2019 Ashes Series Tipping Competition

First topic message reminder :

71st Ashes Tipping Competition Rules:

1.
Pick 2 (two) batsmen and 2 (two) bowlers from both England and Australia who you think will score the most runs and take the most wickets.
You get both batting and bowling points per innings so a bowler who scores runs has both batting and bowling scores added together.
e.g.
Warner, Smith, Starc, Cummins
Roy, Root, Broad, Woakes

2.
Pick 1 (one) fielder from each team; excluding wicket keepers for most catches in the Series.
It can be a bowler (for c&b) if you want.
e.g.
Stokes, Bancroft

3.
Select the total number of catches, stumpings and run outs combined by each wicket keeper for each Test.
If a wicket keeper is injured then the replacement keeper's figures shall be used.
e.g.
Australia 9, England 9. Total dismissals 18

4.
Predict the Toss:
a) Who wins the toss?
e.g. Australia

b) Winning captain's decision - bat or field?
e.g. Bat

5.
a) Predict the 1st Ashes Test result.
e.g. England

b) Predict the overall Ashes Series result.
e.g. England 3 Australia 2

Selections must be posted a minimum one (1) hour before the commencement of each Test. No PM reminders shall be sent.


Scoring:

1.
1 point for every run scored by your nominated batsmen. Add together for each Test.
Bonus 20 points for 100 runs.
extra 25 points for 150 runs.
extra 40 points for 200 runs.
extra 50 points for 250 runs.
extra 60 bonus points for 300+ runs.

Note: the batting & bowling score bonuses accumulate so;

Batting:
100 runs = 120 points. A player scores 127 + 20 = 147 points.
150 runs = 195 points. A player scores 176 + 20 + 25 = 221 points.
200 runs = 285 points. A player scores 243 + 20 + 25 + 40 = 328 points.
250 runs = 385 points. A player scores 282 + 20 + 25 + 40 + 50 = 417 points
300+ runs = 445 points. A player scores 309 + 20 + 25 + 40 + 50 + 60 = 504 points.

Bowling:
20 points per wicket with a bonus 50 points for a 5-fer.
An extra 35 points for 6-fer, 40 for 7-fer, 45 for 8-fer, 50 for 9-fer.
An extra 100 bonus points for a 10-fer.

5 wickets = 100 + 50 = 150 points
6 wickets = 120 + 50 + 35 = 205 points.
7 wickets = 140 + 50 + 35 + 40 = 265 points
8 wickets = 160 + 50 + 35 + 40 + 45 = 330 points
9 wickets = 180 + 50 + 35 + 40 + 45 + 50 = 400 points
10 wickets = 200 + 50 + 35 + 40 + 45 + 50 + 100 = 520 points

Caught and bowled = 20 points for the wicket + 30 bonus points for the catch = 50 points.

2.
Fielder catches: Your nominated fieldsman earns you 25 points per catch and 25 points for a run out.

3.
Wicket keepers: I’ll rank your predictions from the actual scores after each Test. Whoever guesses closest to the actual result receives 100 points, then descending down 5 points, so 95 points for the next closest guess, 90 points for the next, etc. If you chose the same scores as another member… then you'll both receive the same points. Next closest then receives 85, 80, 75, 70... depending on how many of us there are.

4.
a) Correctly predict who wins the toss = 15 points
b) Correctly predict what the winning Captain decides to do = 15 points - only for those with part a) above correct; no points if your a) was incorrect.

5.
a) Correctly predict the winning team for each Test = 75 points. Your selection for each Test must correlate with your overall margin in part b) below.
b) If you guess all 5 Ashes Test outcomes correctly then there is a further 125 point bonus = 375 + 125 = 500 points.
Note: Correctly predict a "Draw" = 75 points

If a selected player gets injured or is dropped from the Test side, then you’ll have the opportunity to select a replacement player – before the next Test commences. This player doesn’t have to be the actual substitute player – it can be somebody already in the team. However, you don’t receive any of their previous points – you must start accumulating points from scratch with them.

*****

Good Luck!

Joey

You seem to have missed my predictions?

