Dravid
International Captain
Dhoni is scoring runs, so why drop him?No point playing Dhoni if he's not going to keep, not when you have better batting prospects in domestic cricket.
Dhoni is scoring runs, so why drop him?No point playing Dhoni if he's not going to keep, not when you have better batting prospects in domestic cricket.
He's played a couple of decent innings. But if he's to be considered as a long-term pure batting prospect in tests, he needs to go back and get runs under his belt in FC cricket and earn his spot because there are better batting prospects (based on FC averages) waiting in line. Same applies to Karthick if India chose to go with Dhoni.Dhoni is scoring runs, so why drop him?
If anyone that deserves to go to India right now for FC, it's Sehwag.He's played a couple of decent innings. But if he's to be considered as a long-term pure batting prospect in tests, he needs to go back and get runs under his belt in FC cricket and earn his spot because there are better batting prospects (based on FC averages) waiting in line. Same applies to Karthick if India chose to go with Dhoni.
From what we saw of Uthappa in the ODIs vs England, he seemed totally front-foot dominant and had very little of a back-foot game. Hope he's improved on that, or he'll be worked out quite easily.Ganguly/Uthappa (great domestic season)
Isn't first-class cricket merely one avenue of proving your credentials at the highest level? We look at performance in first-class cricket simply to get an idea of who is likely to score runs in test cricket. If someone is already scoring runs in test cricket, does it really matter if they've gone through the whole process of excelling in first-class cricket? In a sense, isn't first-class success the means (and not the only means) and not the end. Just some food for thought.He's played a couple of decent innings. But if he's to be considered as a long-term pure batting prospect in tests, he needs to go back and get runs under his belt in FC cricket and earn his spot because there are better batting prospects (based on FC averages) waiting in line. Same applies to Karthick if India chose to go with Dhoni.
Agreed, but has Dhoni really been that succesful in Tests to earn a spot as a pure batsman? No, IMO. He's had the odd good innings under pressure, but largely scores of 15-25 and averages 30.Isn't first-class cricket merely one avenue of proving your credentials at the highest level? We look at performance in first-class cricket simply to get an idea of who is likely to score runs in test cricket. If someone is scoring runs in test cricket already, does it really matter if they've gone through the whole process of excelling in first-class cricket? In a sense, isn't the first-class the means (and not the primary means) and not the end. Just some food for thought.
That was definitely an issue and I'm not sure if he's worked on it or not. He did score some runs in Australia (as did Gambhir, Badrinath and Sharma) but that doesn't necessarily indicate that his back-foot game has improved.From what we saw of Uthappa in the ODIs vs England, he seemed totally front-foot dominant and had very little of a back-foot game. Hope he's improved on that, or he'll be worked out quite easily.
Yup, far better move than sending in Sehwag for us. This guy actually knows how to bat sensibly.Got home from cricket today 15 mins after the match started, switched it on and saw Pollock in. Needless to say I was confused
Been a good move.
No.Really OT, but is Paul Harris taller than Morne Morkel?