Corona Man wrote:FlyingHigh wrote:Jim05 wrote:Reported that Tongue and Anderson to be rested with Wood and Woakes coming in. Moen Ali to replace Pope with Brooks being pushed up to 3
Can't believe they'd play Woakes and Robinson ahead of Tongue from what he showed at Lords. They must be afraid Wood and Tongue together might leak too many runs, but they need to win and they have more chance of doing that with a bit of pace than three fast-medium bowlers. Robinson doesn't impress me much, looks like playing cricket is a chore when things are running against him.
Brook at 3, Bairstow 6 and Moeen 7 is a huge advantage for Australia IMO.
Wood & Tongue together.... an, ahem, handy combination.
Wood would cum on after tongue.
Just don't bring wood on prematurely