Croadymeister
U19 Cricketer
Because England have clearly decided he isn't ever going to be given a proper chance
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3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30
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Hurricane2
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That’s a fair call as I wouldn’t stand for this century if he makes it that far ( humour )
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Croadymeister
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Absolutely bang on
OverratedSanity
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Made it look tougher because his feet were stuck in concrete. Probably still not a guarantee he'd have caught it if he had tbf but it wasnt as difficult as it seemed.
Spikey
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i wouldn't even class it as a chance as I suspect if he did gather, Harris would have had time to get back, but he wasn't in the same postcode
Spark
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Yeah I was thinking this too. Obviously not great for his confidence but very few keepers are converting that into a dismissal IMO.
tooextracool
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England management believes that his batting average of 32 is an indication that he isn’t test class….
honestbharani
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Yeah, if you look at his set up as a keeper, he stands wider of off stump than you would want to, as a keeper, esp. for the spinner turning the bal into the left hander. He then takes a step inside towards thes stumps and then is just rooted there. His feet simply do not move with the ball and he hardly reacts to the ball at all, in his positioning either horizontally or vertically. The best keepers both move up and across with the ball as it pitches and moves. Good keepers get at least one part of it right. He has got both of it wrong as far as I am concerned.
It is a bit like Rishabh Pant who has this compulsive step to his left as a keeper for whatever reason and therefore ends up adjusting his actual starting position as a keeper to make up for it. He tends to overcome it sometimes coz he has superb reflexes and being younger, is more athletic and can throw himself around. And even he has gotten more and more stationary in his stance and later with his movements, especially when keeping to spin.
Who said that? Playing the long game at 0-2 with their lead about to be wiped out 4 down!
Viscount Tom
International Debutant
Really starting to think that choosing to get back into cricket might have been a bad idea.
honestbharani
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Hameed's positioning at short leg indicates England's muddled thinking too. He is not really close enough to catch a defensive bat pad but he is standing almost as if he wants to stop a regular tuck around single.
Spark
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Root said after Brisbane that Leach getting annihilated was his fault because he gave him fields that were too attacking to begin with. I thought it was Root just protecting his player, but he actually seems to believe it...
Niall
International Coach
I assume they are concerned his batting is not test match quality.
And yeah I know imagine not been good enough to get into this top 7.
Looking at his record on cricinfo, had a really good series in Sri Lanka, poor series in West Indies in 2019 and then recalled and did poorly in India this year. Not ideal, but plenty of top batters have flopped first time round in India over the last few decades.