BS: england batsman weakness

Subject: RE: BS: england batsman weakness
From: The Sandman
Date: 30 Aug 19 - 02:57 AM

from guardian about egdgbaston test
Jos Buttler, England’s Test No 5, has one hundred to his name in first-class cricket in the past five years. Here he was bowled trying to defend a ball from Pat Cummins that hit the top of off stump. Nathan Lyon bowled superbly, finding just the right line and the right pace to make the fifth-day pitch work for him. AGAIN FROM THEVGUARDIAN A DIFFERENT ARTICLE   
   
Jason Roy’s Test future lies in batting down the order, says Trevor Bayliss

• Surrey man has struggled as opener in Ashes series
• ‘He’s doing a job for the team at the moment’




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Trevor Bayliss is not known to be an Eric Morecambe fan but, when asked about England’s lineup for the third Ashes Test, the coach essentially claimed they are playing all the notes, just not necessarily in the right order.

“We think we’ve got the best seven batters available to us at the moment,” said Bayliss before training on Tuesday. “Whether we can change it round and make that any better I’m not sure but we’ll certainly have a discussion about it.”
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Jason Roy looks set to continue as opener for one more Test and, to judge by his aggressive approach in the nets two days out from a match England cannot afford to lose, the right-hander is not going to die wondering. But with one half-century from six Test innings – and then from No 3 when Jack Leach performed his nightwatchman heroics against Ireland – there are growing concerns over his suitability against the new ball.

Bayliss appears to share these. “Personally I think he probably is suited to the middle order but we’ve selected him in the top of the order because of his form in the one-day team. It hasn’t worked yet but he can easily come out and blast a quick hundred. Long term he’s more middle order. He’d feel more comfortable there but he’s doing a job for the team at the moment.”

Roy is not yet fighting for his place, rather there appears to be a debate behind the scenes as to whether he and Joe Denly, at No 4, should swap positions. As such, it is not a stretch to conclude that this confusion is sub-optimal midway through an Ashes series.

The head scratching goes beyond this pair too. Joe Root volunteered to move to No 3 for this series despite a preference to bat one lower, while England are also trying to work out the best order for Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow.

Stokes and Buttler switched spots in the second innings at Lord’s, sharing a 90-run partnership that resulted in the former kicking on for his first Test century in nearly two years from No 5. Jonny Bairstow also made scores of 52 and 30 in the match from his preferred No 7 spot. Yet England are still thinking about shuffling this around again, with Stokes staying put and Buttler possibly moving down to play as a specialist batsman at No 7 again, the position he was originally handed on his return to the team last year.

Subject: RE: BS: england batsman weakness
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 30 Aug 19 - 02:56 AM

Or we could bribe the umpire....again.

Subject: RE: BS: england batsman weakness
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 30 Aug 19 - 02:53 AM

Perhaps Trump would make an offer for us. Then we could enter the comp as America.....avoiding national disgrace.

Subject: BS: england batsman weakness
From: The Sandman
Date: 30 Aug 19 - 01:51 AM

Any ideas how to avoid a repeat of Englands first innings cricket debacle of 60 odd all out, should Roy be dropped?