Michael Vaughan is being a bit of a tit again on TMS. I'm paraphrasing a bit here:"England have 8 players who are good test players and 8 players who aren't"a few minutes later"the problem before was the mindset they arrived in, they need to all think they deserve to be there and have earned the right to be on the tour"Seemingly he doesn't see how achieving the latter would be easier if people like him didn't say stuff like the former.The only player I don't think deserves to be there is Ballance because he had his reprieve played poorly and has been poor for Yorkshire since.
Quote from: paul_e on September 29, 2017, 01:00:11 PMMichael Vaughan is being a bit of a tit again on TMS. I'm paraphrasing a bit here:"England have 8 players who are good test players and 8 players who aren't"a few minutes later"the problem before was the mindset they arrived in, they need to all think they deserve to be there and have earned the right to be on the tour"Seemingly he doesn't see how achieving the latter would be easier if people like him didn't say stuff like the former.The only player I don't think deserves to be there is Ballance because he had his reprieve played poorly and has been poor for Yorkshire since.Yeah a bit harsh on the likes of Foakes, Crane and Overton who haven't even featured at that level. I hope who ever interviewed asked him who the alternatives were.
Quote from: paul_e on September 29, 2017, 01:00:11 PMMichael Vaughan is being a bit of a tit again on TMS. I'm paraphrasing a bit here:"England have 8 players who are good test players and 8 players who aren't"a few minutes later"the problem before was the mindset they arrived in, they need to all think they deserve to be there and have earned the right to be on the tour"Seemingly he doesn't see how achieving the latter would be easier if people like him didn't say stuff like the former.The only player I don't think deserves to be there is Ballance because he had his reprieve played poorly and has been poor for Yorkshire since.I can't help but think that Ballance gets picked because he and Root came through the ranks together at Yorkshire and they're friends.Olaftab said he can bat, he should go instead of Ballance.
Quote from: Villan For Life on September 29, 2017, 01:45:56 PMQuote from: paul_e on September 29, 2017, 01:00:11 PMMichael Vaughan is being a bit of a tit again on TMS. I'm paraphrasing a bit here:"England have 8 players who are good test players and 8 players who aren't"a few minutes later"the problem before was the mindset they arrived in, they need to all think they deserve to be there and have earned the right to be on the tour"Seemingly he doesn't see how achieving the latter would be easier if people like him didn't say stuff like the former.The only player I don't think deserves to be there is Ballance because he had his reprieve played poorly and has been poor for Yorkshire since.I can't help but think that Ballance gets picked because he and Root came through the ranks together at Yorkshire and they're friends.Olaftab said he can bat, he should go instead of Ballance.Didnt Balance start at Derbyshire (well Zimbabwe really i guess)?
Today - with a few overs to go Curran has looked good on debut and generally we've bowled really well other than a few truly horrific overs from Ball.
Quote from: paul_e on September 29, 2017, 04:20:40 PMToday - with a few overs to go Curran has looked good on debut and generally we've bowled really well other than a few truly horrific overs from Ball.Ball is a funny bowler, when he's good he looks really good but when he's even a bit off he's awful.
I see Mark Wood has been named in the Lions squad to tour Aus this winter. Bit of a strange one that seeing as he didn't make the full squad.