Would Bairstow be able to go to 3 without the gloves? Looks pretty capable to me.Cook
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I think he might openWould Bairstow be able to go to 3 without the gloves? Looks pretty capable to me.
Ian Chappell: Why wouldn't you bat at No. 3? | Cricket | ESPNcricinfoHe is still England's best batsman and should be at 4. The problem is those batting above him
Of course, this entirely countered by the opinion of Martin Crowe about batting 4."Better to come in at one for not many than three for very few." When you don't have a prototype No.3, it's logical to bat your best player in that spot.
"Worst of a highly elite group of batsmen, half of whom are already nailed on ATGs and all of whom have a fair shot at getting into their country's all-time XI" is basically praising with faint damn though.He's easily the worst of the fab 4, but I guess there is hope. It's just a mental thing which he needs to work on. A home series against India will help.
Gonna be stealing that at some point."Worst of a highly elite group of batsmen, half of whom are already nailed on ATGs and all of whom have a fair shot at getting into their country's all-time XI" is basically praising with faint damn though.
Ahhh, the ol' Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Kane Williamson or Sunil Narine, who's better debate?How is Joe Root easily worse than Kane Williamson? He averages more in all three formats and has a higher strike rate in two of them. Yes, Kane would be more likely to make his countries all time eleven. But that is because England's test history goes back a lot longer, they have traditionally had a much stronger side, and they play more test matches.
His team’s failings don’t give him a free pass on his own.Root is a beast, the problem is the people around him suck balls and he's burdened with the captaincy. Feels like he's one of those guys whose only enemy is himself and the quality of bowling is almost irrelevant.
If England can just find some stability he'll be awesome again imo. Would be great if he could do it on his own but it's a team game after all.
Of course, which is why my post kind of implied that I don't think he's good enough to overcome this with the burden of captaincy. Not yet at least.His team’s failings don’t give him a free pass on his own.
How is Joe Root easily worse than Kane Williamson? He averages more in all three formats and has a higher strike rate in two of them. Yes, Kane would be more likely to make his countries all time eleven. But that is because England's test history goes back a lot longer, they have traditionally had a much stronger side, and they play more test matches.