He has faced 3 of the test playing nations, it isn't only runs against Australia that count mate, you do realise this?
Runs against everyone "count", but surely even you know that some come cheaper than others. In the context of test cricket, India and Sri Lanka at home are easy runs. Had he scored those runs against those sides in the subcontinent, they would be considerably more impressive.
India, Sri Lanka and West Indies (even when they actually field a full side) are the lowest ranked of the proper test playing nations. If he didn't have a high average after those three series it would have to set some serious alarm bells ringing.
He will have the chance to really put a marker down this summer, when he faces some decent bowling. I genuinely hope he does the business but I would not be putting any money on it just yet.
Also he needs to show he hasn't got a second gear? That is one thing he 100% has shown, and what he has been praised for by every pundit. Were you not watching last summer? he starts off slowly but then clicks through the gears the more time he spends in the middle.
Weapons grade bullshit. On more than one occasion in this series he has inexplicably gone along at less than 0.40. This in dominant match positions against a shocking attack on incredibly flat pitches. If he had an extra gear this was by far the most obvious time to use it.
West Indies reserves?
It really is pathetic the level of negativity you show
Yes - most of West Indies' best players are not playing in this series, and the lesser players who take their place in those circumstances - the reserves - are playing instead. That is just a fact.
Good to see KP get another failure today, Jessie Ryder wasn't it? Where he does fit in the pecking order of international bowlers.
Nobody has mentioned KP on this thread. However, it's good to see that his class and his many, many thousands of top level runs have placed him at the forefront of even your mind. "Another failure" is also a bit of a stretch; he's only played three first class innings this season and averages 51. I'd also wager that he (and the majority of other batsmen facing LVCC bowlers in English early-season conditions) are being put through a considerably sterner examination than the England test team have over the past couple of weeks on those Caribbean featherbeds.
One is england's second all time leading run scorer
the other averages 67 and is one of the fastest ever to 1000 test runs
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Second? Who could possibly have more?
