dandeclaret wrote:We also have batsmen out of form. If Stokes and Buttler can spend time in the middle, they may bat themselves back into a bit of form.
It's a valid argument,i'm not sure how you can say Stokes is out of form,he's just scored his 2nd fifty in 3 Ashes innings,Buttler yes an hour or two this afternoon would do him the world of good,at least Bairstow made runs in the 1st dig,so hopefully that potent middle order is finding it's feet at last.
Even if this test limps to a draw,England will take far more positives than Australia.
Burns looked solid at the top of the order again.
Bairstow got a score finally.
And England bowled Australia out cheaply again,the worry for Australia is if you take Steve Smith's runs away from both 1st innings,they would be struggling to pass 150,assuming he does miss the 3rd test,someone else in their batting line-up is going to have to step up to the mark and be counted quite literally.
And Jofra has added a different dynamic to England's attack,genuine pace is rare these days,but this guy has it,and more crucially he knows how to use it.