Test Pakistan v England (3 Test Matches)

[MJG14]

They love an obscure, vibes-based selection based upon perceived potential. Feels like they do it so they can pat themselves on the back and feel like geniuses if it comes off.

Bethell averages 25 in FC cricket and has never scored a hundred.

 

[sabso]

They love an obscure, vibes-based selection based upon perceived potential. Feels like they do it so they can pat themselves on the back and feel like geniuses if it comes off.

Bethell averages 25 in FC cricket and has never scored a hundred.

Speaking of which, no Hull in the squad.

 

[sabso]

This is the shit that makes me want to see them fail.

England have always given out too many test caps. It’s not like any other test side would pick a batsman who averages under 30

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[PhatBoy]

England have always given out too many test caps. It’s not like any other test side would pick a batsman who averages under 30

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The West Indies has 8 first class teams not 18 (granted England doesn’t keep 11 spots in county sides for England eligible players) and two of them have only been in the competition for one season. McKenzie also averaged over 30 before becoming a test player. It’s actually his test record that brings his record below 30.

You could have found other better examples.

 

[sabso]

The West Indies has 8 first class teams not 18 (granted England doesn’t keep 11 spots in county sides for England eligible players) and two of them have only been in the competition for one season. McKenzie also averaged over 30 before becoming a test player. It’s actually his test record that brings his record below 30.

You could have found other better examples.

Recency bias I suppose. Cba to look up John Campbell and Jeremy Solozano’s stats though they’d have been next.

What I don’t get is why Nikita Miller only played one test as a stand-in in a stand-in team despite becoming statistically one of the greatest FC bowlers this century. Or why Tagenarine Chanderpaul is seemingly on the dung heap of past players.

 

[PhatBoy]

Recency bias I suppose. Cba to look up John Campbell and Jeremy Solozano’s stats though they’d have been next.

What I don’t get is why Nikita Miller only played one test as a stand-in in a stand-in team despite becoming statistically one of the greatest FC bowlers this century. Or why Tagenarine Chanderpaul is seemingly on the dung heap of past players.

Campbell averages over 30. Not by a lot, but he does. He actually did an ok job in so much as he averaged 26 opening for us, and only passed 50 three times in 40 innings. In other words, he regularly saw off the new ball but was atrocious at going further.

Chanderpaul will get another opportunity. His test stocks were waning and he needed a break. The kid they’ve got with Brathwaite now has actually come off a fantastic debut first class season.

Miller was an odd case I will give you that though the suspicion was always there that he was the prototype of what has become the rule in the West Indies now of mediocre, accurate but unthreatening spinners dominating in low, slow wickets against batsmen who don’t really know how to play it and he was probably the best to come out of the region at it. For some reason the selectors preferred guys like Suliemenn Benn generally

 

[sabso]

For some reason the selectors preferred guys like Suliemenn Benn generally

Benn was probably preferred for the same reason England picked (and discarded) Hull, pak called up Mohammad Irfan, also why certain afl clubs retain spud ruckmen for far too long lol.

 

[Cleavy]

Multan and Rawalpindi pitches get 'satisfactory' rating for all three Pakistan-England Tests

The series, which Pakistan won 2-1, drew widespread attention for the pitches that were prepared

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pitches pass the ICC test

 

[sabso]

Multan and Rawalpindi pitches get 'satisfactory' rating for all three Pakistan-England Tests

The series, which Pakistan won 2-1, drew widespread attention for the pitches that were prepared

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pitches pass the ICC test

They gave us three proper test matches. The fact one side did not adapt to conditions in each of them doesn’t detract from the fact the pitches were suitable for a game of cricket.