luke wright. charles colville summed him up last night

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in the highlights of the first t20, charles was interviewing alec stewart and they came to the subject of luke wright

i quote from charles

"luke wright, what's the point?"

stewart went onto say, that this is a vital series for him, to show some form, to remain in the world cup squad

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23460.html his stats

odi wickets taken 15 at 51.26, best of 2 for 34

odi runs scored 600 at 21.42 top score 52

T20 wickets taken 6 at 36.50, best of 1 for 5

T20 runs scored 328 at 15.61, top score of 71

he has played 42 ODIs and 28 T20s

imo not good enough, though i am hopeful that the coming ODI series will show that wright, does have it in him to win games for england, though at present he is being carried by the success of others.

he has opened, he has come in down the order to finish, neither of which he has been successful and as Alec Stewart said last night, he still has a lot to do, to prove what role in the side he can fulfill and be a vital member of the team

imo, when broad is fit, he would come into the side and take the spot currently occupied by wright, bresnan as well is a better bowling option and his batting is not to shabby either

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plus he is to good looking and the lasses love him, so he deserves a slap for that anarl

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what is the point of Charles Colville? Yesterday summed him up as the arrogant prick he really is. Sky need to get rid of him they have been far to loyal and TBH Ian Ward is a million times better than him.
 
eddyfinn said:
what is the point of Charles Colville? Yesterday summed him up as the arrogant prick he really is. Sky need to get rid of him they have been far to loyal and TBH Ian Ward is a million times better than him.
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correct. Colville is a host presenter but seems to get caught up in hosting and then offering his own views which are what the guests are for
 
Colville is a prat, but he's right about Wright. He's not good enough to get into the team as a batsmen or a bowler. His role is a lower order batsman who might bowl a couple of overs if things go wrong.

I'd much rather have Ravi Bopara in his place. A specialist batsman who can bowl a bit (and not much worse than right). Remember what he did at Chester-le-Street in the ODI last year.
 
Andy.SAFC said:
I'd much rather have Ravi Bopara in his place. A specialist batsman who can bowl a bit (and not much worse than right). Remember what he did at Chester-le-Street in the ODI last year.
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I agree, I'm all for giving young players a chance but Wright has played 50 ODI's now and still no-one knows his role in the team. Bopara at least is a far better batsman than Wright to have coming in at 6 or even 7, and seems to have improved his bowling over the last couple of years.
 
The Breen Machine said:
I agree, I'm all for giving young players a chance but Wright has played 50 ODI's now and still no-one knows his role in the team. Bopara at least is a far better batsman than Wright to have coming in at 6 or even 7, and seems to have improved his bowling over the last couple of years.
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are they not trying to groom him into the Albie Morkel role?

In addition, he gets parachuted in on tour during the winter to come in and bascially smash class bowling from ball one, bit harsh sometimes to slaughter his performance

He has gone from a cold english winter, to facing the quickest bowler in the world, bowling 95mph yorkers, yet were slagging him off :roll:
 
essex boy said:
are they not trying to groom him into the Albie Morkel role?

In addition, he gets parachuted in on tour during the winter to come in and bascially smash class bowling from ball one, bit harsh sometimes to slaughter his performance

He has gone from a cold english winter, to facing the quickest bowler in the world, bowling 95mph yorkers, yet were slagging him off :roll:
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I've never seen Luke Wright play an innings anywhere near as destructive as Albie Morkel could, his technique is so limited he simply could not get away with it at the highest level.

I sympathise with him for yesterday, but he's probably scored 2 half centuries in 50 ODI's and I don't think he's ever taken more than 2 wickets in an innings, so yesterday was hardly a kneejerk criticism.
 
The Breen Machine said:
I've never seen Luke Wright play an innings anywhere near as destructive as Albie Morkel could, his technique is so limited he simply could not get away with it at the highest level.

I sympathise with him for yesterday, but he's probably scored 2 half centuries in 50 ODI's and I don't think he's ever taken more than 2 wickets in an innings, so yesterday was hardly a kneejerk criticism.
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We have said it ourselves though nobody is quite sure what his role is, thus he might well feel the same.

I could swear he was tried opening for a while which doesnt help his stats as he clearly wasnt or is an opener.

I think this is another Ian Bell type scenario in test cricket, where he was expected to do to much to soon and needs to develop his role in the side from a lower starting base
 
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essex boy said:
are they not trying to groom him into the Albie Morkel role?