Soul Requiem wrote:Joey

You seem to have missed my predictions?

Sorry Soul.. I've got it all down on the spreadsheet but somehow missed it in the post.

Soul Requiem: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - Smith/Head/Cummins/Siddle - Buttler/Wade - Eng 8, Aus 9 - England/Field - Draw (England 3-1)

Is that right?

Geez... I wish they'd name the final XIs. Bloody mind games again!

Feel a little bad about not letting Compelling & Rich change his toss prediction.

If we allow that; then I suppose everyone will have a chance to modify their selection.

What does everyone think? Not much time to go now is there?
I don't want to cause any unnecessary confusion or gripes... or someone now wanting to change their 2nd Test winner/result.

With no Starc, that puts me at Cummins and Hazlewood

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:With no Starc, that puts me at Cummins and Hazlewood

Yeah... not a bad pairing.

Pal Joey wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:can i change my toss prediction to bat now please PJ.

thought was in rainy stop start conditions if the toss was today they would bowl. tomorrow has the best of the weather so think they'll bat now

Sorry compelling, I can't do that. Everyone was locked in well before the scheduled toss. We were all in the same boat. It was frustrating I know.
I also don't want to set a precedent whereby everyone wants to  tweak their selections when weather delays occur just prior to commencement.
I hope you understand.

no worries pal, I would have been wrong anyway

Points Table
2nd Test, Day 2 :

1722 Pal Joey [234]
1684 KP_fan [243]
1609 Guildford [243]
1464 Compelling [213]
1462 S Kumar [233]
1454 Alfie [213]
1421 Dolphin [225]
1402 JDizzle [214]
1377 Duty [224]
1320 Superfly [194]
1285 James [209]
1247 Wadey101 [274]
1142 Soul Requiem [151]
1128 Olly [180]

Only Duty and JD got the Aus win toss and field prediction correct.

Figure in brackets [points scored for the day] Well done Wadey!
Average: 218

Whoops! Edited for 4th Test predictions.

All good Guildford. Enjoy your journey up the Amazon!

Points Table
2nd Test, Day 3:

1775 Pal Joey [53]
1717 KP_fan [33]
1680 Guildford [71]
1533 S Kumar [71]
1517 Compelling [53]
1507 Alfie [53]
1474 Dolphin [53]
1442 JDizzle [40]
1430 Duty [53]
1373 Superfly [53]
1338 James [53]
1290 Wadey101 [53]
1202 Soul Requiem [60]
1161 Olly [33]

Average score: 1460 [52]

Points Table
2nd Test, Day 4:

2066 Pal Joey [291]
1981 KP_fan [264]
1948 Guildford [268]
1788 Compelling [271]
1784 S Kumar [251]
1778 Alfie [271]
1748 Dolphin [274]
1678 Duty [248]
1677 JDizzle [235]
1621 Superfly [248]
1589 James [251]
1573 Wadey101 [283]
1551 Soul Requiem [349]
1401 Olly [240]

Average score: 1727 [267]

Smith is not batting in the second inning. Any option for us who have opted smith? Or his replacement would be our count?

subhranshu.kumar.5 wrote:Smith is not batting in the second inning. Any option for us who have opted smith? Or his replacement would be our count?

We all get his designated concussion substitute - Labuschagne. So I'm basically stitching his runs onto Smith's for the rest of the match.

Points Table
2nd Test, Day 5:

2490 Pal Joey [424] * #
2351 KP_fan [370]
2249 Guildford [301] #
2157 Compelling [369] *
2125 S Kumar [341]
2113 Dolphin [365] * #
2098 JDizzle [421] ##
2077 Alfie [299]
2043 James [454] * #
2027 Duty [349] ##
2007 Soul Requiem [456] *
1960 Superfly [339]
1859 Wadey101 [286] *
1781 Olly [380]

* Correct prediction: Draw = 75 points
# Correct toss: Australia = 15 points
## Correct toss & decision: Field = 30 points

Average score: 2096 [368]


Wicket keeping points:

100 Guildfordbat
95 JDizzle
90 James
85 Duty
80 S Kumar
75 Wadey
70 Alfie
65 Compelling & Rich
65 Dolphin
65 KP_fan
60 Pal Joey
55 Olly
55 Soul Requiem
50 Superflyweight

So PJ is running the game, and he's top...hmm

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:So PJ is running the game, and he's top...hmm

I think Broad's 5-fer on the first day of the 1st test helped those who had him, Olly.

