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Originally Posted by DB83
The bad news. He's back in blighty.
The good news. The topic is back on Page One  (well for now at least)
So for today's Q. Why do English batsmen go ga-ga when facing spin ? And in England too
Get put in and a typical reasonable start. Then the spinners arrive and suddenly the innings goes pear-shaped. And on a ground where only a few short weeks ago they got nearly 500.
With Hales being injured Rocky Stokes selection is less controversial. But he IMO appears off the pace both with bat and ball. True he got 50 (the innings would have been even more dire without that) but so laboured.
Commentators putting a brave face on things and saying that games like this one are good rehearsals for the important ones ahead. But you can not afford to lose many 'important' ones else it is shades of the last RWC. |
Because they never face top quality spin bowling in spin-friendly conditions in England. Red ball cricket has been marginalised to the very start and end of the season, when conditions are most in favour of medium pace dobbers. Many counties don't bother selecting a spinner at all in April, because they quite simply wouldn't bowl. You can't develop your technique against spin when you never bat against it.