Dunno. And I’d probably stick with him for the moment for that reasonWhere are you going to find these amazing openers and number 3, equally gifted in attack and defence? There are promising young players in CC but nobody breaking the door down for selection. We have talented batsmen at 4 and 5, and perhaps Lawrence/Pope at six and Buttler at seven, but they aren't able to show their ability as they are still exposed regularly to the new ball. On the occasions we have made 400+ it's because they've been protected by the openers 'taking the leather off the ball'.
If we wanted to chase that declaration (which would have been a fools errand with the team we selected) we could have opened with middle order batsmen.
Who do you play instead?
Geoff Marsh 33.19
Mark Taylor 43.50
They batted through the day at Nottingham in 1989.
These are career S/Rs, I'd expect them to be lower in England.
he needs a method however, he needs a second shot!