At least I won't need to stay up late watching the rest of this test match!

[Luis Anaconda]

Serious questions have to be asked... Malan said before the match he was rusty and under prepared.... so why pick him, pick the ones that had been playing int he lions matches and were at least match ready

Because he was England's best batsman in the Ashes - your question should really have been why are England's batsmen rusty.

PS which Lions batsmen were you referring to? Because the one's playing most recently in the West Indies (in entirely different conditions so would still be under-prepared) also bordered on the ****ing useless

[PSRB]

Because he was England's best batsman in the Ashes - your question should really have been why are England's batsmen rusty.

PS which Lions batsmen were you referring to? Because the one's playing most recently in the West Indies (in entirely different conditions so would still be under-prepared) also bordered on the ****ing useless

Well Cook was attending to lambing season until about 2 weeks ago, apparently. Not exactly ideal prep for a test series!!