Is Pope causing himself an issue if he gets runs down the order this series? Smith obviously the better keeper but also probably the better batter at 3 and Pope scoring runs down the order gives a decision to Stokes et al
Nobody wanting to bat in the top 3 is one of the things keeping Zak in the side. We have lots of 4-7 Bazball options, but not many at the top of the order.
Nobody wanting to bat in the top 3 is one of the things keeping Zak in the side. We have lots of 4-7 Bazball options, but not many at the top of the order.
We know what the obvious solution looks like but Root thinks he's more Kohli than Williamson in that respect. This is Root's average by position:
It's not as if 3 is a position that is foreign to him either (22% of all innings as opposed to 58% at 4) and his average opening is better than both of our current incumbents too. There again, I don't think we should show him the above because he might demand to bat at 5
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No: Innings - Runs - Average
2: 11 - 417 - 41.70
3: 60 - 2484 - 43.57
4: 158 - 7527 - 51.55
5: 35 - 2085 - 67.25
6: 8 - 241 - 40.17
7: 1 - 0 - 0.00
It's not as if 3 is a position that is foreign to him either (22% of all innings as opposed to 58% at 4) and his average opening is better than both of our current incumbents too. There again, I don't think we should show him the above because he might demand to bat at 5