Because he's the most talented young player we have and we have to get him accustomed to playing test cricket and scoring runs regularly. We can't afford to have a player of his ability sitting on the sidelines imo. I think he will cream the Bangladeshi bowlers and cement his place in the side for some time anyway
He'll cream the Bangladeshies and get creamed by the pommies.
AWTA.
Well there are 4 batsmen there that he will be better than for a start in Cumming, How, Fulton and Sinclair imo so you need to find a place for him somewhere and the sooner the better. He's an incumbent anyway and will play in all tests this season imo
I think Fulton will be a very, very good batsman actualy. He has a naturally cool head which Taylor doesn't possess. He doesn't panic, can grind out a long innings, csn accelerate as well, can play off both the front and back foot with confidence, has a good technique etc
Would probably do him a world of good
I just flat out disagree that he is/will be better than Fulton and Sinclair. How and Cumming are selected as openers and they are better openers than Taylor would be IMO so he just misses out.
Fair enough, just means I rate him higher than you do. We will see in a few years who was right I guess
On the basis of what?
On the basis that he has a good technique and pretty good 1st class record batting there. He will probably never get the chance but there have been occasions when he has looked the most technically sound batsman in the team. I think Ian Chappell said that in one of the tests against Aussie too at some point
Look what he did in 2000-2001. He's probably a better player now but has played bugger all 1st class cricket due to the amount of ODers he plays and the fact he has had to concentrate more on his bowling. He's a much under-rated bat iyam
One superlative season out of 9. In the last three seasons he has played 16 games, that's a reasonable amount to make a judgement on. Now when he averages 12.35 over those three seasons then I think we can safely assume that he isn't that good anymore. I'm not denying he has a good FC record and a sound technique, but he's pretty poor now, and has been for quite a while.
Yes, yes they would.
If you ask me. Sharpen up Perm
I would have to DWTA actually Heath. He's a better prospect than any of those guys you mentioned imo. Cumming and Bell are too old for a start and Papps would struggle to make the Hobbiton 3rd XI at the moment