England v Zimbabwe - Only Test @ Trent Bridge May 22-25

[Fauxstralian]

England squad: Ben Stokes (Durham) - captain, Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Cook (Essex), Jordan Cox (Essex), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)

Wood, Woakes, Carse & Stone all injured
Archer playing IPL

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Classic bully up.
 

[Fauxstralian]

Innings win with Bashir taking 6 in the second innings

Sam Cook
119/1 in his first Test
Might be one and done 

[Fauxstralian]

Understand Zimbabwe are going to play 11 Tests in 2025
Used to have some decent players but are county second XI at the moment 
The main interest today is whether England can wrap it up before lunch so that Joe Root can get to Wembley to watch Sheffield Utd in the playoff final

[zebthecat]

It is great to Ben Stokes back bowling at his best.
I just hope he can keep himself to short spells for a while and keep injury free.

[twoleftfeet]

I don't think Wood & Carse have to much to worry about from Tongue, Cook and Atkinson.

[Fauxstralian]

The only change in the batting line up will be Bethel coming in
Probably for Pope
Crawley is going nowhere 

[Fauxstralian]

500 for the day might be an underestimate 

[Eerie Decent]

What an utterly pointless game. I'm not gonna call it a Test, it's anything but, it's just a practice session for Crawley & Pope to get another 30 tests under their belt.

Pipe should at best be batting 7 with the turtles, Crawley and Bashir should be nowhere near this team. Disgraceful. 

[zebthecat]

Yep, as feared Crawley is feasting and gives Key the green light to select him for the bigger tests on the horizon.

He is a cert for the Ashes tour now.

[violator]

Yep, as feared Crawley is feasting and gives Key the green light to select him for the bigger tests on the horizon.

[Fauxstralian]

Turning into a long day for Zimbabwe.
If you put someone in you want 3 wickets by lunch
Could be close to 500 by stumps

[Fauxstralian]

Zimbabwe win the TOSS & bowl under cloudy skies 

[Fauxstralian]

4 day Test
Not sure why they don’t schedule 5 even though it’s likely to be over in 3
McCullum is betting the farm on Crawley & Bashir
Crawley has to score runs here though they have a useful 6ft 8 quick I believe 
Bashir probably won’t even get a bowl apart from maybe an over before lunch

[violator]

Crawley will probably score a double ton against this lot, I think Rew should have been given the mittens as well.

[zebthecat]

Shoaib Bashir is a weird one.
Somerset's third line spinner last seen being smacked all over the place for Glamorgan on loan and the England Lions.

[Far Cough UKunt]

That's little chef, he's alright.

[Fauxstralian]

Sam Cook of Essex named in the eleven for his Test debut
Admits to being an Essex Man Utd fan because he fancied David Beckham.
He was 4yo when Beckham left the club