Also picking the win and the draw... getting the toss correct and 1/2 correct winning toss decisions helped too. That probably explains the situation I'm in. I just call it lucky. So far only though. We're not even halfway yet.

I think picking Warner (like about half of us still are), Roy and Ali in the 1st test didn't help your cause.
Plus you had Anderson too... to make things even worse. Also only one correct match result out of two.
That all adds up... for less than what the one running the game picked. Does that make sense?  

Hang in there though. I can drop like a rock anytime and you may yet rocket up to the top. (although that's not looking likely right now)  
As I always say there can be wild swings on the board pretty quickly... just like the matches themselves.  

Smith is out of T3 so I guess we get to name a replacement if we had him in our selection ?

KP_fan wrote:Smith is out of T3 so I guess we get to name a replacement if we had him in our selection ?

Of course, you can change all of your 4 players and 2 fielders if you want, KP_f.

Thinking some wholesale changes myself along with the forced one of Smith.
I noticed you cleverly didn't have Warner. I want to ditch him too now but what chance he finds some form?

Pal Joey wrote:

KP_fan wrote:Smith is out of T3 so I guess we get to name a replacement if we had him in our selection ?

Of course, you can change all of your 4 players and 2 fielders if you want, KP_f.

Thinking some wholesale changes myself along with the forced one of Smith.
I noticed you cleverly didn't have Warner. I want to ditch him too now but what chance he finds some form?

Can I change some English players too?
Maybe I misunderstood the rules of game and thought our player selection was fixed for the series ( unless there were injuries or player dropped)

You can change any players in between Tests. No restrictions whatsoever.

Sorry mate... I thought I had made it clear.

Warner is too good not to fire at some stage, there's not exactly anyone else to pick.

Players (changes in bold) -
Head, Labuschagne, Pattinson, Cummins - Starc if no Pattinson, Siddle if no Starc either
Root, Stokes, Archer, Woakes - Broad if no Woakes

Keeper dismissals -
Australia 6
England 7
Total 13

Toss -
a) Australia
b) Bat

Result -
England win

1.
Eng Batsman: Stokes & Woakes ( or Curran if he replaces Woakes)
Eng Bowlers: Broad and Archer

Aus Batsman : Cummins & Starc ( Or Siddle if Starc is not in 11)
Aus Bowlers : Lyon and Hazelwood ( Or Pattinson if he is in for Hazelwood)




2.
Fielder will remain Root & Warner

3. WK dismissals

Australia 9, England 9. Total dismissals 18

4.
Predict the Toss:
a) Who wins the toss?
England
b) Winning captain's decision - bat or field?
England will put Australia in to bat

5.
a) Predict the 3rd Ashes Test result.
Australia win

b) Predict the overall Ashes Series result.
Remains 3-1 in favor of Aus

James100 wrote:Players (changes in bold) -
Head, Labuschagne, Pattinson, Cummins - Starc if no Pattinson, Siddle if no Starc either
Root, Stokes, Archer, Woakes - Broad if no Woakes

Keeper dismissals -
Australia 6
England 7
Total 13

Toss -
a) Australia
b) Bat

Result -
England win

Thanks James.
Still Warner and Root for your catches or do you want to change?

England win the toss and bowl

England win the test

Stick these in for now, will pick players in the morning when I’ve seen the team news

Selectors not making things easy by keeping things dark...

Will have Labuschagne for Smith ; Head for Warner.  (If Cummins were to not play - unlikely - I would sub in Pattinson.)
For England , same bats , Archer for Woakes since Root apparently won't give him the ball !
No change to keepers.
England to win toss and bat.  And win the match.

Nearly forgot : Bancroft replaces Smith for Aussie catches.

