It seems to me that outside of the tests there are no warm up games that are meaningful & Lions tours don’t seem to have any intensity so why not instead have the Lions in West Indies also for the two weeks before 1st test and play 2x4 day games AvB?? Surely the intensity will be there from Lions to want to prove themselves and work over the established players?? You do wonder if the young batsmen today see test cricket as the ultimate or whether they are focussed on the flashy stuff to get IPL or BBL £? We at Worcester have had Joe Clarke over the last few years (before he left to play for a test ground county) & he seems to have gone on 4/5 Lions trips (until excluded for current one after selection for his links to the Hepburn case) yet has not been called up for the main squad once - is it too cosy? Are they challenged enough to be smashing the doors down to be selected?
Bairstow has put him self under a lot of pressure as well following the reaction in Sri Lanka.I feel like our selection is very reactive at the moment. Assuming Bairstow drops down the order that’s another number 3 gone.
3 down for less than 100 again.
Really need Hameed to start the season well
Quote from: PaulWinch again on February 09, 2019, 05:51:44 PM3 down for less than 100 again. A top three of Burns, Jennings and Denly doesn’t fill me with confidence.