Played against Holding at Rishton and Enfield , but Blackburn Road and Dill Hall Lane were puddings in comparison , so didn't seem as quick as Callan . Alexandra Meadows was a much quicker track.

Yes it is Rog. As an ex-Enfield player we always used to call Alexandra Meadows , Headquarters ! East Lancs have had a poor 10 years but let's hope they're coming out of it. I played around the time when " Mad Dog " Ian Callan ( he was quick !) and Allan Border were professionals .

You're right Matt , on the first morning things looked pretty grim. All credit to Alex Davies ( Rovers fan !) and Liam Livingstone for getting us in this position.

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I wouldn't play Duckett again on the tour . I'd pick Jennings , who from what I've read is more like Hameed , although another left hander . Cook , Jennings , Root , Ali , Bairstow , Stokes, Buttler , Woakes, Rashid , Broad , Anderson Cook really has to step up and score some big runs for the team and take the pressure off the middle order

That would be my team too Chaddy . It's tempting to push Bairstow up the order, but he had one of his rare failures ( in 2016) at 4 today , so better to have him at 5 I'd leave Ali at 4. Hopefully Cook will have a better time of it in the next test - our batting is heavily reliant on him scoring big.

That's a fair point but there's a fine balancing act between testing his mental ability and finishing him off . , From what I've seen of him so far , despite a great season in county cricket , Duckett looks out of his depth in test cricket. However I accept India away is a tough as it gets. Hopefully if he is given another chance at number 4 he'll prove himself. Bayliss has said in the past he likes to give players one game too many rather than one too few .

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3rd Test in Mohali and I'm sure there will be changes . If Broad is fit then this is my team and batting order : Cook Hameed Root Ali Bairstow ( wk ) Stokes Buttler Woakes Rashid Broad Anderson

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Wimbledon fortnight used to bug me no end when it interfered with watching Test cricket on TV ,in the days when the BBC covered both . At school the neighbouring convent school had some tennis courts. When we were in the 6th Form and allowed out of the school gates , we used to pretend to like it so we could get a couple of games with the girls . Happy days !

Murray arguably used some hate language against the English when he was a young man which he now says was a joke . I'm willing to forgive him on that one as he's apologised and regrets it. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/my-regrets-over-england-joke-by-andy-murray-8142475.html If there was a top tennis match taking place in my back garden , I'd shut the curtains , but all credit to Murray , he is a great British sportsman as well as a proud Scot , and I hope he sees himself as both.

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The Eddie Jones bandwagon keeps rolling.. He offered the opinion that George Ford " can be better than Beauden Barratt ( the All Blacks fly half) No doubt about it " He then went onto to say " People rave about Beauden but I don't " I just love Eddie's attitude - 11 on the spin now . Come on England ! The All Blacks ? Cynical and the experts in the dark arts as well as high tackles. Ferocious and brutal game , made great viewing. . Like I said, the England v Ireland game in Dublin next March is going to be epic.