It certainly does go both ways. Which is why I'm saying I argued it's unreasonable to assume international bowlers can bowl for longer than less fit bowlers without getting injured just because they're fitter. No matter what level of cricket you play a fast bowler will always be aiming to push him/herself so the chance of injury remains. Probably my last post on the subject
Absolutely agree. We're better off picking Latham as a batsman who doesn't have a massive bias to playing on a particular side of the wicket. Raval looks good too.
On the topic of Fulton. He has turned himself into an opener. But it looks like he understands what it means to be an opener in how he paces his innings. He is not the finished product as he likes a nibble outside off stump where seasoned openers are great at letting the ball go.
The difference is that Fulton is not picked as a long term option. Him having obvious technical issues is not as damning as Rutherford because he's been selected as a stop-gap measure until we can genuinely get the long term options into the team.
Ok fair enough.
Phlegm will never be a great poster. Has potential but his technique is dire.
Fulton having obvious technical issues is just as problematic, but he finds a way to score. He is there to score runs because he is the best available, not as a sacrificial lamb. He was the best opener domestically before selection and he's the best test opener we have.
Fulton doesn't look like a test batsman, but he's been performing like one in New Zealand and subcontinental conditions. It may or may not last, but a guy who can score in several but not all conditions is still a test standard batsman. Sehwag had a lolworthy technique and couldn't buy a run in some countries. Did that make him not a test batsman?
Sehwag averaged 50 in test match cricket. His technique was not lolworthy at all. He had above average technique, supremely fast hands and a great eye. Fulton has none of this. Sehwag could play any shot in the book. Fulton can't.
Wonder if Fulton will try to hit one through the line for six soon. Has really struggled to turn over the strike recently. I'm usually the last person to criticise an NZ opener for scoring slowly but the new ball is not a threat today so can't use 'seeing off the new ball' as an excuse.
