Alviro Patterson wrote: Trott came into the ODI setup at a time England went through something like ten different opening partnerships - Phil Mustard, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior to name a few players with minimal success. If anything Trott's reliability allowed England to function whilst the management tried to address shortcomings in the top six.
Since 2000, specialist bats who were picked in ODIs....up to before Bayliss took over.
Rob Key....... who once said himslef he was a crap OD player. Clearly a pick based on his FC record. A slow OD batter with a low 30s average.
Jim Troughton.... averages 27 in limited overs county games. A very slow batsman, who at the time had an outstanding 4 day record.
Ed Joyce.... doesnt even strike at a run a ball in T20s, SR of 72 in 78 ODIs..... but suprise suprise, was a test candidate at the time he was picked in OZ after a few years with an excellent county record
Alistair Cook..... enough said
Alex Loudon.... .... average of 22 in county LOs.....
Michael Yardy.... average of 25 in county games, very poor SR. Picked mainly as a bowler.
Mal Loye..... picked when he was 35 or 36 to debut. A big hitter in T20, which got him the job before the 2007 world cup, never much of a 50 over standout, neither in hitting or scoring.
Luke Wright.... played almost exclusively as a 7 or 8. Not exactly sure how many huge scores he would make coming in at the end.
Samit Patel... Average of 32 and SR of 93 was perfectly acceptable
Joe Denly... billed as an aggressive hitter, turns out he was another FC youngster they wanted to try out in ODs before elevating to tests. Batted like a slug, even if he made scores.
Bairstow.... been amazing
James Taylor... averaged 42 before he retired early. SR at over 80, and I believe he had started to get that consistently rising on his return after being dropped.
Stokes.... still in the team
Moeen Ali... still in the team
Michael Lumb..... dropped after scoring a 100 on debut. Averages 55 in ODIs
Hales.... excellent performer