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**Official** Pakistan and England in the UAE 2015/16
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AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Very impressive use of feet to the spinners by Taylor
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Why not 5 wickets more?
King Pietersen
International Captain
Where the **** has James Taylor been?
How did Jonny B keep?
How did Jonny B keep?
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Azhar had to bowl for this to happen
Stace
First Class Debutant
There was big pressure on Taylor when he came in as they had just lost Cook and Root add to that Stokes unlikely to bat and Bell not scoring,, to come in and score so freely and play the best spinner in the world so well was great it reminded me of Root during the summer making everyone else look like they are playing on a different wicket.
Well, took a sharp chance off Patel and made no errors I can remember.
Bairstow + Taylor a superb partnership, but Taylor should have been in side for quite some time. Good chance we don't lose 2nd test with him in side.
LegionOfBrad
International Debutant
Pleased for Taylor. Don't get the hate for Bells innings. Bairstow good but his technique will be tested more in SA.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
I mean it's some real incompetence of whoever has selected the teams for this series. It's nothing to do with hindsight. There were plenty of people who could see that Taylor was well suited to the conditions. I myself suggested he was the 3rd best bat after Cook and Root in these conditions - On the basis of this performance you'd say he was as impressive as either of those against spin. Complete incompetence. Chances are England would have been pushing for a series victory rather than a draw if they'd selected Taylor based on his performance today.
Throughout the series the selectors have made the easy call rather than the tough one. Don't know who of the batsman to drop, don't drop any of them. If Bairstow was capable of keeping for this game why didn't he start the series? Ali wants to open and press supportive of decision, sure lets select as opener. Complete ****tards.
Can't see Taylor averaging more than 25 in SA though. Still poor against seam and definitely shouldn't be any higher than 5 in the batting order.
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Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
A player who hasn't been picked for 3 years, comes back into the side and scores a vital half century when everyone else around him had perished. Love test cricket for such moments.
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
James Taylor:England::Pujara:India
Agree, he was 3rd batsmen in team for me as well after the two obvious guns. Every team I suggested had him in somewhere, it is ****ing basic selection for them. He even got big runs in warm up games ffs.
I am far more hopeful that Taylor will be a success long term, I see him as a bloke who can average in the 40s @ 5 or 6 for a good few years. Bairstow at 7 as well is really good position for him.
In South Africa:
Cook, Hales, Bell, Root, Taylor, Stokes, Bairstow, Rashid, Wood, Broad, Anderson has a nice balance to it if Stokes is fit.