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*Official* 2nd Test at Lord's

Swingpanzee

Swingpanzee

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i don't think Compton will be a good call at this point, tbf he shouldn't ever have been dropped

Cook
Lyth
Root (? in place of Ballance i guess)
Bell (his utterly last chance, mostly because England will hope Clarke won't keep a third man and that Bell will get lucky)
Bairstow
Stokes
Buttler
Moeen
etc

eh either way realistically England can and will be looking at 30-3 ish scores in the series several more times
 
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91Jmay

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Hales at 3, would give us someone also technically poor but if he goes off he can win a game in a session which Ballance can't. We don't really have many options I like, I don't like Compton.
 
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91Jmay

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No, it isn't. It's like asking a bloke who opens or bats at 3 and is averaging over 50 this season to do it.
 
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Antihippy

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I'm talking about the reasons you stated. Technically poor (well, for tests) but if he goes off he can win the game in a session? You need stability at the top.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Hales with the ball swinging back into him from Johnson & Starc doesn't fill me with much confidence. Probably the exact wrong sort of stuff for him to face, IMO.
 
Pothas

Pothas

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91Jmay said:
No, it isn't. It's like asking a bloke who opens or bats at 3 and is averaging over 50 this season to do it.
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He is not averaging 50 anymore. He had a really good start to the season (mainly smashing Hampshire) but not done a great deal of late. I can understand the appeal of Hales but there is really nothing in first class record, or even in his ODI performances that suggest he would be a success.
 
Gob

Gob

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Dunno why people make such a big deal about smith's technique its perfectly fine for ffs. Yeah he shuffles a lot but the position that he ends up at the point of facing the ball is not far off from likes of Kallis and Amla. It looks exaggerated cos he starts way outside the leg but its just irrelevant. Plus he has such soft hands,doesn't push at the ball and plays under the eye with a straight bat. Perfectly fine for me
 
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91Jmay

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Son Of Coco said:
You keep forgetting that Smith is brilliant though. Root's glorious technique made the sum total of **** all in this test match.
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Who mentioned Root? Smith is brilliant but we don't need Hales to be the best batsmen in the world we need him to be a serviceable 3 which his technique should allow.
 
harsh.ag

harsh.ag

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Gob said:
Dunno why people make such a big deal about smith's technique its perfectly fine for ffs. Yeah he shuffles a lot but the position that he ends up at the point of facing the ball is not far off from likes of Kallis and Amla. It looks exaggerated cos he starts way outside the leg but its just irrelevant. Plus he has such soft hands,doesn't push at the ball and plays under the eye with a straight bat. Perfectly fine for me
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Major candidate to fall away with deterioration of eye, like Ponting. But until then, he is god, again just like Ponting.
 
Cabinet96

Cabinet96

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Swingpanzee said:
Hales at 3? notsureifsrs
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OverratedSanity said:
yeah Hales will be a rubbish no.3.
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He's done a lot better over the last couple of seasons. I don't think he'd make any runs but given he was talked about when he couldn't even get in the Notts FC and OD sides a couple of years ago it's not really a surprise to see him get mentions at the moment. If you were to ask the Sky punditry team who could come in as opener I'd guess most would suggest Hales.
 
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