Foakes, Bairstow and Buttler all keepers of international class who have scored Test match 100's yet we are going into a test match with a keeper that hat has never taken a first class stumping. Not a brilliant piece of planning by England management I suggest. Good job the pitch is unlikely to turn.Crawley in for Buttler makes sense and i would probably drop either Broad or Curran playing Woakes instead. Leach might at least offer some semblance of control .... did I really say that!
I don’t get why Foakes isn’t there.
Flat pitch, ordinary bowling (Archer with yet another spell in second gear. What’s the point?) one wicket, donated by a rotten shot. I’m off to bed in the hope I reverse jinx things and Woakes rips them apart.
Not looking good. What is going on with Jof?