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Good effort from Afghanistan. Shah looks handy.
I think he is the one who scored 98 in the Ireland Test , if they can find 2-3 solid batsmen to go with their spinners they will start being very competitive especially in Asia.

Bangies hard to beat at home.
 

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Not sure why they wouldn’t be starting play early ... already 70 overs behind?!
 
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may as well let Smith just open

JL must be tempted to put the pads on himself

bring back Bancroft......not up to standard

recall Khawaja and let him open

Paine opens & bring in Marsh , (back-to-back Tests may need his bowling)

fly Burns & Renshaw over
 
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If we win this Test, we retain Ashes. Maybe Painey says to himself, I am retiring, so no harm opening up for my last game of cricket as Warner and other muppets all failing anyway, Mitch Marsh could play and bat at 6 or 7 and Wade gets a test to see if he can keep...

Sensible option is just fly Burns back in wherever he is.
 
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If we win this Test, we retain Ashes. Maybe Painey says to himself, I am retiring, so no harm opening up for my last game of cricket as Warner and other muppets all failing anyway, Mitch Marsh could play and bat at 6 or 7 and Wade gets a test to see if he can keep...

Sensible option is just fly Burns back in wherever he is.
who is your next captain then ? Cummins (rotation risk) or Head (not guaranteed yet) until they give it back to Smith ?

Wade couldn't keep win they selected him as a keeper beforehand, what has changed now ?

We are very fortunate that England's batting lineup is even worse than ours, hard to believe the majority of these players on both teams should not be playing Test Cricket.
 
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Actually that is a bad idea. Paine cannot be allowed to retire even if he wants to.
There actually is no one else that can captain side. If Head was meant to be next in line his form is not up to scratch to be handed captaincy.

Smith should never be captain again and asking Cummins to captain I never like for a strike bowler.
 
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Actually that is a bad idea. Paine cannot be allowed to retire even if he wants to.
There actually is no one else that can captain side. If Head was meant to be next in line his form is not up to scratch to be handed captaincy.

Smith should never be captain again and asking Cummins to captain I never like for a strike bowler.
April will be very interesting

Paine to captain at home against Pakistan and New Zealand then I would think CA will want Carey in the side (is he even the best keeper available?)

their is a bloke that captains WA that Langer likes :)

CA will have one of the most interesting decisions to make in a very long time
 

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April will be very interesting

Paine to captain at home against Pakistan and New Zealand then I would think CA will want Carey in the side (is he even the best keeper available?)

their is a bloke that captains WA that Langer likes :)

CA will have one of the most interesting decisions to make in a very long time
I reckon they will just give it back to Smith, won’t they? The public seem to love him again, which was probably always the test as I see it.

Difficult call if they couldn’t hand it to him though, Paine has done a good job as a leader, but really isn’t up to it as a Test top 7 batsman.
 
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