Jairzinho

We're not but loads thought we were to be fair. He is far too fucking chipper though. Would love to see New Zealand turn them over.

I wouldn't drop Wood but there is no way Vince and Ali should play. Ali will though because the pitch is meant to turn. Personally I'd prefer we played a good spinner.

Read this roughly a quarter of a second before my stream showed the wicket.

Most "managers". Unlike medicine, engineering etc they generally aren't jobs that require great intelligence, just, as PB said, excelling in one area and/or the ability to rim.

Setting up to be flat track bullies is considerably better than what we used to be. We were negative and shit. I just think the next step is being able to have a plan B of sorts. India do it well. Vince is shite, frankly. Root should open, or recall Hales. Or fucking anyone else, but Vince just isn't an international cricketer. I still think the middle order requires someone slightly more conservative (or simply adaptive really) to break up all the hitters. If you think we often have Morgan, Stokes, Buttler, Ali from 4-7. None of them regularly anchor an innings well enough. Personally I wouldn't pick Ali. I don't think he's quite good enough at either discipline.

Under pressure, in conditions they don't like, and in the biggest games, I just don't see that they have the collective intelligence to manage games. We're the best in the world when the sun is shining (literally and figuratively). When it isn't, we don't adapt well enough.

Better late than never.

I'm afraid I've got some bad news...

Yep, sensible stuff here.