So we have number 3 and 4 playing terribly poor. Slip catching is very shoddy. The spinner doesn't look very good. Anderson isn't penetrative and the bowling at the lower order is giving too many freebies. Lyth the jury is out and obviously needs more time.On the plus Stokes and Cook have batted well and Wood looks like he has some potential.All in all a test series that has posed more questions than provided answers.
Quote from: aj2k77 on June 02, 2015, 05:19:55 PMSo we have number 3 and 4 playing terribly poor. Slip catching is very shoddy. The spinner doesn't look very good. Anderson isn't penetrative and the bowling at the lower order is giving too many freebies. Lyth the jury is out and obviously needs more time.On the plus Stokes and Cook have batted well and Wood looks like he has some potential.All in all a test series that has posed more questions than provided answers.I'd add that, though Wood looks promising, and Stokes' bowling is a plus, we don't have a bowler who can block up one end if the going gets tough. They all seem ot bleed runs. We need Hoggard back!
Quote from: Woofles The Wonder Dog on June 02, 2015, 08:36:51 PMQuote from: aj2k77 on June 02, 2015, 05:19:55 PMSo we have number 3 and 4 playing terribly poor. Slip catching is very shoddy. The spinner doesn't look very good. Anderson isn't penetrative and the bowling at the lower order is giving too many freebies. Lyth the jury is out and obviously needs more time.On the plus Stokes and Cook have batted well and Wood looks like he has some potential.All in all a test series that has posed more questions than provided answers.I'd add that, though Wood looks promising, and Stokes' bowling is a plus, we don't have a bowler who can block up one end if the going gets tough. They all seem ot bleed runs. We need Hoggard back!I agree completely, if they can do it for 12-15 over stretches then all the better because then we have a much easier time rotating at the other end and keeping all the wicket takers fresh.
Quote from: aj2k77 on June 02, 2015, 05:19:55 PMSo we have number 3 and 4 playing terribly poor. Slip catching is very shoddy. The spinner doesn't look very good. Anderson isn't penetrative and the bowling at the lower order is giving too many freebies. Lyth the jury is out and obviously needs more time.On the plus Stokes and Cook have batted well and Wood looks like he has some potential.All in all a test series that has posed more questions than provided answers.From that ODI squad who opens with Hales there? Roy, Taylor and Root are all good top order batsmen but I'm not sure any of them is right to open internationally at this point. Does that mean they might be looking at Buttler to be an opener rather than a finisher? He's matured a lot playing in tests and I think he could be a very good fit. With Stokes, Jordan and Rashid in the bowling setup we have some potential finishers anyway and giving Buttler a chance to bart for more than 10 overs without worrying about the number of wickets we've lost might help push or scores into the 350+ realms that are required now.
Villa fan & Somerset keeper Craig Kieswetter is retiring due to an eye injury sustained last season. He was the keeper/opener when England won the world 20 over slog-fest in 2010.
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