mpickard2087
Patient Zero
- Jun 13, 2008
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It's all been said before, but what do you do?
We seem to have no batsmen coming through the counties with any grit, sound technique/temperament as to what they can/cant do, and knuckle down and bat long periods of time. There are one or two pace options on the cusp, but in general a load of samey medium-fast bowlers who will do ok in England, but elsewhere..., and the less said about our spin options, the better.
Out of the current line up, I'd say:
Jennings - Had too many chances, with the amount he has had by law of averages he will at some point get a score but that's no reason to keep faith in him. Hasn't scored consistently.
Buttler - Still don't think he should be in this team and two or three cameos doesn't make a test player. Concentrate on white ball cricket.
Moeen - Is a one day player/bowler.
Rashid - Ditto.
And then the likes of Burns (running out of chances to impress), and Bairstow (should be an automatic pick, but his test batting consistency in my opinion has gone downhill in the last couple of years, coincidently since he got back in the white ball teams....) have to be questioned at some point.
Silly team selections like this match are just the icing on the cake. They've got to look at some point as to what is coming through the systems.
Luckily, basically every other test team is as mediocre as we are. Which keeps us competitive and results semi-respectable. You could well foresee the Windies collapsing for the last two tests (this one isn't even done yet, I guess......), England skittle them and all will be declared well again. Fuck that. From a quality perspective, I'm fast finding test cricket unwatchable.
We seem to have no batsmen coming through the counties with any grit, sound technique/temperament as to what they can/cant do, and knuckle down and bat long periods of time. There are one or two pace options on the cusp, but in general a load of samey medium-fast bowlers who will do ok in England, but elsewhere..., and the less said about our spin options, the better.
Out of the current line up, I'd say:
Jennings - Had too many chances, with the amount he has had by law of averages he will at some point get a score but that's no reason to keep faith in him. Hasn't scored consistently.
Buttler - Still don't think he should be in this team and two or three cameos doesn't make a test player. Concentrate on white ball cricket.
Moeen - Is a one day player/bowler.
Rashid - Ditto.
And then the likes of Burns (running out of chances to impress), and Bairstow (should be an automatic pick, but his test batting consistency in my opinion has gone downhill in the last couple of years, coincidently since he got back in the white ball teams....) have to be questioned at some point.
Silly team selections like this match are just the icing on the cake. They've got to look at some point as to what is coming through the systems.
Luckily, basically every other test team is as mediocre as we are. Which keeps us competitive and results semi-respectable. You could well foresee the Windies collapsing for the last two tests (this one isn't even done yet, I guess......), England skittle them and all will be declared well again. Fuck that. From a quality perspective, I'm fast finding test cricket unwatchable.
