I think Compton has probably missed his chance and as he is 29 is not the best long-term choice. I woould rather the selectors chose someone younger with their career in front of them who can grow into the role of international opener, maybe Alex Hales or Joe Root should be given a chance.
Not the worst time to face India, tbf. The team is in a even bigger transition.
Medium term, perhaps?
Having completely ignored Compton in my post in the other thread, I agree with this completely. Compton needs to be in the side, whether it be opening or at 3.
Nope, Root's been the nominated one.
I actually expect them to pick Root straight away. Not what I'd do but I think they may head that way. He's definitely a long way ahead of Robson at the moment though given the latter was recently dropped from the Middlesex side.
One could say it puts into perspective the relative lack of interest in NSW about Robson.
I god damn I can be real ****ing slow sometimes.
As much as I was keen for NSW to give Robson a go due to his First Class success, he wasn't really standing out ahead of the pack in grade cricket either. He's been going well but the likes of Dawson, Mail, Hunt, Cruickshank, Merchant and even allrounders like Moran, Lambert, Keen (pre-move) etc have outperformed him with the bat over the last few seasons. If we weren't willing to let Jaques play county cricket as a local player and still play Shield cricket for us, then yeah...
Jaques > Robson > Cruickshank > playing 11 bowlers > South Australia
