The International Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

Atkinson should be there instead of Carse

At his best I agree but Atkinson has been awful so far this tour.

[PaulWinch again]

Given what it’s expected to be like heat wise it’s absolutely mad they’ve got themselves into a place where their spinner is someone who hadn’t played for 3 years before this Test. It’s crazy Dawson was discarded, holding an end is of value.

[PaulWinch again]

There will likely be periods when it’s very flat, and in either the spin or seam department we don’t have a holding bowler. The only one who could do it is Archer, but obviously for a number of reasons you wouldn’t want to do that.