Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
The reason Bopara is down the order is because when he came back into the side the top six was settled and there was also more of an emphasis on his bowling, so it kind of made sense to make that clear by batting him at 6/7. That's kind of changed though, with the emergence of Stokes, the part time off spinners getting a good long trundle and people like Luke Wright batting up the order. He has seemed to have emerged as a decent lower order hitter, but not sure there's much point of him playing if Stokes is going to be a regular.
Btw, how ****ing horrible was it to see Wright come out after 20 overs today. Wouldn't necessarily have any issues with him opening up in the powerplay, but after that it has to be down the order hitting. Could've done something really innovative like bring Buttler up to see if he could build a real innings of note, rather than try and prolong an already sinking ship for as long as possible before drowning because the guys above him ****ed up.
Btw, how ****ing horrible was it to see Wright come out after 20 overs today. Wouldn't necessarily have any issues with him opening up in the powerplay, but after that it has to be down the order hitting. Could've done something really innovative like bring Buttler up to see if he could build a real innings of note, rather than try and prolong an already sinking ship for as long as possible before drowning because the guys above him ****ed up.
