There is no logic to your argument. If Davies domestic performances should be discredited because you overstate how bad county cricket supposedly is,
I'm not saying Davies performances should be discredited. But it should be put into proper context given the poor standard of domestic bowling. Just because his SR is 116 means that he is the Gilchrist/Haddin/McCullum type ODI opener ENG have been looking for.
Secondly i'm not overstating how bad domestic OD cricket is. If it was good, England would have actually had decent ODI team over a extended period of in the 15 years.
GeraintIsMyHero said:
then what are you basing the case for Kieswetter on?
One of Three factors:
- Natural ability, just like how sub-continent players are picked. (Kieswetter would be here)
- performances in circumstances in domestic OD games where they may fast international standard bowling & look good.
- If a player is when they play ODI cricket based on domestic form, they defy the tradition of failure & the they just adapt to international cricket.
This three criteria's is basically how almost all of the few successful ODI cricket we have had in the last 10-15 years. The only exception to this rule are Gough, Caddick (to a level), Stewart & Hick, Gooch, Lamb.
If domestic OD performances always equated international success. Blokes like Ali Brown, Loye, Ealham, Alleyne, A Hollioke, Irani should have been stars. But you know what happened..