Sunday, 5 March 2006
How, Patel and Fulton make the test side
Scott Styris saved his reputation with a scatchy 90 in the last ODI. Damn it. Still the selectors have taken a bit of a gamble by selecting a squad of 13 which includes Peter Fulton, Jamie How and Jeetan (first-class bowling average of 40.50) Patel. Unless the pitch looks to be a dust-bowl I think Jeetan will be first to miss out. I am surprised Vincent didn't make the cut, especially as it seems to mean that Hamish Marshall will be opening the batting with debutante How. Actually when it comes to the opening combination "gamble" is not a strong enough word.
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Marshall as opener is quite appalling. It carries on a remarkable tradition of insisting that being an opener is no different to anything else. And then when the batsman starts to fail, they get dropped and are never considered for another position. Mark Richardson showed the benefit of choosing a specialist opener as your opener.
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