chris.hinton
International Captain
Masterstroke getting Moeen at 3. 28 already and 100 is incoming
I guess it has truly paid off, when JR comes in with the ball 20+ overs old.Reckon we can say the Moeen move has paid off already.
well he started middle of the order, moved up for that series but bear in mind 'in India' you play against spin not pace and can often be a war of attrition, what he did out there has little bearing on elsewhereHow has Moeen gone from hitting 2 100's in India at #4 to being shoved at number 7 for his whole career?
was going to say is it the tactic/man or the aussie failings, like someone was raving about the Marsh hundred which could have been the unraved 18 had Root caught it!I guess it has truly paid off, when JR comes in with the ball 20+ overs old.
It's been a horrible innings, barely timed anything. Other times in the series he's looked fluent until chucking it away, this has been the worst of Zak Crawley, fortunate to still be there.Crawley has been somewhat blessed so far
would you take a "blessed" 21no or a skilled 1 (if you can call it that).....?Crawley has been somewhat blessed so far
that's just a loser's mentality though. every time he's batted up the order it always felt like one failure and he was the first to go, he's not the most vocal but for someone that bats for his County at 3 and ONLY 3 it's actually more of an effort to ruin his batting confidence and keep him down the order to make him 'feel' like a bowler... anyway he got 200 test wickets at least but there's a case to say that the ECB completely ruined a potentially class number 3well he started middle of the order, moved up for that series but bear in mind 'in India' you play against spin not pace and can often be a war of attrition, what he did out there has little bearing on elsewhere
also where he's batted more than a handful of times ie 16+ innings and averages 33.48 and 25.93 happens to be 6 and 7 respectively, otherwise 1-5 he has scored 988 runs @ 24.09
so not much of a case for him to bat #4 anywhere but 'in India', 1-6 not 'in India' he averages 20.33, may as well bat care free down the order where it doesn't have much consequence if he's going to be the spinner
well if he sees off the new ball and scores a few in the process does anyone care whether they are streaky or technically proficient in scoring?!?It's been a horrible innings, barely timed anything. Other times in the series he's looked fluent until chucking it away, this has been the worst of Zak Crawley, fortunate to still be there.
yup, England will be very happy with 30. Anything from here is a bonus.How many does Mo have to get to make the gamble of putting him #3 worthwhile? I'd say we're pretty close already.
He has to do big job with the ball in second innings.You just know Mo is going to bash out a century here.