SaintPowelly wrote:Gatting was signed as cover for Carbs, who will presumably spend a fair bit of time with England.
Dawson will keep his place at 3, don't see why he would move to 5 after a great year, Vince will probably move to 4 with Smith at 5. Daws will probably open with Gatting slotting in at 5 when Carbs isnt about.
Centuryclub wrote:If England are whitewashed in Australia, Carbs could be one of the heads to roll. He can be relied upon to make a steady 30 but one strange (& not picked up by the national media) fact is that he has only scored 1 (one) FC ton in the last 2 domestic seasons! If that is correct then he is likely to be at Hants full-time next season - apart from some time with the limited overs England squad & any Lions matches that he is selected for.
SaintPowelly wrote:Centuryclub wrote:If England are whitewashed in Australia, Carbs could be one of the heads to roll. He can be relied upon to make a steady 30 but one strange (& not picked up by the national media) fact is that he has only scored 1 (one) FC ton in the last 2 domestic seasons! If that is correct then he is likely to be at Hants full-time next season - apart from some time with the limited overs England squad & any Lions matches that he is selected for.
His job isn't too score runs ( as stupid as that sounds ) it is too take the shine off the new ball and protect Bell and KP from it, he batted for 34 overs last night and 49 runs were scored whilst he was facing ( inc. byes and leg byes ) did well for me.
Centuryclub wrote:SaintPowelly wrote:Centuryclub wrote:If England are whitewashed in Australia, Carbs could be one of the heads to roll. He can be relied upon to make a steady 30 but one strange (& not picked up by the national media) fact is that he has only scored 1 (one) FC ton in the last 2 domestic seasons! If that is correct then he is likely to be at Hants full-time next season - apart from some time with the limited overs England squad & any Lions matches that he is selected for.
His job isn't too score runs ( as stupid as that sounds ) it is too take the shine off the new ball and protect Bell and KP from it, he batted for 34 overs last night and 49 runs were scored whilst he was facing ( inc. byes and leg byes ) did well for me.
I take your point SP & in the second innings Carbs did take the shine off but was criticised on Test Match Special for barely scoring while doing so & thus building up the pressure on the batsmen who followed him!
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