Groundking
International Debutant
Who would have thought a man who was born in South Africa and plays his cricket in England would be inept against pace but a god against spin. The guy's an enigma.
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*Official* England Tour of Sri Lanka 2018
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
It's still a relatively small sample size, but there can't be too many specialist batsmen who have such a marked difference between their home and away averages. There's a nice symmetry in his home average of 17 & his away figure being 71 though.
Well done to the boy; he does seem a genuinely good guy, but his orthodox, slightly stiff legged MO does make me worry he's still going to struggle with movement at pace.
Hope I'm wrong though.
Stapel
International Regular
This has me thinking. I can't remember any examples of horses-for-courses-openers. My gut feeling says it's a bowler's thing.
Apart from that, Jennings has not convinced me yet, he is that good vs spin.
flibbertyjibber
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Well he is certainly better against spin than pace.
Stapel
International Regular
Does his FC-record support it too?
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Maybe Brian Close being brought back to face WI in 1976? Although I'm not sure he initially returned as an opener, although he ended up in that role in the famous Old Trafford test. Maybe Chris Broad, who did OK at home to WI in 1984 but was dropped for the subsequent tour of India and then recalled to tour Aus a couple of years later.
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wpdavid
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Hard to say. Jennings probably doesn't last long enough to face much spin in the CC.
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I thought that was India? I watched him bat a whole day for 70-odd not out it was beautiful.
edit: It was this game: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...a-1st-test-south-africa-tour-of-india-2004-05
ended up making 163 (454). Hall opened in 4 Tests, all in Asia, so probably was a bit of a horses-for-courses thing. Or they just needed someone to do the job in the short term.
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jimmy101
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It certainly looks that way, doesn't it?
Can't count the Lankans out just yet though, Dimuth & Kaushal did a good job steering the team to stumps last night, if those guys can lay a solid foundation today the stage could be set for Dhananjaya, Mathews & co to forge a great escape. Moeen is looking pretty dangerous out there.
Can't count the Lankans out just yet though, Dimuth & Kaushal did a good job steering the team to stumps last night, if those guys can lay a solid foundation today the stage could be set for Dhananjaya, Mathews & co to forge a great escape. Moeen is looking pretty dangerous out there.
Howe_zat
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Sri Lanka have been poor. Drops and gifted wickets. What happens when you lose innit
I'm sure the buzz over the next week will be about how the series is so one sided and oh dear competitive cricket, and then those people will fall mysteriously silent when SL get their **** together and beat us in one of the other tests.
I'm sure the buzz over the next week will be about how the series is so one sided and oh dear competitive cricket, and then those people will fall mysteriously silent when SL get their **** together and beat us in one of the other tests.
YorksLanka
International Debutant
can someone please keep a look out for Kusal's brain as he seems to have lost it..again..