Now, assuming they do at last drop Ballance, do they bring in Hameed and upset the "balance" (sorry) of the order or bring Buttler in and bat him at 7 (shifting Ali, Stokes and Bairstow up one).
Now, assuming they do at last drop Ballance, do they bring in Hameed and upset the "balance" (sorry) of the order or bring Buttler in and bat him at 7 (shifting Ali, Stokes and Bairstow up one).
Now, assuming they do at last drop Ballance, do they bring in Hameed and upset the "balance" (sorry) of the order or bring Buttler in and bat him at 7 (shifting Ali, Stokes and Bairstow up one).
In other words, making Buttler keeper?
I would give him the gloves. But then neither are the best keepers in England as we've discussed on here before.
Well I said it two years ago when he had a Test average of 70 - Ballance is THE most limited batsman ever to play International cricket and he would get found out. Well he has.
What has Ballance got to do to get dropped? Moeen now gone, we have gone timid again after a good start from Duckett and Cook. Time for a counter attack.
He's nothing like Murali. Ashwin is a better and more relevant comparison, given what England have next
I was thinking more along the lines of him being probably their only world class bowler (though they will actually have Fizz too )therefore will always be bowling (even opening the bowling in BD) and maybe could take the number of wickets that Murali has taken - though the fact its BD will likely mean he will play less Tests than Murali.
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Duckett 56* (63)
Cook 39* (75)
Now, assuming they do at last drop Ballance, do they bring in Hameed and upset the "balance" (sorry) of the order or bring Buttler in and bat him at 7 (shifting Ali, Stokes and Bairstow up one).
thats a strong batting line-up.
And 6 , yes 6, main line bowlers too (well, 5 plus Rashid!) - allegedly.
The only way to win this now is to be aggressive and get the field spread - because it's going to be a slow death otherwise.
The world is his
OysterCatfishJust saying.
welcome to the big time, Bangladesh.