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So YJB first. If he really is sulking about not having the gloves, then it makes Joe Root's comments before the Test about England not having a first choice keeper all the more interesting as it could be construed as a public admonishment in a rather passive-aggressive manner.
Sir Geoffrey's assertion that he's a number 7 at Test level: not exactly born out by stats. Batting at 7 he averages 41 against a career average of 37. This average at 7 is helped by not not scores (in 100 innings overall he has 6 red inkers: in 36 innings at 7, he has four).
The thing to look for is his batting under Cook compared to Root: an average of 46 over 15 Tests compared to 34 over 9 when batting at 7. You then compare this to his performance when batting between 1 and 6. Under Cook he averages just under 40 over 22 Tests whereas in 12 Tests under Root he averages 30. Those figures suggest that he can bat top 6 effectively and did so for the previous captain. It is interesting to look at JYB's first match under Cook when batting in the top six. Of that side from 2012, only Cook and Bairstow remain from that top six. It'll be six years since that game, Cook and Compton opening, and we're still looking for a consistent opening pair.
So I think JYB can play in the top six. It feels dreadfully conservative by the Yorkshire lot to say he can't. If he can handle a white ball in 50 over cricket, then he should be able to handle a red one that's a few overs older.
The next topic of fun comes the consistent excellent Andrew Fidel Fernando, hands down the best cricket journo this year not called Gassage (his piece on Lasith Malinga earlier this year for WCM is superb and you should all read it). Fernando writes on the 1998 one-off England-Sri Lanka Test where Murali turned it square. One passage shows the difference between then and now:
http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1156553/-the-next-time-we-visited-england--they-were-giving-us-three-test-series
"Clearly eager to prove themselves in England, and in the longest format, Sri Lanka had undertaken a long build-up to the Test, playing no fewer than five multi-day matches against counties. By the time the Test rolled around, they had big wins under their belt and had substantial confidence in their game.
Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka batsman: There was basically a county tour for us. That was part of our preparation those days - playing as many four-day games as possible. Some of the county teams were very strong teams. But when we got to the Test, it was in the latter part of the summer, and that probably helped us because the wickets were flat. The England camp wasn't very happy."
By contrast, India this summer had three T20 games, three 50 over ODI games, and a three-day practice match.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45359234
"Clarke's second year in first-class cricket, 2016, was stellar containing six centuries. Since then, his average has regressed to around 40 - a mark which England coach Trevor Bayliss says does not suggest success at Test level."
On what basis? I know Marcus Trescothick was averaging well under 40 when he made his Test bow and I have a suspicion Vaughan was as well. It seems almost perverse that a guy averaging 41 as CLarke is now over several seasons is considered to be a likely Test failure yet a guy in his first proper season in the form of Ollie Pope gets the fast track treatment.
The more of these small comments come out, the more Bayliss looks like a man shouting "Twist" despite going bust ages ago.
Lest we forget this is the number 1 ranked test side we've just beaten.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youYep. A side ranked number one that has made 350 once and four Test matches have lasted less than 14 days in total. An exciting but low quality series.
The overall series bowling strike rates are mental, even more so when you consider how many catches have been grassed.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=12033;type=series
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youIt has been an enjoyable series. But it does highlight the dearth of test match batting. Makes you worry about the test game and where it will be in the next 5 years.
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Nah. Rashid's quite a floaty leg spinner. A leg spinner like Kumble or Afridi would have been a challenge as they were leggies who bowled into the wicket more. It's the same with offies. Moeen is a bowl into the wicket kind of offie as was Swann. That works fine on a wicket like Southampton but doesn't work anywhere near as well in Australia. Offies like Ashwin and Lyon bowl more over the top when the deliver the ball and thus get the bounce on Aussie wickets that Moeen didn't show last winter.
A spinning wicket won't necessarily help all spinners. Just ask Tony Lock...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17417/scorecard/62814/england-vs-australia-4th-test-australia-tour-of-england-1956