The Cricket Thread

[Deleted member 18588]

Unfortunately he is called Bairstow, and that tends to mean...well, lets be fair, he is the most messed around player in English cricket, so it would not surprise if he did make way. He shouldn't though - he has batted well enough in this series without quite kicking on, and he provides the middle order with mongrel and impetus.

The most overrated player in English cricket, certainly as far as the red ball game is concerned.

Shockingly bad wicketkeeper and his batting, whilst very good in one day cricket is totally unsuited to Test Matches.

 

[Grizzly]

The most overrated player in English cricket, certainly as far as the red ball game is concerned.

Shockingly bad wicketkeeper and his batting, whilst very good in one day cricket is totally unsuited to Test Matches.

Really? He may not have been a good wicketkeeper to begin with, but he worked hard at it and is a more reliable red ball keeper now than Buttler. As for his batting, who else, Root and Stokes apart, do we have who has made hundreds at home, in Australia, South Africa and on the sub continent? He may have had a bad run of form 2019-20, but this was exacerbated by his being in and out of the side and up and down the order.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Really? He may not have been a good wicketkeeper to begin with, but he worked hard at it and is a more reliable red ball keeper now than Buttler. As for his batting, who else, Root and Stokes apart, do we have who has made hundreds at home, in Australia, South Africa and on the sub continent? He may have had a bad run of form 2019-20, but this was exacerbated by his being in and out of the side and up and down the order.

Quite the reverse.

Butter is the one who has worked at his keeping and finally become adequate at Test level.

Bairstow continues to be "hard handed".

Irrelevant in any case as Foakkes should be our keeper once fit again.

 

[Grizzly]

Quite the reverse.

Butter is the one who has worked at his keeping and finally become adequate at Test level.

Bairstow continues to be "hard handed".

Irrelevant in any case as Foakkes should be our keeper once fit again.

OK, I agree with you that Foakes ought to be first choice. On the rest, not so much. Bairstow is undoubtedly... Hard handed is the wrong words, more over optimistic in what go goes for. But the stats show he doesn't miss much, whereas Buttler misses a lot of chances and gives away more byes. Buttler is better in the white ball stuff, where the ball moves less so fast hands can hide awful footwork.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

No player will ever be a good keeper if he attempts to take the ball with his hands going "at" the ball rather than "with".

Footwork won't save that.

As for byes in Test cricket, there are rarely many and, in defence of all keepers, I would say that the majority I witness should have been called wides.

 

[Grizzly]

No player will ever be a good keeper

Foakes apart, I don't think we have any good keepers, merely functional ones (well, unless you go down to lads like Harry Duke and Jamie Smith in the county game)

 

[sunshine]

brave call leaving Pope out after he made 80ish first inns last game, if he wasnt called Bairstow Im sure that would be the option......

Exactly

 

[sunshine]

[Bairstow] may not have been a good wicketkeeper to begin with, but he worked hard at it and is a more reliable red ball keeper now than Buttler.

Bairstow is still untidy as a keeper and a bit erratic I think. He's a good fielder and adds more out in the field than behind the stumps.
Buttler is quietly effective as a keeper and has become increasingly reliable. He is not a specialist keeper like Foakes but as metal mickie stated - he is adequate.

 

[sunshine]

One thing that annoys me about Bairstow is that he is always going to burn a review when batting. One day he is going to be bowled out and still ask for a review.

 

[Mudball]

One thing that annoys me about Bairstow is that he is always going to burn a review when batting. One day he is going to be bowled out and still ask for a review.

Sounds like he can captain india at some point then..

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Foakes apart, I don't think we have any good keepers, merely functional ones (well, unless you go down to lads like Harry Duke and Jamie Smith in the county game)

I blame Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

Both were exceptional at two disciplines, batting and keeping thereby allowing their teams to select say an extra bowler or strengthen their batting line ups.

The problem was that they were exceptional and other nations who went down the keeper/batsman route placed greater emphasis on the latter of the two thus lowering the standard and perception of wicketkeeping.

 

[Tongo]

I blame Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

Both were exceptional at two disciplines, batting and keeping thereby allowing their teams to select say an extra bowler or strengthen their batting line ups.

The problem was that they were exceptional and other nations who went down the keeper/batsman route placed greater emphasis on the latter of the two thus lowering the standard and perception of wicketkeeping.

Yep. I did a blog piece about that a while back on how it hampered teams in more than one aspect:

https://yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/frivolous-observations-the-gilchrist-effect/

 

[Tongo]

I see the organisers of the PGA Pro-Am have channelled their inner USGA by adopting the old policy of putting three of the US Open's more obnoxious players together under a very pejorative name. Messrs Pietersen, Vaughan and Gough are in the same group. Poor old Bernd Wiesberger is the pro

 

[GB72]

I see the organisers of the PGA Pro-Am have channelled their inner USGA by adopting the old policy of putting three of the US Open's more obnoxious players together under a very pejorative name. Messrs Pietersen, Vaughan and Gough are in the same group. Poor old Bernd Wiesberger is the pro

That seems like a last minute change as they were talking about James Nesbitt being in the group instead of Vaughan on Talksport last night.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I see the organisers of the PGA Pro-Am have channelled their inner USGA by adopting the old policy of putting three of the US Open's more obnoxious players together under a very pejorative name. Messrs Pietersen, Vaughan and Gough are in the same group. Poor old Bernd Wiesberger is the pro

Blimey, what the heck has Bernd done wrong?

 

[Mudball]

I blame Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

Both were exceptional at two disciplines, batting and keeping thereby allowing their teams to select say an extra bowler or strengthen their batting line ups.

The problem was that they were exceptional and other nations who went down the keeper/batsman route placed greater emphasis on the latter of the two thus lowering the standard and perception of wicketkeeping.

Agree... they are legends.
While not a legend among these, Dhoni was another exceptional accidental keeper. Grew up wanting to be a goalkeeper, but became a keeper with some unorthodox actions. While more suited to white ball, he was a very useful batsman. Above all, definitely one of the best keeper-captains that the game has produced.

 

[fundy]

I see the organisers of the PGA Pro-Am have channelled their inner USGA by adopting the old policy of putting three of the US Open's more obnoxious players together under a very pejorative name. Messrs Pietersen, Vaughan and Gough are in the same group. Poor old Bernd Wiesberger is the pro

posted my sympathy for Wiesberger on twitter yesterday lol

 

[Grizzly]

I blame Gilchrist and Sangakkara.

Both were exceptional at two disciplines, batting and keeping thereby allowing their teams to select say an extra bowler or strengthen their batting line ups.

The problem was that they were exceptional and other nations who went down the keeper/batsman route placed greater emphasis on the latter of the two thus lowering the standard and perception of wicketkeeping.

I think it was an issue before then - Alec Stewart was probably the first example of a (admittedly very good - he was much closer to a proper wicketkeeper than the converted likes of YJB and Goldenballs) keeper being given the gloves over someone better than him (Jack Russell) because he was a stronger batsman.

 

[fundy]

And still Yorkshire think they can keep it under the carpet

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...nds-publication-of-azeem-rafiq-report-1276884

 

[fundy]

Down to 6 tests next summer too, Lords still gets 2 of them though!