As Friday's game was abandoned, does that mean that Chris Woakes's wickets will be expunged from the records?
Either way, Woakes is the most underrated cricketer of his generation.
Now the warm-ups are done, we look in good shape going into the World Cup. Was listening to a discussion on the radio the other day and someone made the point that the only real question about the side is the death bowling. They were saying that it has probably cost us winning the last two T20 World Cups, but someone countered that the conditions in those two defeats probably favoured batting second. All in all though, it looks a strong side, with some real power hitting in the top order, quality spin options and a varied seam attack. Think that starting team could look something like:Buttler, Hales, Malan, Stokes, Brook, Livingstone, Ali, Woakes, Rashid, Wood, TopleySuppose the one dilemma might be choosing between Brook and Livingstone, moving Ali up to six and bringing in another seam option like Sam Curran or Willey.
Quote from: tomd2103 on October 15, 2022, 12:09:45 PMNow the warm-ups are done, we look in good shape going into the World Cup. Was listening to a discussion on the radio the other day and someone made the point that the only real question about the side is the death bowling. They were saying that it has probably cost us winning the last two T20 World Cups, but someone countered that the conditions in those two defeats probably favoured batting second. All in all though, it looks a strong side, with some real power hitting in the top order, quality spin options and a varied seam attack. Think that starting team could look something like:Buttler, Hales, Malan, Stokes, Brook, Livingstone, Ali, Woakes, Rashid, Wood, TopleySuppose the one dilemma might be choosing between Brook and Livingstone, moving Ali up to six and bringing in another seam option like Sam Curran or Willey.Curran must play, he’s easily our best death bowler.
Curran has made a strong case with both bat and ball in the warm up game today to be in the starting 11