The International Cricket Thread

[Villan For Life]

Jimmy gets Abrar, quite a debut for him though

[Villan For Life]

That was getting really tight but we got there in the end. Any series win on the subcontinent by a visiting team is huge.

Well done England and Pakistan pushed us right until the end.

[DrGonzo]

Another cracking match.  Woody was excellent.  Beautiful delivery from Robinson to finish.  Would like to see the young wrist spinner Ahmed get an outing in the last match, we shouldn't be relying on Jacks to be bowling spin at this level.

[Richard]

Yeah series won I'd take a look at Ahmed Jennings and Foakes with maybe Leach Jacks and Jimmy rested.

[PaulWinch again]

Ahmed Jennings is a great name.

[Villan For Life]

Before this tour we’d only ever won two tests in Pakistan, now we have won two tests there in just over a week.

[manic-road]

Another brilliant test match mainly due to the risk and reward approach from the skipper and McCullum.

[Risso]

This England team is superb to watch, saviours of Test cricket I reckon.

[olaftab]

Ahmed Jennings is a great name.

Before Keaton was given full English credentials  he had to change his first name that was locally acceptable in Lancashire.

[olaftab]

That was getting really tight but we got there in the end. Any series win on the subcontinent by a visiting team is huge.

Well done England and Pakistan pushed us right until the end.

These two Test matches have done more for Test cricket than last few one sided Ashes series. Both teams have been great. When was the last time a team scoring the the highest innings total specially in the 4th lost the match? When was the last time two team scored around 600 in their first innings and we still had a result? It's amazing what can be done by not accepting earth is flat!

[DrGonzo]

Jennings has had enough chances.  Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brooks, Stokes, Foakes, Overton, Woods, Robinson and Ahmed.  Depending obviously on which bowlers are fit, it might be too much for Woods to go back to back matches and Robinson's fitness has always been an issue.  Root bowled well enough for us to use him as a second spinner. 

[PaulWinch again]

Robinson’s fitness has come on leaps and bounds so you’d hope he’d be alright. He’s an unbelievable bowler.

[tomd2103]

Robinson’s fitness has come on leaps and bounds so you’d hope he’d be alright. He’s an unbelievable bowler.

Yep, hits a good line and length consistently and his height gives him that extra bounce. 

No need to risk Mark Wood in the next test given his injury record, so Overton in for him.  Would probably be wise to rest Jimmy as well but don't think we have any other seam options in the squad?

[tomd2103]

 Any series win away from home is a good achievement, particularly in Asia.  The way they have achieved it though makes it even more special and has made for two really good tests so far. 

With the series in the bag, the final test could be even more spectacular.

[simboy]

Really good series win that. First Test on a road where we forced the game and this one when scoring probably 100 below par on first inning.

We are bound to lose a few Tests playing this way but it is fun to watch. When you consider Bairstow is missing and a case can be made for Buttler to keep [I'm not making it, just that it can be made!] we are an exciting side.

I still think we are a quality spinner away from being a very good side and challenging the Aussies on their own patch.