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[WalkingWicket37]

Didn't Buttler take a blinder in the last test.

One swallow doesn't make a summer (but it's an enjoyable evening) and all that...

[Seniorplayer]

Guys i can play for you if you want  

Have you tried the Aussies

[Bats_Entertainment]

Buttler's here to stay. Coming in at no.7, we want him to do exactly what he does in one-day cricket.

[WalkingWicket37]

Buttler's here to stay. Coming in at no.7, we want him to do exactly what he does in one-day cricket.

No we don't!
If it's a backs against the wall dig in job I don't want to see a hit and giggle specialist go out there and throw their wicket away!

What England need from their number 7 is someone who can play the situation, and so far Buttler has only shown he can go out and smack it.

[windyroad]

Technically Bairstow has come on leaps and bounds in his wicket keeping since working with French. He could really challenge Buttler for his spot over the next 12-18months.

[Sampath]

Have you tried the Aussies

Do you want to Lose the Final Test or what ? 

If i play for Aussies you are going down boyy 

[Bats_Entertainment]

I prefer the term 'counter-attacking'.

Can't believe this is even being discussed.

[Buzz]

Nor can I. Buttler is the most talented batsman in the team. At the moment he has been focused on becoming a test match quality keeper, but his batting will arrive.

Seriously leaving him out is such a daft suggestion.

[Manormanic]

Buttler deserves the same run at the job that Lyth does. 

[windyroad]

Not suggesting leaving him out merely observing that with Bairstow's undoubted improvement in the quality of his wicket keeping it is nice to be in the position of having two keeper/batsmen pushing each other without the obvious gulf in ability.

[Manormanic]

In some ways that quirk exposes an anomaly in England's selction - that arguably the better keeper and certainly the better batsman doesn't get the gloves - but England have improved massively over recent years because of consistent selection.  Buttler has never deserved being dropped and therefore Bairstow came in when a different vacancy arose.   

Long term, its one they'll have to look at.  If Bairstow isn't quite making it as a btsman but scoring more heavily than Buttler, say...

[smilley792]

Dont wanna put a dampener on lyth currently. Hope he gets a good score today.


But

Notts were put into bat and hales promoted back to opener.

He's currently on 144*

[ppccopener]

im sure there are loads of us hoping Lyth gets a score today, he's looked alright, just keeps getting out. To be fair whoever Notts are playing it won't be the same bowling as he has faced all summer.
Hales is def one for the one dayers, not convinced about the Tests myself, lots on this forum are thou! 

[smilley792]

Hales 174th run today takes him past 1000 runs for the season!

[SwingAndMiss]

Has bell ever opened in tests?