Hard to see how Lawrence fits in the team going forward, the middle order looks as set as it’s been for a long time. Genuinely, barring injuries, is the next time he gets a proper run in the team when Root retires?I certainly didn't rate their batting in the first couple of tests in particular. I'll also say that I found them less faulty in the last test in challenging conditions and Asitha, in particular, whom I thought was excellent. That said, today has reverted to type, with the obvious deficiencies of Duckett and Pope having been exposed, and Lawrence not being a good fit at opener having come home to roost. I feel for the guy, he's "waited his turn" so to speak.
Someone will almost certainly have gone past him by then anyway. Jordan Cox got to be close to doing so already.Hard to see how Lawrence fits in the team going forward, the middle order looks as set as it’s been for a long time. Genuinely, barring injuries, is the next time he gets a proper run in the team when Root retires?
Ollie Pope averages less than 35 in nearly 50 tests. He is lucky to be in the team, let alone as VC.Hard to see how Lawrence fits in the team going forward, the middle order looks as set as it’s been for a long time. Genuinely, barring injuries, is the next time he gets a proper run in the team when Root retires?
Ftr I intended this as a 'correction' to the classic counting but even the Cricinfo text has come around to the truth nowRoot's 97th fifty
The difference is Lawrence will make way as soon as Crawley is back, and Pope, as unconvincing as he is, has put his hand up to do the hardest job in the team, there isn’t an easy answer to our problems at 3Ollie Pope averages less than 35 in nearly 50 tests. He is lucky to be in the team, let alone as VC.
That makes sense but he should be nowhere near captaincy.The difference is Lawrence will make way as soon as Crawley is back, and Pope, as unconvincing as he is, has put his hand up to do the hardest job in the team, there isn’t an easy answer to our problems at 3
He has worked on it since 2021.Root is great at scoring fifties, it's turning those fifties into hundreds where he isn't so great.
Never made too much comment on that, myself!Root is great at scoring fifties, it's turning those fifties into hundreds where he isn't so great.
He should turn this fifty into a hundred against a mediocre Sri Lankan bowling attack on what is a pretty easy batting pitch., no excuses not to here.He has worked on it since 2021.
Let's see how he does next year in Australia.He should turn this fifty into a hundred against a mediocre Sri Lankan bowling attack on what is a pretty easy batting pitch., no excuses not to here.
He still needs to score a test hundred against Australia in Australia though, scoring a test hundred there will count a lot more than scoring one here.