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Well, I learned something today.
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*Official* Third Test at the WACA
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Viscount Tom
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I think at this point we should employ the Svirisnan defence.
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Burgey
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Seing Watson bat like this is why I would ideally love him to bat at six in a five man attack. Really get the impression that with him having been moved around so much in his career that he often doesn't know how he should bat, and seems almost insecure. If they had a good enough top order that he could be given a licence batting down the order he could be a slightly poor man's Gilly instead of a really poor man's Boonie.
morgieb
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His average isn't great and he doesn't keep regularly for his county. He has potential but that's it ats afaic.
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Yeah, this. Tell Bailey to piss off, call up Hughes, North or some other **** who can bat top-order, make Watson the all-rounder.
Bailey and Watson in now...this is gonna be scary for England.
centurymaker
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Wat a son!
Arachnodouche
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English supporters should get drunk over the remaining two days of this Test, not tune in to any scores, then log in on Tuesday morning/evening and hope for a "Amazing Rearguard by England" sort of headline. That's such a wonderful feeling, helps the hangover too.
Jarquis
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Steve Davies is probably the man I'd like to see picked if Prior couldn't play the next Test. It's never going to happen though. If we were having this conversation this time next year though and Jos could average 40 for the season then I'd go for him obviously. Just think he needs to rack up some more hours behind the stumps before we go for him.
hendrix
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He'd be batting at 7 though, right? Do you really need him to average 40 from there? Or is the quality of county cricket just that low?
Just looked like the perfect guy to have coming in at 7 and he looks athletic enough from what I saw that he could be a good keeper. Admittedly I only saw him in ODIs.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Its probably true but it doesn't excuse his constant ****ness. He's just a front foot plodder who doesn't know how to convert a start. That's criminal wherever you bat.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Nah then you just feel guilty having not watched your team pull off a miracle.
Shri
Mr. Glass
So you are saying they are not likely to miss much?
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I've been wondering why he's fallen from favour - heard him talked about as a big prospect for years, then looked promising the couple of times I saw him. Lost form?
Jarquis
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In the Test side, yeah. He'll bat top 6 for Lancs though I expect. Averaging 40 in the County Championship isn't that much of a tough ask, though admittedly he never managed it while batting at Taunton for half his games.
I don't see how you can read anything from his ODI batting, you can take a lot about his attitude etc but the fact he's great at scooping and flat batting over long off doesn't count for much. There's also a lot more to keeping than 'athleticism'. Basically, all the things you've said might be true but he needs to have a season for Lancs and give some evidence that they are in fact true.