1. Batsmen/Bowlers

Australia :- Marnus Labuschagne, Warner, Cummins, Lyon
England :- Root, stokes,Broad,Archer

2. Fielder

Australia :- Warner
England :- Joe Root

3. Catches/Stumping

Australia :- 7
England :- 8

4. Toss :- England/Bat

5. Result of Third Test :- England will win.

6. Overall result  :- 2-1 in favour of England

These are my changes. Pal please have a look.

Aus: Head Wade Cummins Lyon
Eng: Root Denly Archer Broad

Catches: Warner and Root

W/k dismissals: Eng 6 Aus 5

Toss: England, bat
Result: Aus

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Series predictions

1. Batters/bowlers

England - Buttler and Roy batting, Stokes and Moeen bowling
Australia - Smith and Warner batting, Starc and Cummins bowling

2. Catches

England - Root
Australia - Lyon

1st test predictions

3. Wicket keeper dismissals

Eng - 8
Aus - 11

4. Toss

Aus win the toss and bowl first

5. Results

1st test - England win by 64 runs
Overall series - England 2-2 Australia


Is this all ok PJ?

2nd Test

For replacing Moeen, can I have Woakes please? If Starc doesn't play, I will have Hazlewood instead

WK predictions

Eng - 10
Aus - 7

Toss - Eng win toss and bowl first

Result - Draw, series remains at 1-0 Aussies

3rd Test

England - Buttler and Stokes batting, Archer and Woakes bowling (if one of them misses out I will take their replacement)
Australia - Head and Khawaja batting, Lyon and Cummins bowling (as above, will take replacement if don't play)

Catches -
Eng - Root
Aus - Warner

WK Dismissals
Eng -8
Aus - 7

Toss

Eng win and bat first

Result

3rd Test - England win by 210 runs

1. Batters/bowlers

England - Root and Stokes batting, Leach and Archer bowling
Australia - Head and Warner batting, Hazelwood and Cummins bowling

2. Catches

England - Root
Australia - Harris

3rd test predictions

3. Wicket keeper dismissals

Eng - 6
Aus - 5

4. Toss

Eng win the toss and bat first

5. Result
England win

Aussie Bats: Labrador, Head
Aussie Bowlers: Cummins, Lyon

English Bats: Root, Stokes
English Bowlers: Broad, Archer

England wk catches: 6
Aus wk catches: 6

Catchers: Root, Khawaja

As I'm dictated to by my earlier predictions, I think I best go England positive.

England to win the toss and bat

England win

1. Batting

England: Burns, Stokes, Archer, Broad
Australia: Labuschagne, Head, Cummins, Lyon


2. Catches

Root and Bancroft


3. Wicket keeper dismissals

England 5
Australia 4


4. Toss

Australia - Bat


5. Result

England win

1. Batters/bowlers

England - Bairstow and Denly batting, Broad and Archer bowling
Australia - Paine and Labuschagne batting, Hazelwood and Starc bowling (Lyon first replacement, Cummins 2nd)

2. Catches

England - Root
Australia - Warner

3rd test predictions

3. Wicket keeper dismissals

Eng - 7
Aus - 7

4. Toss

Eng win the toss and bat first

5. Result
England win

1 Australia - Warner and Head with the bat. Cummins and Pattinson with the ball.
England - Stokes and Root with the bat. Archer and Woakes with the ball.

2
Stokes and Warner.

3
England 5, Australia 5.

4
Australia win the toss and field.

5
Australia win the third test.

1. Batting

England: Stokes, Bairstow, Archer, Broad
Australia: Labuschagne, Warner, Cummins, Pattinson


2. Catches

Root and Warner


3. Wicket keeper dismissals

England 5
Australia 5


4. Toss

England - Bat


5. Result

England win

Cheers guys.

Just waiting for Compelling's final selections.

Soul, if Hazlewood isn't in; then Pattinson... or Lyon?  
Also you've got Harris as your catcher... do you mean Head?

Pal Joey wrote:Cheers guys.

Just waiting for Compelling's final selections.

