Yeah he isn't in great form at all but I feel , after his broken leg, that keeping was far too much for him and with having one of the best keepers in the world, Ben Foakes, I think they missed a trick by not picking Bairstow just as a specialist batsman. It's not as if Foakes can't bat, he is really decent.During those 5 innings he scored 10%( at the rime) of his test career runs , it was really hot streak , he's simply not on that streak now , for me there isn't a place for him, but I never expected they would change :(
He (Bairstow) hasn't kept or batted well in this series. He doesn't deserve his place in the team. Foakes must really have pissed off the hierarchy at the ECB.Good point but all the runs he got last season for England was when he wasn't keeping. He is the epitome of Baz ball.
Averages 32 for England with a top score of 113Yeah he isn't in great form at all but I feel , after his broken leg, that keeping was far too much for him and with having one of the best keepers in the world, Ben Foakes, I think they missed a trick by not picking Bairstow just as a specialist batsman. It's not as if Foakes can't bat, he is really decent.
I was about to say its going alright, tho , and as I pressed reply we list a wicket fmlI see it's not just the England blokes who can't catch. The women have spilled FIVE chances today in the ODI. And they were poor in the last T20 match the other night as well.
Getting embarrasing now, lead is well over 400, last 2 overs gone for about 40.More Ducks on Stanley Park cricket ground than the boating lake next door.
Maybe the sun out tomorrow will turn it into a flat track for a sub 300 chase....