The International Cricket Thread

[Risso]

I think we've blown this one as well. I reckon one of Root or Bairstow will go cheaply this morning, and we'll struggle on to around 200. They'll then get around 300 second innings leaving us too much to do again in our second.*

*Said more in the hope of my usually inaccurate predictions being miles out!

[Jon Crofts]

I don’t think you’re far wrong there, I’d say maybe overestimating our first innings total but other than that probably about right.

[taylorsworkrate]

I do think both Bairstow and Root owe a big innings here. Bairstow for his awful wicketkeeping and moronic way he got out at Lords, and Root for his pathetic attempts at catching.

We need them to if we are to have any chance. I can't see any significant runs coming from Moeen down

[Villan For Life]

Why do we always lose wickets in the first over against this lot?

[taylorsworkrate]

Got to say, Stokes aside, there is such a lack of fight from any of our batsmen

[Jon Crofts]

And here we go again.

[Beard82]

Dear god

[taylorsworkrate]

Wood and Woakes in particular should be furious. Not only did the batsmen in the team drop absolute sitters numerous times off their bowling, they are now putting up zero resistance

[Jon Crofts]

We consistently play outside the line and hey ho look what happens.

[aev]

I guess the good news is that the team can be refreshed by those playing well in the county championship.

[PaulWinch again]

Why can’t Root get bloody runs when he comes back. Disaster.

[OzVilla]

Truth is, when its come to the crunch in this series we’ve been 2nd best in every single department.

[manic-road]

Not sure what Bairstow actually provides for this England team at the moment, not a good catcher with gloves and poor form currently with the bat.

[aev]

Lucky we bat all the way down to 11...

[Paul.S]

Another diabolical shot and we’ve lost 2 in the first half an hour. All they have to do is put the ball in the right place and we’ll do the rest for them. The team is falling apart.