fundy
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Bairstow keeping, good job we picked a couple of reserves 
2019 Cricket
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Tongo
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Bairstow keeping, good job we picked a couple of reserves
That'll be the end of Foakes' test career if he is injured. There seems to have been far too much chat about him being almost an inconvenience.
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I believe Woakes may be injured as it was reported that he didn't even bowl in the pre-Test nets.
Sorry but whilst I realise Buttler did well in Tests last year I remain unconvinced but may still be worth persevering with at number 5.
As for the Overtons you need not worry about them being called up.
If Rashid gets picked ahead of Leach then Somerset players clearly haven't got a chance!
HomerJSimpson
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Don't buy into this "Surrey Boy" thing anymore or why isn't there more players in the test side or being pushed from development squads? None of the selectors have any affiliation to the county so where is this bias being driven from? Surely the honest and simple answer is with all the focus on one day cricket the test barrel is having the bottom if it well and truly scraped as there isn't enough test level players out there and the ECB have never planned for the future
fundy
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strange isnt it, looked far more a test batter than the other two today, plenty in comm box and set up be happy to go back to one of the other two though
Tongo
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England set up still smacks of if you face fits. Bairstow's clearly does even though his record over the last 18 months to 2 years is bordering on poor. Throw in the histrionics and rhetoric when he got that 100 in Sri Lanka and there's a whiff of entitlement about him.
I dont think any other test playing nation would be so unwelcoming to a player of Foakes' class as England. But, as i've said before, the team is a series of compromises.
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Certainly Buttler has earned the chance to cement the place but will need to build on last year , know he is working very hard on it but understand not being convinced especially after his first stint in the team but think he has matured a bit more
The Overtons are both superb bowlers with Jamie hitting 90mph regulary and Craig excellent when the clouds come in - both have a lot of heart and will keep going all day but i think certain counties players just won’t get a look in - if they played for Surrey or a Yorkshire then they would be in the team but who knows maybe I will be surprised.
I don’t think Leach will play much more for England - I don’t know why they don’t seem to trust him , maybe it’s because he can’t swing a bat - but it’s as much a puzzle as why they ignored Hildreath all through his career
It’s a shame some counties and some players do get ignored despite being more than good enough - Foster , Davies and Read behind the stumps three perfect examples
fundy
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i take it you think curran is one of the best 3 seamers available to england then?
Key still isn’t as bad as Alec Stewart who thinks every single player in Surrey is a world beater
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Yep - Prior stating that he thinks Bairstow should be behind the stumps and Foakes is causing an issue - I don’t understand how the best keeper and a guy who scores runs causes a problem - someone needs to tell Bairstow that he needs to concentrate on his batting and sort out the number 3 spot
Curran isn’t that great but has taken his chance!
fundy
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when did he do that with the ball? (give me more than 1 test inns)
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Depressing to see Bairstow aka "Tin Gloves" behind the stumps.
His technique, particularly his hands constantly going to the ball rather than going with it, makes me wince
His technique, particularly his hands constantly going to the ball rather than going with it, makes me wince
fundy
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the big cheese lol prob best i dont state my opinion on him on a public forum haha. Last player he thought was causing an issue was the best batter wed had for a decade
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I can't believe he is even one of the 3 best seamers at Surrey.
fundy
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1-33, 1-10, 4-74, 1-18, 1-26, 0-27, 1-41, 1-1, 1-49, 2-23, 1-16, 0-15, 0-19, 0-54, 1-69
0-52, 2-61, 2-41, 3-60, 3-70, 5-83, 1-59, 4-72
I wonder
0-52, 2-61, 2-41, 3-60, 3-70, 5-83, 1-59, 4-72
I wonder
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Personally I'd take Prior's opinion on wicket keeping with a very large pinch of salt.
His own abilities with the gloves were, to say the least, limited.
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He isn’t even the best in his family
fundy
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thats being generous isnt it? very lucky to be in the right place in the right side at the right time
That reminds me of the jimmy Ormand comment to mark waugh! 😂😂😂😂
