RB wrote:whufc wrote:I guess what im trying to say is yes his batting well but I don't think his fixed any of the deficiencies that failed him at test level.
Did he fail that badly though? I agree he had a bad habit of throwing his wicket away, but an average of 39.75 isn't terrible.
At the end of the day you pick the best team available. You can't exclude a bloke on the basis of his deficiencies if you don't have anyone better.
Yeah 40 for me is the pass mark so he didn’t fail over a long period. When he was dropped though I’m sure he wasn’t averaging 40, was well under.
I do think if he wants a long term test career he does have to improve on what he has produced so far. Like I said there are to many periods in a career where you get out to the unplayables/decent balls that you can’t get afford to get yourself out to often at test level. I don’t think it’s any surprise he has got out a lot between 20-40 a test level. Even when Head is settled in as a bowler you would feel you are still a big chance to get him any given delivery.
He will play the first test but do we think his on last chance saloon. How many times has been dropped and back in now…..3 gets dropped a fourth time at 27 years old and selected will most likely pigeon hole him