batmanbegins wrote:Great to see Joe just bat like he does. He's struggled at times to find his groove in this new England set up but he's always been a class above and should just play his way. Brook is an unbelievable talent, that pitch was tough at the start and he made it look easy. Crawley has to drop out for Bairstow in the ashes, not sure how that will work but honestly Crawley is just a walking wicket when it swings.
Root doesn't need to change anything in the new 'Bazball' set up and he showed that today.
Bairstow in for Crawley or in for Foakes (and take the gloves again) seems to be the two options when he's ready to come back.