Soul, if Hazlewood isn't in; then Pattinson... or Lyon?  
Also you've got Harris as your catcher... do you mean Head?

I've gone for Harris catching, I would assume he'll be the close fielder if Bancroft isn't playing.

If not Hazlewood then Lyon.

Many Thanks

Soul Requiem wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:Cheers guys.

Just waiting for Compelling's final selections.

Soul, if Hazlewood isn't in; then Pattinson... or Lyon?  
Also you've got Harris as your catcher... do you mean Head?

I've gone for Harris catching, I would assume he'll be the close fielder if Bancroft isn't playing.

If not Hazlewood then Lyon.

Many Thanks

Oh OK... I just saw Harris has replaced Bancroft.

So if anyone wants to swap Bancroft as their Aussie fielder for someone else... let me know. Otherwise I'll sub in Harris for the time being.

Can I change my Aussie catcher to Harris?

OK give me someone else for Bancroft as a catcher...hmm...Warner can't catch a cold at the moment ...better try Khawaja.

Yeah sure Flipper. Done.

Does it feel good to be back 'home'?
Should be nice when that wind dies down... Saturday could be a warm winter's day.

alfie wrote:OK give me someone else for Bancroft as a catcher...hmm...Warner can't catch a cold at the moment ...better try Khawaja.

OK Alfie. Usman it is. He looks quite relaxed just prior to the match.

(Go Tigers! That was a great finish to the West Coast match last weekend. Felt like a Final.)

compelling and rich wrote:England win the toss and bowl

England win the test

Stick these in for now, will pick players in the morning when I’ve seen the team news

eng- root, stokes - broad, archer
aus- head, wade- cummins, lyon

same catchers

wicket keeper catches

eng 7
aus 7

only one to get toss right I think, come on guys its overcast/rainy at Headingly!

KP_fan wrote:1.
Eng Batsman: Stokes & Woakes ( or Curran if he replaces Woakes)
Eng Bowlers: Broad and Archer

Aus Batsman : Cummins & Starc ( Or Siddle if Starc is not in 11)
Aus Bowlers : Lyon and Hazelwood ( Or Pattinson if he is in for Hazelwood)




2.
Fielder will remain Root & Warner

3. WK dismissals

Australia 9, England 9. Total dismissals 18

4.
Predict the Toss:
a) Who wins the toss?
England
b) Winning captain's decision - bat or field?
England will put Australia in to bat

5.
a) Predict the 3rd Ashes Test result.
Australia win

b) Predict the overall Ashes Series result.
Remains 3-1 in favor of Aus

In my selection Pattinson it will be now for Siddle Please
thanks

compelling and rich wrote:only one to get toss right I think, come on guys its overcast/rainy at Headingly!

Thanks mate.

You and KP_Fan both got the toss and decision right for 30 points.

Alfie, JD, Guildford, Wadey, Dolphin, Olly, Soul, Superfly and Kumar all scored 15 points for England winning the toss.

Duty, James and yours truly got nothin'.


OK for Pattinson above, KP.

Pal Joey wrote:Yeah sure Flipper. Done.

Does it feel good to be back 'home'?
Should be nice when that wind dies down... Saturday could be a warm winter's day.

Certainly has been windy down here! Was at a school event in Campbelltown today, the locals were struggling with the cold. Wests Tigers (that may not be what they were called) were training there too

England Players - Aus Players - Catches: Eng player/Aus player - w/k dismissals Eng/Aus - Toss winner/decision - Winner 3rd Test

