Moss
International Captain
Phillips was pretty clueless against Ashwin and Axar in the T20s so not sure that would work. Best bet is for Taylor to forget about defence and take some calculated risks. During his Bangalore and Dubai centuries he was cutting the spinners from the line of the stumps, was quite insane to watch - don’t know if 37 year old Taylor can pull it off but one can hope.Just gonna say it, Taylor shouldn’t play the second test. Apart from an 80 scored on day 1 against a weak SL attack, he hasn’t made runs in Asia since 2014. Further, his weakness against left arm spin will always be pretty brutally exposed by Jadeja and Axar. Don’t expect a whole lot from Phillips in his place but I reckon he has a higher ceiling unless the mumbai surface is a road.
Could also consider moving him to no.6 where his quick scoring could be very valuable if a platform is set, and his experience might help if it’s a crisis. Ravindra or Blundell could move up to 4 just for this test.
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