Mousley bowls more than Bethell does in domestic cricket and could be an option at 7 in t20s. Bethell is the teacher's pet ATM though
It's not so much the team picks as the scheduling. Who are they going to choose when it's sandwiched between Test Series in Pakistan and NZ? A couple of them were a bit weird, but it was mostly the best available. The likes of Duckett, Buttler, Root, Brook, Stokes, Atkinson, Potts, Carse all improve that team.
Yes, when England lose it's always because of unfair pitches and the toss.
This would have been a better team :
We undoubtedly benefitted from the toss in the 2nd ODI. WI were the all round better side in this series, but it still didn't stop them losing that game (largely because they were 20-2 after about 8 overs on what soon turned into again a very flat deck). If the stats say 17 out of 19 games are won by the team chasing, it's pretty obvious what teams would want to do at the toss.
It will be interesting to see how Baz addresses this. We simply have to get our best ODI players playing the format more often.
Completely agree. You look at Aus, Steve Smith played in England and is now playing against Pakistan. No reason why Root shouldn't be doing similar if the scheduling was a bit smarter.
Pooran hopefully to come back, who averages 40. At this rate, he slots in for Hety.
Root is still contributing at Test level though.
I thought the WI bowling went alright. Outside of the first 10 overs or so there wasn't a lot in for the bowlers. They effectively won the two games, keeping England to well under par totals.
The latter two, I'm not sure should be part of the team moving forward. Surely Rashid isn't far off retirement now, no matter how good he has been?
He may well be the best we've still got (a bit like Anderson), but not sure that helps us going forward. I think he should be encouraged to meet up with a couple of distinct silhouettes as the outdoor sun is sucked into a horizonless neon-red darkness!!
