Of course the big problem about the Roy situation now is that if you drop him then are you looking for a No 4 replacement or an opening replacement, which would mean bringing Sibley in and putting Denly back to 4. It seems that he is being bowled whilst on the 'walk' which means he isn't getting his front foot forward enough to be settled. A very basic flaw that will only be exposed further.
Strange that Burns wasn't called up until he was 28, and was completely out of the England system beforehand, when you consider the number of openers tried beforehand.
I have held a theory for a long time about certain cricket coaches - they will give every chance (and more) to players they like because they want to be proven right and as little opportunity as possible to ones they don't fancy because they don't want to be proven wrong.
By virtue of the subjective nature of this selection process, if that coach already has a connection with a player then that individual has a distinct chance of falling into the former category. However, it also means that the person in the latter category has to bulldoze his way by weight of performance to get a chance in the first place. I would suggest that when you have a Thorpe or Ramprakash as England batting coach and you play for Surrey then you do have an advantage - even if that bias is, by human nature, a sub conscious one.
Sam Northeast averages just under 40 in first class cricket. His average this season is 56.87 - 3 hundreds and 4 fifties from 17 innings this season in Div 1. How close is he to being called up for England - the argument that he could "only" score runs in Div 2 now holds no water after all.
And that is that. Aussies will follow on and it will be all over tonight or tomorrow night Useless bastards
Do you mean they will force the follow on or will themselves bat again. I think the atter......will give their bowlers a rest & will get 200 odd by 6pm thus leaving us over 450 & them around 110 overs to get us all out
Golfaddick and Blackpool72 I think you are right about giving their bowlers a rest, as there are only 4 of them. Tim Paine I reckon you are right, once these are out, they could have a really good bash with the runs today and bowl us out tomorrow. Weather is good so plenty of time. With a huge lead on 1stt innings already I agree with you. Get into a 450 to 500 lead which is more than enough and will give plenty of runs for them to play with it.
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Its not exactly The Ashes....
You are just pissed that you burgled 1st day tickets at The Oval....!
Anyways - Bullshite Management 🤣
Always completely admired Alec Stewart 199% - to defend the decision to put Roy at 4 and Denly open is BS....
It seems that he is being bowled whilst on the 'walk' which means he isn't getting his front foot forward enough to be settled. A very basic flaw that will only be exposed further.
https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/109761/dear-denly-it-s-not-you-it-s-them?fbclid=IwAR2E_MUraETjXIBr8-W7hmywMst96KfnhzRmZGcdRFG9Wx6JDqGjP6_Vit4
Tough for us.
I have held a theory for a long time about certain cricket coaches - they will give every chance (and more) to players they like because they want to be proven right and as little opportunity as possible to ones they don't fancy because they don't want to be proven wrong.
By virtue of the subjective nature of this selection process, if that coach already has a connection with a player then that individual has a distinct chance of falling into the former category. However, it also means that the person in the latter category has to bulldoze his way by weight of performance to get a chance in the first place. I would suggest that when you have a Thorpe or Ramprakash as England batting coach and you play for Surrey then you do have an advantage - even if that bias is, by human nature, a sub conscious one.
Sam Northeast averages just under 40 in first class cricket. His average this season is 56.87 - 3 hundreds and 4 fifties from 17 innings this season in Div 1. How close is he to being called up for England - the argument that he could "only" score runs in Div 2 now holds no water after all.
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we’re too fragile
Maybe bat for a session and let the bowlers have a rest.
Buttler can do that in 7 balls.
Archer c Paine b Cummins 1