shankycricket wrote:Even in those seasons, he has had some huge scores and some long barren patches where he has badly scored a run. Not as if he has seen off the new ball regularly. Overall FC average is poor too. I'm not sure someone with such a boom or bust streak can succeed in tests. Test sides won't let him convert those occasional starts into big ones. I'd rather have someone who can be relied upon to see off the new ball even if they don't get the big ones.
Drivel, his average isn't great because of a tough season a couple of years back. If you actually took half a second you'd see that he's been averaging over 30 for 6 out of 7 seasons he's played proper first class cricket for, a much better return than any of those who have been offered in the media.
How about we make this simple, not Hales then who?
