[4th Test] South Africa v England

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I’d take Jennings (to bat 3) instead. If they truly want to go ‘horses for courses’. Plus it’s been highlighted this tour just how poor Denly is against spin due to his inability to use his feet.
Jennings good player of spin.
Denly poor player of spin.
Could be denlys last test I think, been an ok stopgap for a couple series
 
I’d take Jennings (to bat 3) instead. If they truly want to go ‘horses for courses’. Plus it’s been highlighted this tour just how poor Denly is against spin due to his inability to use his feet.

Don't like horses for courses with batsman - it ruins their confidence and you should always be looking to nurture batsman into an all-court line-up.

That said, Denly is chronic against spin, as you say. And I think, with Burns coming back next summer, there's probably nothing wrong with a placeholder in there for one series. Which should obviously be Jennings.

An interesting debate is if you have Burns, Crawley and Sibley available - what order would they come in?
 
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