Enjoy watching him bowl, hope to see him in Tests soon. I truly think he is one of England's top bowlers right now.
Thing is its a situation where wickets at urham are a bit like runs at Taunton the selectors don't really take them as been worth much.
In place of who though? It's all well and good saying his county average says he should be there but there's a knack to getting county batsmen out which isn't the same as that of getting Test batsmen out, been a lot of bowlers over the years who've been in a similar position whereby they're great for a county side but when they have to bowl to better players they're innocuous. If everyone is fit then for me there's no place in the Test line up for him and I'd be wary of putting him ahead of some of the other reserve bowlers to be honest, clearly his stock has fallen since this time last year, and that for me might be based on what the selectors and management observed of him when he was with the squad in the winter.
Vince with his 4th ton and 1000 championship runs for the season as well, really good year and much needed after last season
Yeah, he has done well. needs a repeat next year now.
Curious for an example of a consistent Division One bowler who has not converted to Tests. I think bowling converts nicely from good First Class to Test without much issue. I think a lot will be made of how he was low on pace when he played for England Lions on TV recently. However, Tremlett was mainly around 80mph when he was so good in Ashes in Australia. I don't think lack of pace is a big issue if you are as consistently threatening as Onions.
They're not that bad. Borthwick and Stoneman both in the top 10 run scorers in the divison. 36 batting points this season too which is about the standard for this season. Difference has been their bowling, 43 bowling bonus points and if i'm not mistaken not too many visiting teams have taken batting points away from them at Durham ICG.
