backfootpunch wrote:bigfluffylemon wrote:bhaveshgor wrote:for me nick compton was the worse did really well in india scored 2 hundreds in NZ but then got dropped for batting slow in england so they can have root opening what the hell is that.
can't actually remember a bad test in his original run and he got dropped because of a dispute with a coach and them not liking him.
not really a surprise he failed an again with the crap he got in the first instance.
not sure I would like to play for england again if that happened to me.
Agree entirely. I was looking back at his record as an opener, and he did really well the first time round. I can't fathom why he was dumped for Root as an opener. Really odd.
I think best of luck to Hammed, but I think that for all England debutants. But the English press love to build people up and then knock them down. Still, I suppose it's page views that matter to them, not talking sense. 'New opener may or may not be any good, too early to tell' is not exactly a headline that will get a lot of interest.
He was dropped because, cook and trott were the other two batsmen in the top three
And the management felt that was too defensive and they'd just put pressure on each other
Arthur Crabtree wrote:and I think Trott made noises to that respect
Making_Splinters wrote:I genuinely feel sorry for Hameed, he didn't ask for this nonsense.
Gingerfinch wrote:bigfluffylemon wrote:I see the press are already declaring Hammed to be the Next Big Thing in English cricket, on the basis of one match.
He played well, no doubt, but let's give him the whole series and the home summer before making long term judgements.
They'll want him dropped if he has a couple of low scores.
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