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[WalkingWicket37]

@RichW so after Taylor has been a revelation coming into the side at 3 you'd replace him with Ballance?? 

[RichW]

@RichW so after Taylor has been a revelation coming into the side at 3 you'd replace him with Ballance?? 

Yep that's a good point Taylor has done really well at number 3 in this series and I wouldn't be that by fussed by Taylor 3 and Ballance 4.

But I think that Balance 3 and Taylor 4 would be better, I'm pretty sure Taylor bats 4 for Notts and has had a lot of success in that position.

[joeljonno]

But Root is scoring runs at 4. Ballance instead of Morgan at 6.

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[Andythomo21]

I still think Lumb or Carberry are as good as anything opening up in limited overs games.  People may well disagree?

[alba caerulea]

I always liked Lumb. Much rather see his style of opening the batting than Cooks. Whatever he makes he won't mess around doing it. When you consider Hales and Ballance aswell I'm really struggling to get Cook anywhere near my squad for the World Cup

[Stuey]

I think we'd all agree if cook wasn't odi skipper he wouldn't be anywhere near the team. The selectors s/b removed and moores banished back to county ranks where he seems most suited.  I'm trying to think of one benefit of going on this tour apart from a bit of sight seeing.

[smilley792]

I'm not judging hales on this tour

Square peg round hole.

[uknsaunders]

Lumb scored a ton and got dropped. Great message to send out by team England.

[smilley792]

Lumb scored a ton and got dropped. Great message to send out by team England.

Lumb was never in the odi set up though, we have to re member that the West Indies tour was merely a warm up for the t20 World Cup so only the t20 squad travelled......


Amusingly it's the only odi series we have won in quite a while. Maybe it tells a direction England should be looking to go. Rather than the "250 in a test match style" direction we are going/at.


#bringbackgilesallisforgiven

[Gerry SA]

Alex Hales has been exposed by better bowlers than he would face playing for Nottingham.
Flogging around 70mph medium paced dobbers is a hell of a lot easier than facing a lively attack(Lakmal and Prasad both bowled at 140kph in this series).

Hales is a T20 slogger. In T20 you pin your ears back and have a dart. Looks stupid in ODIs slogging from ball 1.

[Sam]

Hales isn't a ball one slogger however to be honest as he's proven when playing for Notts (Where Lumb has had more of that role) and England. To be fair I reckon he's regularly facing 80mph playing Notts, not quite regular 70mph medium paced dobblers but I personally think he deserves a longer run in the side. He's obviously done something to be able to convert from originally being a t20 specialist struggling to get a gig in his county side to having had such a good season and if he can carry that across to internationals he could come off very well.

[joeljonno]

Maybe Hales needs time to improve. What about the number 6 berth instead of Morgan who is horribly out of form?


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[ProCricketer1982]

Maybe Hales needs time to improve. What about the number 6 berth instead of Morgan who is horribly out of form?


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You mean like the great aussie side used to do?? bring newbies in to bat at 6 then filter upwards... now, if only the ECB would think of that!

[fromthehip]

Without doubt I would have trott in at 3
I will take his 80strike rate every time

[uknsaunders]

Luke Wright has also been in outstanding form in 50 over cricket this year