PaulC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Taylor needs a call up after that knock surely. One knock against medium quick bowlers doesn't prove a lot to be fair. Thats his first hundred of the season as well. Bairstow who averages 100 in first class cricket this season is more deserving really. Defo. People need to be careful about who gets chosen because it really depends on who they've been facing. It can also make people such as Gary Ballance look good. They will probably make that one change. Move Bell to 3, Root to 4 and Bairstow at 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 That would look much better to me. If Bell fails at Edgbaston though, he's a goner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 ...Bairstow at 5 It would certainly signal a welcome break with England tradition to actually pick and play the guy scoring loads of runs in the county game when he's still in form. We always used to wait until he'd just gone over and then pick him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 That would look much better to me. If Bell fails at Edgbaston though, he's a goner. Trouble is theres Bell, Lyth and Ballance. If Ballance does get dropped and both Lyth and Bell fail at edgbaston I think Lyth is more likely to get dropped than Bell but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 That would look much better to me. If Bell fails at Edgbaston though, he's a goner. Trouble is theres Bell, Lyth and Ballance. If Ballance does get dropped and both Lyth and Bell fail at edgbaston I think Lyth is more likely to get dropped than Bell but who knows. I think Lyth would have the advantage due to his "newness" to the set up. If Bell can't get himself up and running after 10 years worth of international class standard, he'll be the one to go, not the new guy. imo obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Lyth keeps getting out the same way. At least Bell offers variety in his ways of dismissal Anyway 22 test hundreds might just keep him in over Lyth who is unproven at this level. First in first out Edited July 21, 2015 by PaulC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 haha, true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 One player that never gets mentioned is Daryl Mitchell. I think he could do a job for England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 One player that never gets mentioned is Daryl Mitchell. I think he could do a job for England. Ooh, no. It'd be like the bad old days of promoting the likes of Tim Curtis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Bairstow replaces Ballance then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Bairstow replaces Ballance then Or Bell. Either's fine with me. Edit: Ah, I see what you mean - they've announced the squad. Edited July 21, 2015 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) So then, who bats at 3? Bell, Root or Moeen? Edited July 21, 2015 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 So then, who bats at 3? Bell, Root or Moeen? Bell, I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Stevo, I see you lurking! I thought you hated cricket?! What you doing reading this thread?! Someone told me something about the thread. I can't say what because it's post on poster, so I came to see what was going down. Needless to say I didn't come for the thrilling cricket chat. Although I did hear we got thrashed on the news so I guess that wasn't a very good start. Look at me, talking about cricket! Anyway, what I came to see wasn't very exciting so I'll be off again Edited July 21, 2015 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Yes Bell will bat at 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Someone told me something about the thread. I can't say what because it's post on poster, so I came to see what was going down. It's not that hard to work out who and what they said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2015 Someone told me something about the thread. I can't say what because it's post on poster, so I came to see what was going down. It's not that hard to work out who and what they said. The person who told me doesn't post on VT (although he is a registered member, he's just a lurker) so I'd be extremely surprised if that was true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 LMAO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 The person who told me doesn't post on VT (although he is a registered member, he's just a lurker) so I'd be extremely surprised if that was true. Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 So then, who bats at 3? Bell, Root or Moeen? Whitaker has confirmed that the order will be Bell at 3, Root 4 and Bairstow 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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