Hello mate good to have you back. I think the issue with Burns is that you are really critical of him in particular but get really defensive when others are critical of other players, arguably poorer ones such as Sibley, Crawley, Bess etc.
that’s not true though
go through my posts, I never ever wanted him dropped. He was in all my XIs
he doesn’t score enough runs, simple as that. I’d still play him but he’s not a great Test cricketer
and I’ve been very critical of Pope too, I’ve got it into for no players
Sibley is what he is. I’d stick with him as I think he serves his purpose for now
my point with Burns is he gets way way less stick than the other players and was often even a pundit on sky talking about the art of test batting!
chuffed for him to get a 100 but he needs to do that a hell of a lot more
I dunno where this idea came from that I want him dropped I could find you 5 or 6 posts recently where he is in my side
Whatever his test average is, he is the best opening batsman in the country in red ball cricket.
And the best opener batsman in the country should have a central contract don’t you think?
Where the 3rd or 4th fourth best fast bowler in the country with a history of injuries is less likely to get one, that makes common sense to me.
Don’t think Burns is seen as a success just better than all the others.
I do agree with you though about the over the top reaction though, things taken a bit out of perspective imo.
you might be right that he’s better than the others but he hasn’t shown that in test cricket, that’s my point.
for his technique he needs to be more disciplined
you’ll never ever persuade me that Rory Burns is more valuable and should be paid more than Mark Wood like sorry
anyone who was out in South Africa or Antigua will back me up on that one
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