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England Squad:

 

Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes

 

Australia Squad:

 

Tim Paine (capt), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner.

 

Ashes Schedule:
 

August

1-5 | 1st Test, Edgbaston
14-18 | 2nd Test, Lord's
22-26 | 3rd Test, Headingley

 

September

4-8 | 4th Test, Old Traffo
12-16 | 5th Test, The Oval


All Tests start at 11am BST

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5 hours ago, Rousseau said:

Who are you picking for the first test?

Burns

Roy

Root (C)

Denly

Stokes

Buttler (WK)

Ali

Woakes

Curran

Broad

Anderson

 

That is a weak side. The only opener by trade has no Test Match form. Root is going through an erratic phase.

Denly is out of touch. Broad and Anderson are getting on and Anderson is just back from injury. Woakes gets in ahead of Bairstow because some extra bowling may be needed if one of the old guys can’t do five days. Archer doesn’t get in because nobody knows if he can do five days either.

 

Despite rabbitting on about five days, I doubt the match will last that long.

 

Australia win the series 3-1 or maybe 2-0.

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Roy shouldn't be opening. 

 

Root should be in at 3, but I think he's said he doesn't want to play there.

 

Burns, or Ali - neither of which I like.

Denly

Root (c)

Roy

Stokes

Buttler

Bairstow

Woakes

Broad

Anderson

Archer

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3 hours ago, Rousseau said:

Burns, or Ali - neither of which I like.

If you leave out Ali you’ve got only Root as a part time spinner at a spinner’s venue.

 

Seen the day England would have gone into this with three spinners.

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Don't give a toss about cricket but what makes me laugh is "Ladies Ashes Test v Australia as even with all the news by the media re cricket through the decades I don't ever remember a news report on stumps/bails ever being burnt in a ladies game?????????????????

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