It's unlikely to happen anyway. Going outside the squad to bring in a player just to replace him wouldn't do his confidence much good. I'd probably still make the change, but I'm a bit of a ****. I'd make it clear to him that he's an important player for the future, and will be in and around the squads for most the series/tours later this year though. It should be understandable considering his List A record, even if he has improved since then.
How is dropping someone who has made 891 @ 55.68 and an S/R of 80 correct?
Wouldn't drop Franklin - he's been pretty good for us recently and never likes to have to hit out from ball one. I'm still suspect about Elliott but I think Munro is the only other squad member and they are much of a muchness.
Agree an extra 10 runs from those 117 balls would have been nice, however we still should have scored 300 even without them. The rest of the top 5 scored 74(125) which is just bleurkh.
It ain't. Neither is dropping Morgan. For now, KP comes in place of Root. But the onus is on Trott to keep performing before the Champions Trophy.
For the reason I outlined in my original post. Dunno why you ignored it really.
Yeah, I wondered about that option when Trott was pottering along today until Root took all of the pressure out of the situation. Basically I feel that he and Bell did as much to lose us these two games as to win them. They certainly didn't seem to have the intelligence or the game to recognise that their strike rates just weren't what was needed in these grounds.
They always will. Unfashionable player because he does his own thing and doesn't go big shot wise (does score wise though)
Wtf, are you high? NcCullum is the biggest passenger in the side. Franklin and Elliott have both put in solid performances so far this year. But I guess since NcCullum gets 0-45 every match and is a sharp fielder and contributes a handy 20 now and then he should get a pass as he's the lone spinner. Except Williamson has outperformed him in that regard.
