Shouldn’t we be telling the top 7 to stand up and not trying to find players who offer bits and pieces ? If a top 6 batter isn’t pulling their weight or as a unit it’s not scoring 300+ regularly then it’s the batters who need dropping.. Ning finding bits and pieces all rounders
You're right but only in theory, certainly the last 3 years I've watched us it's the middle order and lower order that has got us out of trouble, Moeen played a big part in this from number 7 or 8....
The reality of our batting now is we don't score enough, so we have to get runs from anywhere we can. You say 'bits and pieces' players but they have done a job for us.
We now have a specialist batsman at number 6, 7 is the keeper position and 8....not sure I would call Bess bits and pieces, he can definatley bat I've seen him score runs. He is similar to Moeen in that position.
Personally I think Leach is our best spinner, I like specialist players too-Foakes surely cannot be far away from being picked again.
Again...correct our top 6 are not like we had 5 years ago, to your point of 'drop them' can you honestly say there are better batsmen sat at home and not on this tour??
I can't.....I think we have the best available out there. Is there 1 player who could make a difference with certainty in the top 6 ?
A few potentials like Joe Clarke but reality is we ain't got great batters anymore. Pope maybe could become a consistent run scorer, he has the talent and temperament.
Author
Topic: England Tour of South Africa, Test ODI and T20 (Read 149418 times)