Prince EWS
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Great innings from Burns. Worthy of Dameon's thread on best ducks.
He was the only batsmen bar Stokes who did well against the Australian attack so this is surprising to be honest. Not had a good series.Burns is having a series to forget; these guys just look too good for him.
I know he did admirably against us last year and has had a good start to his Test career in general but I still really, really struggle to rate him as a long-term Test opener in English conditions. Just doesn't look right.You know Burn's technique really makes those dismissals look bad, ignoring the fact that the ball seamed a mile from an awkward angle.
Yeah he looked terrible even when making runs. He's a reasonable bat and reasonable bats will sometimes make runs even against bowlers much better than them but no-one really came out of the series thinking "yeah this bloke is going to average 40+ at home"I know he did admirably against us last year and has had a good start to his Test career in general but I still really, really struggle to rate him as a long-term Test opener in English conditions. Just doesn't look right.
It's that front foot plonking down a foot outside off isn't it. Credit to him for making it to this level with that trigger, especially opening the batting, but it's going to be exploited consistently surely whenever there's movement.I know he did admirably against us last year and has had a good start to his Test career in general but I still really, really struggle to rate him as a long-term Test opener in English conditions. Just doesn't look right.