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Both early in their test careers. Inglis is 30
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180 on that pitch is pretty good. Some of the balls bowled were just unplayable
You will still end up with a lead once the windies innings is done
Inglis is not a test cricketer.
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I think he could be a good number six at test level. He has the ability to move a game along.
Problem for Inglis is we have Webster who can bat just as well plus bowl and is a gun in the field.
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Got the replay on just now. Shamar Joseph bowling 140+ and moving it off the seam on a patchy wicket is the stuff of nightmares. Fk that.
Youâd think so. Given theyâve got one batter that averages above 30 in test cricket.
I think he can play test cricket but better suited to 5 or 6
I think he might play as WK once Carey steps down
Inglisâ real problem is that Carey has the spot he plays.
I think if they are going to play him as a batter then he either opens or doesnât play while Carey is there.
Green and Webster play the same role however, they are trialing Green at 3 as he cannot bowl and want to see how he goes as purely a batter. He might be better at 4 rather than 3. But then who do you play at 3? Smith when he comes back?
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I donât think you can move Smith from 4. Heâs gone from looking near the end to looking like, well, vintage Smith since going back there. Order needs to work around him.
Iâd keep putting Green in at three. Certainly for the rest of the WI series. May need to reconsider for the Ashes, but hopefully he can fill his boots one innings this series.
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Itâs a real mess. The Lab form drop away is a big part of the problem. If he was still batting well at 3 and averaging say 45-50 over the past 3 years instead of 27 weâd be able to transition the newer guys in a lot smoother. My view is he should have been dropped and sent back to FC earlier to work on his flaws. I hope the coaches have pinpointed technically what has gone wrong past 3 years with him.
Howâs the bloke pointing Cummins to the dressing room after getting him out? Like WTF?
If he can bowl during the ashes you definitely put Green back to 6 IMO. He looks awful at 3. Then hope Lab sorts his issues out and he bats 3 again.
Here are Greenâs scores since he moved up the order to 4 now 3. Itâs 6 tests so a good but small sample size.
14,8,42,174,34, 4, 0, 3.
Ave 34.8
None of those 6 tests have been against India or England who are better than the Windies which account for 3 of those 6 tests.
One score above 50 in 8 innings with one big score of 174 (taking that out heâs scored at an average of 15 in 7 innings). So heâs only scoring above 50 in 12.5% of his innings at 3,4. A rate of 12.5% to reach 50+ is below what youâd expect of a number 3,4. Over their test careers Head reaches 50 plus in 28% of his innings and Uzi does it 29%.
I think our batting line up is superior to Australias but your bowling is in another universe to ours.
Its night and day quality difference.
In England I would be confident we would win comfortably where the pitches and weather help the bowlers but in Aus I think its a very close series/probably slightly favored in Australias way.
I still think Australia will win, at worst, 3-1 and more likely 4-0.
We can actually bat against anything short of peak Bumrah on Australian pitches. England donât have anything near that.
Didnât someone post this exact thing a few weeks ago vs SA?
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I think the Ashes are a 50/50 call unless we get Lab back into form. England will really feel like they have a chance this summer. Maybe juicy wickets here like last summer means Bazball canât work and itâs 60/40 our way - but itâs close.
Australiaâs top order is a shambles.
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England $3.80 to win the Ashes. Thatâs good bet. Stick $100 on that
that would be a waste of $100 to be honest