Ridiculous innings from Livingstone, could have just cemented his place in the WT20 squad.
Would rather have Livingstone than Malan (always starts slowly and has got out early in the process as evidenced by 7 single digit scores in his last 9 innings) especially as he gives us that bowling option. England have discarded Root as an option, which is disappointing, but one can't get away from the fact that a top 7 of (and not necessarily the order) of Bairstow, Roy, Livingstone, Buttler, Morgan, Stokes and Moeen Ali is quite frightening. Add Jordan, Archer, Rashid and Wood to that lot and it will be a team to rival
Ridiculous innings from Livingstone, could have just cemented his place in the WT20 squad.
he's been top class for quite a long time .. let's hope he keeps his place and is not overlooked for a 'tried and tested' long server .. is Moeen worth a spot nowadays, or just gets in for old times sake ?
Ridiculous innings from Livingstone, could have just cemented his place in the WT20 squad.
Would rather have Livingstone than Malan (always starts slowly and has got out early in the process as evidenced by 7 single digit scores in his last 9 innings) especially as he gives us that bowling option. England have discarded Root as an option, which is disappointing, but one can't get away from the fact that a top 7 of (and not necessarily the order) of Bairstow, Roy, Livingstone, Buttler, Morgan, Stokes and Moeen Ali is quite frightening. Add Jordan, Archer, Rashid and Wood to that lot and it will be a team to rival
Malan's last 11 scores in T20s for Yorkshire and England:
It does surprise me that with the amount of quality we have Tom Curran continues to get by with such mediocre performances.
Plays for Surrey.
I'm not sure about playing for Surrey per se but it definitely does help to be at one of the high profile counties especially when the head coach of that county is a former England captain. As I've intimated previously and from what I've witnessed at county level, coaches stick with the ones they like and believe in and that in itself gives limited opportunities to those that perhaps deserve a chance to show what they can do.
One only has to look, in very recent times, at the performances of players who are not even in the second line but, potentially, the third rank for England and Kent respectively to appreciate that there are a lot of talented players out there that never get their "day in the sun".
It's no different to football. If you play for Surrey, Middlesex, Nottingham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire etc, you'll get a better chance than if you play for Glamorgan, Somerset, Gloucester, Durham etc.
So, who drops out of the batting line up when Stokes and Morgan are available too?
Roy and Bairstow?
It's a tricky one. Nice for the selectors to have a problem
Malan and Tom Curran go. Malan because he is such a slow starter and chews up balls early - in 8 of his last 10 innings he has scored the combined total of 21 runs off 49 balls. None of the other batsmen in the frame need that sort of platform. Livingstone bowls too and offers us a 3rd spin option.
If the T20 WC was right now and everyone was fit then this would be my team (batting order to be decided upon):
Buttler Roy Livingston (b) Bairstow Morgan Stokes (b) Moeen (b) Jordan (b) Rashid (b) Archer (b) Wood (b)
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he's been top class for quite a long time .. let's hope he keeps his place and is not overlooked for a 'tried and tested' long server .. is Moeen worth a spot nowadays, or just gets in for old times sake ?
got enough players who can give it a biff.
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So impressed with Parkinson and Rachid's bowling.
Moeen Ali looks better, when coming on under less pressure.
Record breaking by England; Great info Andy.
Pick as many Surrey players as possible to help Kent win domestic trophies.
Simple
One only has to look, in very recent times, at the performances of players who are not even in the second line but, potentially, the third rank for England and Kent respectively to appreciate that there are a lot of talented players out there that never get their "day in the sun".
If you play for Surrey, Middlesex, Nottingham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire etc,
you'll get a better chance than if you play for Glamorgan, Somerset, Gloucester, Durham etc.
Roy and Bairstow?
Nice for the selectors to have a problem
I was really pleased for Mo today, Buttler gave him more for a chance with the ball and he done well.
If the T20 WC was right now and everyone was fit then this would be my team (batting order to be decided upon):
Buttler
Roy
Livingston (b)
Bairstow
Morgan
Stokes (b)
Moeen (b)
Jordan (b)
Rashid (b)
Archer (b)
Wood (b)