Alfie: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Lyon -  Root/Khawaja - Eng 8, Aus 6 - England/Bat - England (England 3-1)
KP_F: Stokes/Woakes/Archer/Broad - Cummins/Pattinson/Hazlewood/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 9, Aus 9 - England/Field - Australia (Australia 3-1)
Duty: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - Warner/Head/Cummins/Pattinson - Stokes/Warner - Eng 5, Aus 5 - Australia/Field - Australia (Australia 3-1)
J Dizzle: Denly/Root/Archer/Broad - Head/Wade/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 6, Aus 5 - England/Bat - Australia (England 3-2)
Pal Joey: Burns/Stokes/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Harris - Eng 5, Aus 4 - Australia/Bat - England (Australia 3-1)
James: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Pattinson - Root/Warner - Eng 7, Aus 6 - Australia/Bat - England (England 3-1)
Wadey: Denly/Bairstow/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Paine/Cummins/Hazlewood - Root/Warner - Eng 7, Aus 7 - England/Bat - England (England 3-2)
Guildford: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Broad - Khawaja/L'schagne/Cummins/Hazlewood - Stokes/L'schagne - Eng 5, Aus 5 - England/Bat - Eng (Aus 3-2)
Dolphin: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Khawaja - Eng 6, Aus 6 - England/Bat - England (Eng 2 - Aus 2)
Olly: Buttler/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - Khawaja/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 8, Aus 7 - England/Bat - England (Eng 2 - Aus 2)
Compelling: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - Head/Wade/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 7, Aus 7 - England/Field - England (Australia 2-1)
Soul Requiem: Root/Stokes/Archer/Leach - Warner/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Harris - Eng 6, Aus 5 - England/Bat - England (England 3-1)
Superfly: Stokes/Bairstow/Archer/Broad - Warner/L'schagne/Cummins/Pattinson - Root/Warner - Eng 5, Aus 5 - England/Bat - Eng (Eng 2 - Aus 2)
S Kumar: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - Warner/L'schagne/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 8, Aus 7 - England/Bat - England (England 2-1)

Pal Joey wrote:England Players - Aus Players - Catches: Eng player/Aus player - w/k dismissals Eng/Aus - Toss winner/decision - Winner 3rd Test

Alfie: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Lyon -  Root/Khawaja - Eng 8, Aus 6 - England/Bat - England (England 3-1)
KP_F: Stokes/Woakes/Archer/Broad - Cummins/Pattinson/Hazlewood/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 9, Aus 9 - England/Field - Australia (Australia 3-1)
Duty: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - Warner/Head/Cummins/Pattinson - Stokes/Warner - Eng 5, Aus 5 - Australia/Field - Australia (Australia 3-1)
J Dizzle: Denly/Root/Archer/Broad - Head/Wade/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 6, Aus 5 - England/Bat - Australia (England 3-2)
Pal Joey: Burns/Stokes/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Harris - Eng 5, Aus 4 - Australia/Bat - England (Australia 3-1)
James: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Pattinson - Root/Warner - Eng 7, Aus 6 - Australia/Bat - England (England 3-1)
Wadey: Denly/Bairstow/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Paine/Cummins/Hazlewood - Root/Warner - Eng 7, Aus 7 - England/Bat - England (England 3-2)
Guildford: Root/Stokes/Woakes/Broad - Khawaja/L'schagne/Cummins/Hazlewood - Stokes/L'schagne - Eng 5, Aus 5 - England/Bat - Eng (Aus 3-2)
Dolphin: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - L'schagne/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Khawaja - Eng 6, Aus 6 - England/Bat - England (Eng 2 - Aus 2)
Olly: Buttler/Stokes/Woakes/Archer - Khawaja/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 8, Aus 7 - England/Bat - England (Eng 2 - Aus 2)
Compelling: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - Head/Wade/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 7, Aus 7 - England/Field - England (Australia 2-1)
Soul Requiem: Root/Stokes/Archer/Leach - Warner/Head/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Harris - Eng 6, Aus 5 - England/Bat - England (England 3-1)
Superfly: Stokes/Bairstow/Archer/Broad - Warner/L'schagne/Cummins/Pattinson - Root/Warner - Eng 5, Aus 5 - England/Bat - Eng (Eng 2 - Aus 2)
S Kumar: Root/Stokes/Archer/Broad - Warner/L'schagne/Cummins/Lyon - Root/Warner - Eng 8, Aus 7 - England/Bat - England (England 2-1)

Seems like we all are on board that English batting is not that good. Most of us have selected only 1 proper batsmen. Same is not the case with Australia. We can think other way also, as Aussies lack a good allrounder, and English team has two.

typical, finally give up on warner and he gets runs