Moonsorrow999
U19 Debutant
I'd select Burns, Gubbins, Mitchell and Jennings over Cook. You may think otherwise but England have had top order struggles for so long and he's always at the heart of it.
You always say 'nobody scores runs' but Cook last three hundreds came on two super duper flat decks and one where the pink ball refused to swing! Where were his contributions when The Ashes were alive? Stoneman was contributing. Plenty of others contributed. In fact for a while now, England have won games because of Anderson and Broad, slightly helped by the fact their lower/middle order have scraped together a par score.
Nobody gets in the side just because their name is Cook. Just because of what they have done. In a team game if you don't address the heart of the problem then you won't improve. Stoneman was better than Cook in the Ashes if you look at the context runs scored in, Alaistar's 200 didn't do anything since England had already lost, Starc was out and the pitch was reported! Jennings is averaging higher than Cook this series and I'm pretty sure it's been like this before where others have just had the chop.
Problem with England at the moment. No quality spin, nobody who can bowl quickly. All of their good bowlers are right arm the same. That, and there top order has had major problems for a long time. This isn't just because Cook has lacked a partner, in fact he's been part of it. Let two new guys come in and see what they can do. Can't get any worse than two walking wickets atm.
You always say 'nobody scores runs' but Cook last three hundreds came on two super duper flat decks and one where the pink ball refused to swing! Where were his contributions when The Ashes were alive? Stoneman was contributing. Plenty of others contributed. In fact for a while now, England have won games because of Anderson and Broad, slightly helped by the fact their lower/middle order have scraped together a par score.
Nobody gets in the side just because their name is Cook. Just because of what they have done. In a team game if you don't address the heart of the problem then you won't improve. Stoneman was better than Cook in the Ashes if you look at the context runs scored in, Alaistar's 200 didn't do anything since England had already lost, Starc was out and the pitch was reported! Jennings is averaging higher than Cook this series and I'm pretty sure it's been like this before where others have just had the chop.
Problem with England at the moment. No quality spin, nobody who can bowl quickly. All of their good bowlers are right arm the same. That, and there top order has had major problems for a long time. This isn't just because Cook has lacked a partner, in fact he's been part of it. Let two new guys come in and see what they can do. Can't get any worse than two walking wickets atm.
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