In addition, he gets parachuted in on tour during the winter to come in and bascially smash class bowling from ball one, bit harsh sometimes to slaughter his performance

He has gone from a cold english winter, to facing the quickest bowler in the world, bowling 95mph yorkers, yet were slagging him off :roll:
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His bowling doesnt offer enough control and his batting is nowhere near as destructive. He's played 40 ODIs, only averages 20 (Can be slightly excused because he has to come in down the order and try and whack it) but his strike rate is only 90. And in T20s he averages 15 and his strike rate is 128. Compare to Morkel who averages 22 in ODIs (not much difference I know) but has a strike rate of 100, and most importantly in T20s he averages 23 at a rate of 143.

And he wont have been sitting in the cold English winter, he will have been with the performance squad.
 
essex boy said:
we have said it ourselves though nobody isnt quite sure what his role is, thus he might well feel the same.

I could swear he was tried opening for a while which doesnt help his stats as he clearly isnt an opener.

I think this is another Ian Bell in test cricket, where he was expected to do much to soon and needs to develop his role in the side from a lower starting base
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He has been shifted around a bit but for about 18 months he's hovered around the 6 and 7 spots so that's a good length of time in a settled position. He's never looked comfortable with the bat at ODI level and I think thats purely technical. He can swing across the line well and has a decent eye but other than that his scoring shots are limited. I don't mind him as a 5th bowler in a ODI team as he's quite good bowling under pressure and normally has a good economy rate, but if he's not scoring many runs I'm not sure he's worth a place.
 
Andy.SAFC said:
His bowling doesnt offer enough control and his batting is nowhere near as destructive. He's played 40 ODIs, only averages 20 (Can be slightly excused because he has to come in down the order and try and whack it) but his strike rate is only 90. And in T20s he averages 15 and his strike rate is 128. Compare to Morkel who averages 22 in ODIs (not much difference I know) but has a strike rate of 100, and most importantly in T20s he averages 23 at a rate of 143.

And he wont have been sitting in the cold English winter, he will have been with the performance squad.
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has Morkel been wasted opening the batting? which means direct average comparisons can be unfair
 
It's ridiculous to judge Wright's batting on his average. Since we've become semi-succesful, over half the times he comes to the wicket he basically has to lash out from ball one. He should stay in the side imo, useful in all 3 disciplines.
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
It's ridiculous to judge Wright's batting on his average. Since we've become semi-succesful, over half the times he comes to the wicket he basically has to lash out from ball one. He should stay in the side imo, useful in all 3 disciplines.
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Technically does he look good enough to you to bat number 6 for England?

I know what you mean about the average, but there have been enough times he has come in without having to tee off straight away, and looked quite mediocre.
 
The Breen Machine said:
Technically does he look good enough to you to bat number 6 for England?

I know what you mean about the average, but there have been enough times he has come in without having to tee off straight away, and looked quite mediocre.
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In limited overs cricket, just about on the basis that he adds tothe bowling and fielding. I suspect that Eoin Morgan isn't good enough tests where you get a constant stream of balls in the corridor but he's mint at ODIs.
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
In limited overs cricket, just about on the basis that he adds tothe bowling and fielding. I suspect that Eoin Morgan isn't good enough tests where you get a constant stream of balls in the corridor but he's mint at ODIs.
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I have my doubts. In a world cup semi-final when we are 80/4, seeing Luke Wright stride out at 6 would not give me much hope whatsoever. I think Bopara is a much better bet there especially now since his bowling has come on a bit. Not saying I'd totally exclude Wright from the squad, I think he's decent to have around as his bowling and fielding are handy enough, but playing every ODI and batting 6?, not so sure at all.
 
The Breen Machine said:
Technically does he look good enough to you to bat number 6 for England?

I know what you mean about the average, but there have been enough times he has come in without having to tee off straight away, and looked quite mediocre.
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No he doesnt but then he isnt a number 6.

He is a number 7
 
as i said in the OP, this is a big series for wright.

he is not an inexperienced novice now and has to show, he is capable of finishing off a game, or setting up a big target, whilst batting

also, does colly or strauss, trust him to bowl a full spell?

there are others waiting to step in, bresnan and broad for 2

i hope the lad succeeds but his innings yesterday, though he could be excused, but then again, the kid woakes came in and finished the game off on his debut and bowled a spell.

when he arrived yesterday, all it needed was some nurdling around as morgan was set and scoring big. no, we get a shuffle across to a straight ball, when a basic front foot shot was needed

he has talent, no doubt but it is now the time to show it
 
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