Well, he's not exactly test class, but at the same time he's the first opener since Richardson retired who's still looked fairly competent after 6 months. In fact he actually appears to be getting better the more he plays in international cricket. Strange that.
Yeah, I think this is a balanced view. In the grand scheme of things he's still dire by Test standards, but he's doing a job and all evidence suggests he's the best available. Needs to be given some slack.
What's your take on the performance of our seam attack..,going through each one of them. You had some concerns going into the game...
As a unit, better than I expected (well up to the 9th wicket falling anyways
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Disagree, thought Martin was damn unlucky, at best they were about even. Southee did get a wicket from a strangle down the leg-side & from what I saw Martin appeared to beat the bat more often & was better with the short ball. Thought he was really unlucky not to get Harby 3-4 times late last night.
Do you know how fast he's bowling these days?
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Southee did have Gambhir dropped when he was on zero tbf though. Getting Gambhir like he did is always a tad fortunate but he should of had him in his first over.
ICC gives you everything you want.
