Matty Wade is not Kumar Sangakara. He never has been. He never will be.
Wade might be getting runs in shield but his test record is very ordinary. It may not convert to test cricket. Even if it does heās still a terrible wicketkeeper. Weāre not better off with him as keeper.
Itās like people completely forget that he was dropped because he couldnāt bat or keepā¦
He certainly lost form with the bat.
His form is better now.
I donāt think itās reasonable to say he canāt bat at test level.
Interestingly, Wade has twice as many stumpings from a similar amount of innings as Paine.
Eh, I donāt care.
Wadeās not the answer, Paine is just barely okay.
Wade is the worst Australian keeper I can remember and that includes Greg Dyer.
He is a good bat but should never keep in Tests again.
Even this is a significant overstatement.
I didnāt say he is in the top 10 bats in Australiaā¦ he isnāt!
But he is a good bat for his shield team and has batted well in the BBL.
If heās not in Australiaās top 10 bats then he shouldnāt be near international selection as a batsmen.
Wut?Am I missing an in joke or something here?
We donāt select 10 batsmen, or 10 based on their fking batting.
By that rationale, youād leave out the top 4 bowlers in the country if they werenāt top 10 or even 20 batsmen.
Iām sure you canāt/donāt mean that as it seems?
The suggestion was that he shouldnāt be keeping in the test side but could be picked as a batsmen. If heās not in the 10 best batsmen in the country, how can you pick him in the test side as a batsmen?
I thought what you said was pretty obvious.
Ah. all good. Havenāt had my coffee yet.
Lol.
Never seen such a hate-boner.
Thatās a pretty useless stat without knowing how many stumping chances each of them had. It also doesnāt provide any proof that Wade can actually keep to a spinner.
Interestingly Paineās test average with the bat is 7 runs higher than Wadeās, yet people want to bring Wade back to improve the batting
I wouldnāt say itās a useless stat.
Iām happy with interesting.
And yes, Wade was actually dropped because he wasnāt making runs.
But heās shown he can bat in Tests, and heās certainly shown he can bat in Shield.
You canāt know, of course, but I strongly suspect heād have done as well as Lamborghini.
I really think the difference between Paine and Wade is negligible, and given incumbency not really worth arguing about.
Paine will go the Ashes, and if he goes okay heāll get another series, otherwise theyāll probably bring Carey in, ready or not.
Particularly if he has a good WC.
Paine wont be dropped until Smith is eligible to captain the side again. So heās in the side for the next 14mths at least.
shrugs
Maybe.
Five Tests is a long time.
Leadership mate, weāve got bugger all. You drop Paine and whoās captaining the side? It aināt gonna be Trav Head and theyād be loathed to give it to a Bowler (Cummins). Heād have to have a nightmarish tour where he averages 10 and drops everything that comes his way for them to drop him.
If he averages ten he wonāt play another series.
If he averages ten he wonāt play another series.
pretty much what I just said. Heād have to have a complete nightmare to get dropped. Far more likely one of his fingers gets busted yet again in reality!