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Modern retires from tests


Frankel said:
An excellent cricketer.

The way he bats on a good day is beautiful.

Shame to see him go.
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Agree, apart from the last bit. I think his Test career was done, he wasn't going to become 'good' again' I reckon.
Still T20 is easier, and lucrative. On an individual player basis it makes sense to abandon the difficult stuff and move to big payday stuff.
 
Good to watch when batting in full flow.

A useful number 7 or 8 when he's the only member of the team who's form is unpredicatble, but in the current line up there are about 5 batsmen who can't be relied upon on a regular basis (and he's one of them).

Hopefully the catalyst for some clear thinking from ECB and the selectors
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
I think he might also be self-aware enough to know that he’d have struggled in Australia playing-wise.

The fact that it pushes Leach back to premier spinner by default may make it a blessing in disguise for England.
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That conversation is going to be fun, 'so Jack, you know how we dropped you after you did so well in India and Sri Lanka and how your Captain said a bloke that had played 1 first class match in a year was England number 1 spinner or how we left you out and made you carry the drinks,well guess what you get to go australia with a weakened team and get launched into the stands by Steve Smith, after which we'll drop you again for Bess because he bats a bit and we need to bat to 10 because we keep getting skittled for under 250'
chunkylover53 said:
Parkinson has to go to Oz now (if it happens)
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Looks like he had a very good summer
 
Started off as a batsmen who can bowl a bit and ended as a bowler who can bat a bit. Strange career progression. Very stylish to watch batting when he's on form. He has the languid elegance of David Gower at his best. But at his worst he looks like a Number 11. As a bowler however he has improved massively and has taken a lot of prized wickets. He has Kohli's number.
 
Don't blame him, he seemed to be enjoying the Hundred before he was slapped in to the Test team and the intense pressure that goes along with it.
 
Good job they went for a cut-off of 190 and 2900, not 200 and 3000.

Stats that compare total numbers of runs or wickets don't take into account the greater number of games played these days.

That said, if Mo didn't have one of the worst economy rates of any England test bowler of any permanence, his average would be awesome.
 
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