple of years, he's more like Broad which is why that's who I'd look at leaving out for him.Tom - I agree that TRJ might be just as limited in Oz but given we don't have any 90+ quicks I'm not sure what else we can do. I do think TRJ bowls a little fuller as his default length though which at least makes hitting the stumps a more realistic prospect than the rest who dislike being driven so go a little shorter.