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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #255 on: January 29, 2018, 09:07:40 AM »

Probably because I have no respect or love for the T20 stuff, and think it is beneath him.

Any enforced rest for him should be a good thing.

Do you think he should be England captain?
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #256 on: January 29, 2018, 09:17:13 AM »

On that, at least. I think we can agree. Personally I'd not have Root in any T20's, and I'd rotate him in ODI's because I want him to have a long and fruitful career as England's best ever test batsman.

I hope he becomes England's best ever Test batsman, although Hammond will take a bit of catching to be fair!
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #257 on: January 29, 2018, 09:18:44 AM »

He doesn’t cite sources @fros23

Didnt think there was a need to cite a source information available  on many websites including cricinfo
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #258 on: January 29, 2018, 09:20:10 AM »

I hope he becomes England's best ever Test batsman, although Hammond will take a bit of catching to be fair!

And Alister Cook.
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #259 on: January 29, 2018, 09:25:29 AM »

Probably because I have no respect or love for the T20 stuff, and think it is beneath him.

Any enforced rest for him should be a good thing.

Do you think he should be England captain?

Honestly, no.  Its not that I think he is doing a bad job - indeed, the feedback from his squad seems overwhelmingly positive - and I caveat my answer with an acceptance that there are precious few credible candidates in the squad.  My issue is, we have an annoying habit of giving the job to our best batsman, often also one with physical frailties, and making them a less valuable player as a result (cf Mike Atherton, Michael Vaughan) - and I can see similar hapening with Root if he is not careful.

The problem is, that lack of options.  In the squad at present, you have the definite nos (Cook, Stoneman, Vince, Stokes, Woakes, Ali, Broad) alongside the probable nos (Malan) leaving only two candidates - of whom one, Anderson, is equally as valuable as our sole world class bowler and the other, YJB, is our second best bat and keeper.  The latter has always impressed with his reading of the game, but to do all three jobs would be close to suicide.  So Root gets it.
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #260 on: January 29, 2018, 09:28:00 AM »

I hope he becomes England's best ever Test batsman, although Hammond will take a bit of catching to be fair!

Though not as much as the guys ahead of him...  ;)
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #261 on: January 29, 2018, 09:39:58 AM »

And Alister Cook.

Root is ten times the cricketer of Cook.
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #262 on: January 29, 2018, 09:48:12 AM »

Root is ten times the cricketer of Cook.

In what ten ways
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #263 on: January 29, 2018, 09:52:33 AM »

Root is ten times the cricketer of Cook.

might be just a little extreme!
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #264 on: January 29, 2018, 09:58:11 AM »

For what it's worth (I am neither from Yorkshire nor do I hate Hales, I think he's a fantastic white ball batsman but as others have alluded to he's pony in the field  ;) ) I think dropping Bairstow is a ridiculous suggestion. Since being given the openers slot he's averaging 63 at nearly a run a ball, what more could he possibly do??
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #265 on: January 29, 2018, 10:04:44 AM »

I don't like his hair.

There you go, it's out there, I've said it - you cunning Northern b*stards have forced it out of me!
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #266 on: January 29, 2018, 10:12:48 AM »

In what ten ways

In the last 5 years, better average against Australia, India and South Africa for starters.
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #267 on: January 29, 2018, 10:27:30 AM »

I don't like his hair.

There you go, it's out there, I've said it - you cunning Northern b*stards have forced it out of me!

Ah well, if thats the case then obviously Hales should come in.  Out of curiousity, is it the alarming shade of ginger or the wierd face fuzz that you find most off putting? ;)
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #268 on: January 29, 2018, 10:51:32 AM »

Bairstow England's best fielder @Manormanic ?! I'd say him and Hales are pretty similar in the field (not that I think Hales is as bad as everyone makes out) - both decent but drop the odd one. Bairstow dropped two proper clangers yesterday and lets one easy one through him on the boundary almost every game. Morgan/Roy/Stokes/Billings lead the way by a fair distance for England.
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Re: AUS vs ENG ODI series
« Reply #269 on: January 29, 2018, 11:07:22 AM »

In the last 5 years, better average against Australia, India and South Africa for starters.

Correct and the other nine times better
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