I also don’t like Buttler as an opener. It’s much better having him coming in in the pressure situation.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on February 12, 2020, 07:57:59 PMI also don’t like Buttler as an opener. It’s much better having him coming in in the pressure situation.I’d have Hales back, he must have served his punishment by now.
I still think Roy and Hales are the best openers in this format. Buttler is better at 5 or 6. Why the continued omission of Hales?
To be honest I’d be looking at Banton as an option in the top 3.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on February 15, 2020, 05:00:02 PMTo be honest I’d be looking at Banton as an option in the top 3.Didn't realise he was a local lad in his teens Paul and had been in the Warwicksire set up at one point. Unlike the test side over the past couple of years, we have an abundance of choices in limited overs cricket. Despite that, I think Roy, Bairstow, Root, Morgan, Stokes, Buttler, Ali, Woakes, Rashid, Archer and Wood is our best side in both formats of ODIs. You could argue that we might need a bigger hitter than Root at three in T20s, but I still think there is a place for that type of player.