Interesting thought. It's not as if Jacks and Salt have made an answerable case to replace the openers after this WC.
Best part of a million quid for so e and no doubt a good pension.
Watching them against Ireland after 6 overs 84/0 ... I would have them as openers
Look on the bright side, no-one can accuse him of not making the most of it after getting a start today.
Probably best to wait until the tournament is over to assess that
Given the big names in the top 6, this has to be biggest under-achievers. And both dismissals today have been just lazy.
It's going to take some combination of results to see us go through if we lose this one though. Is the likeliest requirement that we'll need to win all of our remaining games, or is it too early to say that?
We’re not even halfway through the campaign, so it’s hard to baseline these against anyone. But 99 sits atop the mountain for me. Going out that early in a home WC.
yeah that's true. 3/4 sides could yet be caught up in a huge match fixing scandal and be disqualified.
My memory of 1999 was that the batting sucked but at least the bowling was OK. Whereas this time (yes, yes, so far), both disciplines have been poor in 3 games out of 4.
Yeah, must be fixed. That feels better now.