| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now 17:40 - Jul 20 with 8197 views | willis1980 |
Awful captaincy and equally abismal form, as it stands england can't afford both lack of leadership and runs. God knows who can replace him at this point but he's not cutting the mustard | | | |  |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 17:42 - Jul 21 with 1591 views | timcocking |
Well it's a difficult one. Bell is so superior to everybody else we have, he's hard to drop.
But he almost always does sod all. No point being a brilliant batsmen if you can't score runs. | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 17:46 - Jul 21 with 1582 views | CamberleyR |
Give Root the job for the rest of the summer, see how he gets on. If he does okay (he cannot possibly be worse than captain clueless) tell him it's his for as long as he wants it. | |
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| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 19:21 - Jul 21 with 1559 views | willis1980 |
Not sure if it'd work but it did seem to work for smith and the proteas | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 04:19 - Jul 22 with 1480 views | ozexile |
I'd like to know what Moore's is doing? On day 1 cook ordered plunkett to bowl round the wicket to tail enders. Why did Moore's not send out instructions to cook to say "what are you doing?"
Is this now the way we play cricket? | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 09:12 - Jul 22 with 1440 views | coolranger |
For the next Test I would ;
1. Bring Buttler in for Prior
2. Bring Jordan in for Broad (rest him)
3. Keep Cook as captain for now, on the basis there are no outstanding candidates to replace him (I think when he does get in he will go large and get a big hundred)
4. Cook to remain as opener with Robson
5. Buttler to bat at no. 7
Despite England's dismal capitulation yesterday, the options cupboard is quite bare, so for now we need to persevere with what we have.
Batting: Since KP's exit and the introduction of several new batsmen, one area where England are lacking is flair players who can take the attack to India - Bell is the closest we have to this, but his form is as patchy as Cook's recently. May need to look at Morgan again at no. 5/6 with Root possibly moving up to open again.
Bowling: Anderson and Broad look jaded. Would consider bringing Jordan and Finn back (for Plunkett). Also might be worth taking a look at a specialist spinner before the end of this series.
England are in the bottom of a cycle. All sides visit such a place from time to time. | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 09:25 - Jul 22 with 1433 views | Rangersw12 |
I don't rate Robson so would like to see Hales open with Cook , he is dynamic and would take the pressure off Cook by scoring quickly and allowing Cook to play his way in
Butler in for Prior
Spinner - Think it would be unfair to give one of youngsters ago especially when they can be blooded in the West Indies next spring so I would go for Monty | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 09:54 - Jul 22 with 1424 views | daveB |
Monty won't be playing for a while, appears to have gone off the rails | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 09:56 - Jul 22 with 1419 views | willis1980 |
i think hales has been dropped from county cricket and has batted in the longer format all season | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 10:55 - Jul 22 with 1392 views | willis1980 |
saw that just after i posted it, the last time he was suggested he had been dropped from 1st class cricket | | | |
| Alistair cook has surely got to be for the chop now on 11:07 - Jul 22 with 1379 views | johnhoop |
If Hales is averaging 51 with 2 hundreds in first class cricket it surely has to be worth a try-he could do for our top order what the likes of Warner and Finch have done for the Aussies and f--k the opposition up right from the start. If it doesn't work we've barely lost anything as Cook is a walking wicket for the other side at the moment. | | | |
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