Batted pretty well for his 74 in Australia and his 48 against them at home, though overall agree that more significant inning are needed. Has 347 runs at 31.5 since his return to this side last October. IMO looks a better batsman now than he has previously, though definitely shouldn't bat below six as he's not good at hitting early in his innings.
I don't think he does rotate the stroke enough for a 5, Broom is often 3-4 off 12 deliveries and then catches up later, if not dismissed. At 5 you need someone who rotates from the outset.
Willamson and Taylor are damned if they do, damned if they don't here with the way our lower order has been going. Getting to 200 after 40 overs has traditionally been pretty good and if we had some of our best finishers from the past we'd be looking at close to 300. As it stands, I'd be happy with 280 from here.
Jeez I'd be happy with 280 too, another over with 2 off goes by. I'm not criticizing the Taylor/KW partnership either, they did well, I'm filthy what's happen since then, I think you need to be proactive and take a little risk when you're up against a quality line up like SA,
Agree that we shouldn't be scoring just 2 off the 40th over; Taylor in particular is becalmed. Only four wickets down so despite the lower order weakness, can afford to launch now.
Unsure as not watching, though it seems that it was tricky to score earlier in the innings. That said, Tahir went for 1/61 off 10 so it's hard to be confident that our spinners can restrict through the middle overs like we want them to.
CM Punk, is something wrong? You accidentally clicked 'like' on a positive post.Really well-paced innings from Neesham - came in at a good time, worked himself in at a decent strike rate of 80ish, and has accelerated well.
