Arthur Crabtree wrote:He hardly played after that date. All you've got there is one disappointing series. He's a two in one cricketer and with little quality elsewhere it seems obvious that he's been left out for non cricketing reasons.
shankycricket wrote:Thanks Chris. Those numbers would look even worse if you take out the minnows. I think even Johnson Charles has a far better record than Gayle over the same period. I knew his stats were poor but was too lazy to do the research to quote the exact number. The last 2 and a half years have been diabolical but I think.his struggles extend well beyond that, to the time he was sacked as captain in mid 2010. He was terrible in the previous World Cup, epitomised by his pathetic shot in the quarterfinal against Pakistan.that started the procession after which.he was rightly dropped on performance grounds, he then went to play in the IPL.and remained in international exile for a year. When he came back, he looked like he had a point to prove and had a.good home series against NZ in all formats followed by a tournament winning performance in the 2012 World T20. Since then, he seems to have lost the motivation again and has reverted to being the same old waste of space. So yeah, he has been poor for nearly 5 years now with a brief 3 month purple patch in 2012.
Clearly deserves a spot in the team.
Its quite amusing to see England fans who criticise Cook (quite rightly so) exaggerate the worth of a guy playing for another country, who.has been doing FAR worse.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Even if he gets one of the disciplines going at a time, then he's contributing to a side with few strengths. And cutting off his numbers at that point just feels unnecessary as he had some good scores before then. For me, eight games isn't a lot to go on.
Dr Robert wrote:Another fifty for Amla. He's averaging over 56 in ODI Cricket.
rich1uk wrote:Dr Robert wrote:Another fifty for Amla. He's averaging over 56 in ODI Cricket.
hes only averaging 334 in this series , drop him !
Dr Robert wrote:rich1uk wrote:Dr Robert wrote:Another fifty for Amla. He's averaging over 56 in ODI Cricket.
hes only averaging 334 in this series , drop him !
Low strike rate?
rich1uk wrote:Dr Robert wrote:rich1uk wrote:Dr Robert wrote:Another fifty for Amla. He's averaging over 56 in ODI Cricket.
hes only averaging 334 in this series , drop him !
Low strike rate?
barely over a run a ball , practically pedestrian
Aidan11 wrote:WIs can console themselves in the fact that if a wicket falls now there are not enough overs for ABD to get destructive again.
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