Who will eventually replace Strauss?

[wpdavid]

As England's other opener, that is. Boycott mentioned Joe Root the other day, but he is very young. Maybe Alex Hales? Are there any other young openers out there who are making a case?

 

[Spikey]

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[JBMAC]

Delny or Bell-Drummond

 

[Neil Pickup]

Can promise you it won't be Denly. Looks like one of those cases where statistical variance has given him an overly good first season, and the rest of his career will see him rapidly regressing back to a rather lower mean.

 

[weeman27bob]

The Guardian was suggesting that Trott will open the batting with Cook, and Bell will come in at three.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Depends how long Strauss goes on for. By the time we have had the back to back ashes which is when Strauss will probably step down we may have an opener in county cricket who has had 2 seasons scoring over 1500 runs in each averaging over 50 in division 1 so they should get the chance. Be it Root, Hales, Carberry or whoever.

2 years is a long time, anything could happen by then.

 

[Daemon]

Bell Drummond is a gun

 

[MW1304]

Money would be on Hales, I reckon. Although if there was a career-ending injury in the next few months or something, Carberry would most likely get a punt.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bell Drummond is a gun. Too early to call him though.

He may be, massive step up from dominating at under 19 level to doing it at county level on a regular basis. Ask Matthew Dowman.

 

[Howe_zat]

Excited by Root, but he's clearly far from ready. I would hope Strauss hangs on for long enough for him to mature, but that's a rather fanciful idea that I ought to accept as unlikely.

If Strauss gets injured and can't tour this winter, I'm sure Carberry would go, so he must be the favourite right now.

 

[superkingdave]

In the next two years I think we'd go Trott, especially given we have Bell to replace him at 3 and more middle order options.

Cook
Trott
Bell
KP
Morgan
Taylor
Prior

There are a few talents for opening but no-one ready yet. If they didn't want to go for Trott, then i'd go Carberry but I don't see him as a long term option. Barring injury I think Strauss will go a couple more years and by then hopefully some of the talents will have developed.

 

[Jacknife]

In the next two years I think we'd go Trott, especially given we have Bell to replace him at 3 and more middle order options.

Cook
Trott
Bell
KP
Morgan
Taylor
Prior

There are a few talents for opening but no-one ready yet. If they didn't want to go for Trott, then i'd go Carberry but I don't see him as a long term option. Barring injury I think Strauss will go a couple more years and by then hopefully some of the talents will have developed.

Agree, without a doubt Trott would move up and Belly to 3 and bring Taylor in, like you say there are some talented youngsters but none of them have even put together 2 good seasons yet.
Carberry for me is a decent player but we clearly should be looking for someone younger to come and be a fixture in the side for the next 8-10 years. Although he could fill in, in case of injury etc but not long term seen as he's 31 nearly himself.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Bell Drummond is a gun

On Sky now for Kent v Sussex. Early evidence is that he's been reading Yuvraj Singh's big book on how to play the short ball.

 

[DriveClub]

Any Saffer opener would do. Only selection criteria you need to fulfill

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Agree, without a doubt Trott would move up and Belly to 3 and bring Taylor in, like you say there are some talented youngsters but none of them have even put together 2 good seasons yet.
Carberry for me is a decent player but we clearly should be looking for someone younger to come and be a fixture in the side for the next 8-10 years. Although he could fill in, in case of injury etc but not long term seen as he's 31 nearly himself.

Err excuse me but Taylor has had 3 good seasons in a row.

 

[GIMH]

Any Saffer opener would do. Only selection criteria you need to fulfill

Someone else already did that joke

 

[Jacknife]

Err excuse me but Taylor has had 3 good seasons in a row.

Talking about openers to replace Strauss aren't we mate. and I already posted if Strauss got injured or whatever Taylor would move in for me and Trott to open.

 

[Jacknife]

Someone else already did that joke

And it was such a awsome joke then as well.

 

[Uppercut]

I don't think they'll move Trott up unless there happens to be a particularly good middle-order batsman with a bit of successful test experience that they need to make room for.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hales looks in the box seat, but reckon Strauss is good for another 2-3 years unless his game collapses totally.

He's not in bad nick, just needs to go on.

Stokes an outside chance, if we're looking for punts. Has a very well organised game and will go up the order for Durham shortly.