At least Crawley looks like he has the technique to score runs at a rate of more than 1 every 10 balls. If you could guarantee that Sibley could bat all day and score 100 that would be fine, but he either gets out cheaply, or bats for 100+ balls for barely double figures. Either way he puts too much pressure on those around him to score the runs. Time to put him out to pasture.
Agree with your view, Crawley does look like he has the shots and is proactive putting the bad ball away. His scores over the last year 18 months just don't warrant selection, but neither does Sibley or Lawrence or Pope. They are have talent.
It's a tricky call I think about this slow scoring.Totally get what other think, listening to Vic Marks on commentary it's clear he thinks Sibley does a job for the team most others can't do..so there's another way of looking at it.
Whether it is what the team needs is the difficult issue, Sibley is very limited off the hip or off the legs,not much else.
I guess it depends whether you think there is a role in a five day day for a bit of 'occupying the crease' and wearing out the bowlers.
Root and Bairstow have pushed us on in this game, Burns and Sibley got us to some sort of start, how much is that worth.
But I totally get the opposite viewpoint. I don't think England will drop Sibley myself now, but he is limited in options to score,very limited.
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