Quote from: AVH87 on July 19, 2017, 01:38:44 PMI don't get why Hameed gets mentioned to come back in so much. He averages 19 in First Class cricket in 2017, he also looks to me like he doesn't yet have the physique to really be playing adult cricket. I think he needs a strong summer in the gym as at the moment he just won't have the power and the answers to a rapid Australian bowling attack in the winter. I can understand a Bell recall being ruled out because he hasn't scored the runs this year, but by the same token it's unfair for people to then say Hameed should play.I'd go for giving Duckett another go, a fine player who has shown he can do it at International level in the shorter formats, and is in form with 2 hundreds in his last two First Class games. Sam Robson should also be under consideration for another shot.Some good points there and Robson and Duckett having another go are two decent suggestions. If he does come back, I would prefer to see Duckett further down the order, possibly at six or seven.
I don't get why Hameed gets mentioned to come back in so much. He averages 19 in First Class cricket in 2017, he also looks to me like he doesn't yet have the physique to really be playing adult cricket. I think he needs a strong summer in the gym as at the moment he just won't have the power and the answers to a rapid Australian bowling attack in the winter. I can understand a Bell recall being ruled out because he hasn't scored the runs this year, but by the same token it's unfair for people to then say Hameed should play.I'd go for giving Duckett another go, a fine player who has shown he can do it at International level in the shorter formats, and is in form with 2 hundreds in his last two First Class games. Sam Robson should also be under consideration for another shot.
Quote from: tomd2103 on July 19, 2017, 02:16:39 PMQuote from: AVH87 on July 19, 2017, 01:38:44 PMI don't get why Hameed gets mentioned to come back in so much. He averages 19 in First Class cricket in 2017, he also looks to me like he doesn't yet have the physique to really be playing adult cricket. I think he needs a strong summer in the gym as at the moment he just won't have the power and the answers to a rapid Australian bowling attack in the winter. I can understand a Bell recall being ruled out because he hasn't scored the runs this year, but by the same token it's unfair for people to then say Hameed should play.I'd go for giving Duckett another go, a fine player who has shown he can do it at International level in the shorter formats, and is in form with 2 hundreds in his last two First Class games. Sam Robson should also be under consideration for another shot.Some good points there and Robson and Duckett having another go are two decent suggestions. If he does come back, I would prefer to see Duckett further down the order, possibly at six or seven. It's a difficult one with Duckett, as he is explosive so the temptation is to say bat him at 5 or 6 (just above or below Bairstow), but his centuries for Northants have been opening. I'd therefore strongly consider him opening with Cook to give that right hand/left hand balance at the top and also the mix between a steady opener and a more aggressive one, then Jennings at 3.
Underwhelmed by that one, averages 37 and that's from a career mainly spent in Division 2.
Quote from: AVH87 on July 20, 2017, 02:19:55 PMUnderwhelmed by that one, averages 37 and that's from a career mainly spent in Division 2.The cupboard is looking particularly bare at the moment isn't it? I re-read Michael Atherton's autobiography recently and even though it was written over a decade ago, he was saying that county cricket needed reforming. The flaw with the two tier Championship system is that unlike football and other sports, the better players aren't necessarily going to stay in the top flight. Might not be a problem for the more experienced campaigners like Cook, but I think it is quite a big gap between D2 and test level and I'm not sure it is healthy to have the best young players playing at that level.
Maybe he has worked at his game and got better? Plenty of us, myself included, thought Woakes would never make an international.
i'd drop him...