It could be that the penny has finally dropped with the fact that if we now accept that we are an average test side at the moment that we start playing and trusting youth. Rob Key has made some good points on some pod casts recently about what’s the top ceiling that players can reach. There is a chance that Hameed, Crawley, Lawrence, Pope for etc could click and go on and become 10,000 run test players all 25 or under I believe. Burns is not that guy and has 30odd tests with a mediocre average and has a few years left at best but isn’t performing.
Maybe it’s just that they like the ticker of these players but it can’t be worse than what’s been happening for a while now and at least we are going with younger players.
I don’t get the Bairstow selection unless he comes in for Butler and keeps shouldn’t play them both personally.
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Topic: Ashes Test Series - 2021/22 (Read 90869 times)