Ballance's response to bring dropped seems a somewhat unusual one in that he seems to have resolved to turning himself into the best possible county player he can be rather than working on the faults that were exposed at the top level. For me it is a case of weight of runs not being a reason to get him back into the test side. If he isn't prepared to address the issues that have seem him dropped twice, then scoring runs at domestic level shouldn't carry any weight
I think that Bairstow has been lucky to keep his place in the test side over the last few years, but he has deserved to have a second go as he has clearly made a noticeable change to his set up since his first crack at test cricket and also scored a weight of runs.
There would be something very 1990s about England picking the same player with th same faults and expecting different outcomes
Interesting viewpoint, can't or won't change technique, that is a difficult question, I wonder if in six months time Burns who is slightly unorthodox has a lean spell and is dropped because of his technique....could he change it if this happened? No one knows but my guess is not....and sheer weight of runs got him selected, over a good period of 5 seasons.
Ballance/ bairstow is an interesting one. ballance has a higher test average I'm not sure about first class.
Bairstow I like a lot but I think his insistence of keeping wicket is masking a couple of years where his average is going South.
I'm not pushing Ballance for a recall but he probably, not sure of the stats exactly, of the County batsmen tried since Bell and KP retired, has the highest test average.
In that sense, he should.....be first name on the list from the County scene.
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