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Geraint Jones - the forgotten man
- Thread starter Penguinissimo
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Penguinissimo
U19 12th Man
Agreed. He has been built up into this mythical "Alan Knott re-incarnated", but I wasn't that impressed. Don't get me wrong, he's a good keeper, just not streets ahead of any Englishman since Jack Russell, contrary to popular perception.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
England could have picked him in 2007 instead of Prior. Looking back it would have made sense especially given Trott is playing now.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Yeah, and has shown on several occasions that he is not of the requisite class. He's ruled himself out of selection anyway by going to play in the ICL, so that is why he hasn't been mentioned. Not that he should be considered anyway, he has had his chances, and failed.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
What's that got to do with anything?
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Except of course for the fact that he wasn't qualified.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Woodster
International Captain
Geraint Jones has enjoyed an outstanding season this year. Promoted to number 3 in the order for the CC he's had the kind of season I hoped he would, not necessarily because it would propel him straight back into the England reckoning, but I am a fan, he's certainly a team player and the kind of personality where all the team-mates will want the player to do well.
His keeping did improve while he was England's choice, and as stated he was eventually dropped because he was no longer scoring the kind of runs that was expected. At 33 it would be a backward step to return to Jones, however, if no other player is deemed good enough at the time, he may bridge the gap while Davies, Kieswetter etc continue to develop. However, it's a situation I don't expect to occur, James Foster, Tim Ambrose and of course Matt Prior are all above the Kent man and there is no lack of decent options for the selectors, so the best to hope for is that Jones has a great finish to his first-class career with Kent, I for one will be cheering him on.
His keeping did improve while he was England's choice, and as stated he was eventually dropped because he was no longer scoring the kind of runs that was expected. At 33 it would be a backward step to return to Jones, however, if no other player is deemed good enough at the time, he may bridge the gap while Davies, Kieswetter etc continue to develop. However, it's a situation I don't expect to occur, James Foster, Tim Ambrose and of course Matt Prior are all above the Kent man and there is no lack of decent options for the selectors, so the best to hope for is that Jones has a great finish to his first-class career with Kent, I for one will be cheering him on.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
I think one of the main reasons Pothas wasn't picked other than his age was because he was a Saffie. Thus the selectors ATT was a bit aware of it would make the national side look, thus they where hoping the likes of Prior, Ambrose etc would be enough.
With Trott, given the poor batting options in tests ATM, Trott really had to be picked this time around. If Eng had better options, i'm positive Trott wouldn't have played in the 5th test. The selectors treated him really dumb when he was first picked in the ODI side in 07 if you remember.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
All that now changed cricinfo profile of him (since it wasn different) is saying now that he is qualified its unlikely he will be picked, since he appeared in the ICL
With Prior being South African and Ambrose being Australian, I don't see the point you're making?
Indipper
State Regular
Should be renamed GerrardIsMyHero IMO.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Can't see Geraint ever playing Tests again and can't say I'm that sorry about it. Make no mistake, I backed his selection every time it was made and thoroughly believed he had it in him to make it as a Test batsman throughout his career. But one good season - which is just what he had in 2003, causing his initial selection - is no basis for putting him anywhere near the front of the queue again. He's 33 now, as well. Can't see him playing for all that much longer.
If Prior goes down during the winter, or his wicketkeeping deteriorates again (far from impossible that, BTW), I still hope it'll be Ambrose who gets the gig.
As for Read, he's still the best OD wicketkeeper-batsman in the country and now the ICL appears to be done and dusted I'd still hope he maybe gets the call if anyone ever realises Prior's OD batting is diabolical, which seems less and less likely all the time. Read, however, was never remotely Test-class with the bat and his Test wicketkeeping (with slips in position) is also a little overrated.
If Prior goes down during the winter, or his wicketkeeping deteriorates again (far from impossible that, BTW), I still hope it'll be Ambrose who gets the gig.
As for Read, he's still the best OD wicketkeeper-batsman in the country and now the ICL appears to be done and dusted I'd still hope he maybe gets the call if anyone ever realises Prior's OD batting is diabolical, which seems less and less likely all the time. Read, however, was never remotely Test-class with the bat and his Test wicketkeeping (with slips in position) is also a little overrated.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Went to school in England, tbf, so has at least as good a case as being English. Certainly has an English accent.