honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think jayjay jinxed him.
You could argue that picking pretty much the only opener who can't score runs on the County circuit this season is kinda maverick...Only Brook and Potts called up as outsiders. I had a feeling it might be a really maverick squad.
Oh gawd, you don't think they're going to go with 5 seamers again, if they do, I'm willing to say in the immortal words of the Who “Here’s to the new boss, same as the old boss", are we going to be fooled again.Tim Whigmore in the Telegraph claims Pope at 3, Bairstow at 5, and Potts to debut. If Branderson and Leach are the other bowlers that's quite a long tail.
Away from the Oval, yes ...but in high scoring draws.any outside of the Oval?
This comes with the proviso that I've never seen him bat, but Potts's record suggests he's not quite an abject bunny; FC average a tick over 17, couple of 50s.Tim Whigmore in the Telegraph claims Pope at 3, Bairstow at 5, and Potts to debut. If Branderson and Leach are the other bowlers that's quite a long tail.
Bit disingenuous of that tweet artist to suggest there'd be too much difference between batting 5 and 6 for Bairstow. It was 36-4 and 0-3 in the series when he came in at Sydney, I reckon he can handle the leap to getting off his chair a wicket earlier.
17 average in county cricket is pretty poor though. Generally "bowlers who can bat a bit" at international level like Graeme Swann, Andy Bichel, Gareth Batty, Dominic Cork etc. were averaging 25-30 in county.This comes with the proviso that I've never seen him bat, but Potts's record suggests he's not quite an abject bunny; FC average a tick over 17, couple of 50s.
If COverton misses out I reckon he'll bat 8, which is maybe a spot too high, but I hope if he's considered one of the best three available seamers we won't fudge it because of his batting.
Squad definitely not quite the revolution one was hoping for; has 8 of the XI who had their arses handed to them in the third test v the Windies and the other three (Woakes, Lawrence and Mahmood) are all broken.