I agree on this 100% in principle. But once you put into context the trust stuff and the fact he's been out of the side for 18 months, it makes it a bit more of a special case. This isn't a model professional team player who's still in the side (which basically is Cook).
Yeah but it's much harder on 4th/5th day pitches than it is in limited overs stuff. I still think it'd be a huge task on your average county/test pitch. That's the point I'm making.
Yeah, Hussey is probably the better Test case for this. Had a really bad run, but was persisted with and gave a good solid few more years.
The same thing happened with KP in the side last time and he struggled. On the flip side it's not as if he's going to completely transform the side, even if he is still in the best five bats in the country.
McCullum? Although the pitch did flatten out plenty tbf. Sehwag once got a 290 in barely a day on a pitch which actually had something in it. I remember people saying "Oh, this actually has some bounce and turn in it" when anyone other than Sehwag was batting, and when Viru started smacking it all over the place, everyone went "psshhh, road"
The ECB could just turn round and say "well at no point did we tell him explicitly not to go to the IPL. We suggested that if Kevin was playing County Cricket and scoring runs there would be a chance of a recall. While we appreciate that Kevin went ahead and did that out of a burning desire to represent England again, nothing was guaranteed and after reviewing the respective positions, we've elected not to select him in the international side this summer."
No, if he'd done this last year he should be in the running but what sort of message would it send to the younger batsmen competing for a spot if someone can take a year out, stir up a load of **** in a book when out of contract and then swan back in when he feels like it.
Can I claim loss of income for the time I've spent reading your uninformed posts on this subject then?
No one's saying he should waltz back in. But say Ballance does ****all against NZ, then is it some injustice if KP is considered for a recall? Obviously not.
Indeed, was a deadset joke that Kiewsetter got so many chances over Davies.
Yeah, you're basically right. There are very few occasions on which you can sue for pure economic loss in English law, and "someone made a vague statement about something that may happen in the future if I possibly did something" is definitely not one of them.
Given the start he has had a 2 game barren run for Ballance means nothing and he wouldn't be under any pressure at all.
Yeah I'll give you Sehwag, he's ridiculous in that sort of way. Him, KP, probably Clarke the only other bats of this generation I'd say are capable of similar/equivalent.McCullum? Although the pitch did flatten out plenty tbf. Sehwag once got a 290 in barely a day on a pitch which actually had something in it. I remember people saying "Oh, this actually has some bounce and turn in it" when anyone other than Sehwag was batting, and when Viru started smacking it all over the place, everyone went "psshhh, road"
Let's assume Ballance gets found out in an embarassing manner and cant get it off the square... hell, why Ballance? Say Moeen/Stokes do ****all, are you saying you wouldn't consider KP. I'm not even saying he should be selected, and neither is KP. But if he's scoring runs and the batting lineup isn't perfect, he should be in the frame for selection. That's all even KP was saying.
Again, I am with you on that. But that is not the issue, marc. Don't pick him for sound reasons, great, but that is not what Strauss did. He ruled him out of selection, while admitting he is a fantastic player, giving "trust issues" as the reason. And he won't be picked even if he goes on a Bradmanesque rampage.
That they aren't good enough to play for England, and need to improve drastically. Sounds like an accurate and much needed message to me.
The latter two aren't pure batsman though. To replace them with KP would mean a new team balance and bowling structure is needed. You might think it's worth it, but it's not a simple straight swap.
Who said it is? Say you needed an extra batsman, and instead of Stokes and Moeen, you go in with Woakes and KP. Is that so completely out of the realms of possibility that you won't even consider keeping KP in the scheme of things?
