In all fairness about 90% of our test runs were scored by one of the seven who isn't there.
Shows how important Cook was imo. Also that our bowling was ordinary.
I wonder when English fans will start to realize that he is a liability in their batting line-up. Yeah sure he got 84 not out and he was clearly the best batsman today, but at the moment he looks a far better play than he is if he were playing in a performing batting line-up. If England are to put up strong batting performances in the future, Trott will only halt the progress as it is almost a given that he doesn't ever play any aggressive strokes.
Rubbish, he could have upped the pace when he was with the tail, but clearly wasn't his intention.
he was thinking that but a quick phone call to Hilditch who re-assured him that he did a terrific job and it was someone else's fault made him feel better
When the team's been shot out for 214, I'd be inclined to look elsewhere before blaming the guy who hit 80*.
As I said, I missed most of his innings, but maybe he eeks out another 20 odd runs with the tail if he starts slogging, or maybe he gets out and England end up 30-40 runs short of where they were after only batting 40 odd overs. The way you bat should change when your entire team is crumbling around you.
I thought he could've gone earlier (when Wright went was the time IMHO), but to criticise him for not being AB de Villiers is missing the point; Trott is essentially a fairly limited accumulator who relies on a few productive strokes for the majority of his runs. When we pick him in ODIs we largely know what we're getting.
Awta, he's doing a job atm around a non performing batting line-up but picking Trott is basically admitting that England will never put up a big total and all they're looking for are decent ones.
Well risks are the game in ODIs, this isn't a Test match. You would think a guy in great form and in like he was, aerial shots were definitely on.
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Yeah, this. It's an entirely different case to Clarke, Australia have other options that can do the same job only faster. England, to the best of my knowledge, don't.
