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Langer is putting a lot of faith in him to come good (although Bancroft looked terrible in his 2 Tests ), his record in England even before this series was not that good , think the Pakistan tests are at the Gabba and Adelaide Oval (D/N) which both could be interesting.
Turns 33 next month , so you could be right , if we can actually find 2 decent openers.
Think there is 4 Rounds of Shield before the first Pakistan Test , up to Burns , Renshaw , Patterson , Pucovski etc and now Head & Khawaja to make a bucket load of runs and force their way in.
Turns 33 next month , so you could be right , if we can actually find 2 decent openers.
Think there is 4 Rounds of Shield before the first Pakistan Test , up to Burns , Renshaw , Patterson , Pucovski etc and now Head & Khawaja to make a bucket load of runs and force their way in.
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What is saving Warner is that there is no genuine alternative who could be picked with confidence to do better than him. His upside is greater than any of them, so they may as well stick with him until he either starts scoring or someone else can prove otherwise and force their way in. A bucket load of runs in the Shield will be a good start.
Not sure I necessarily agree with that , think Khawaja averages 80+ as a opener.
Don't really like "gifting" players Test caps when they are hopelessly out of form and devoid of all confidence.
Not like Warner has had stunning success in England in the past either.
Labuschagne and Smith may as well just stand with the square leg umpire and save some time before the inevitable happens.
Hope I am proven wrong and he does perform.
Hopefully Bancroft , Burns , Renshaw and any other opener do score a bucket load of runs in the first few Shield games.
Looks like we are back where we were and only 2 out of 6 spots are secure.
Thank god England have batted worse than us (aside from Stokes & Burns)
Don't really like "gifting" players Test caps when they are hopelessly out of form and devoid of all confidence.
Not like Warner has had stunning success in England in the past either.
Labuschagne and Smith may as well just stand with the square leg umpire and save some time before the inevitable happens.
Hope I am proven wrong and he does perform.
Hopefully Bancroft , Burns , Renshaw and any other opener do score a bucket load of runs in the first few Shield games.
Looks like we are back where we were and only 2 out of 6 spots are secure.
Thank god England have batted worse than us (aside from Stokes & Burns)
Amongst Test openers with a minimum of 30 innings, Warner has the 20th highest average of all time:
http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingBestAverageForPosition.asp
http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Batting/BattingBestAverageForPosition.asp
It absolutely baffles me that most of these batsmen who are not quite good enough to nail down a spot either don’t bother to, or can’t, get their bowling up to a decent level.
We have some of the best bowlers in the world and we still expect them to contribute runs.
Labuschagne is again the notable exception, it seems, and good on him for doing so.
We have some of the best bowlers in the world and we still expect them to contribute runs.
Labuschagne is again the notable exception, it seems, and good on him for doing so.