re Strauss and ODIs : he has an ODI average of 32.07 which is useful, SR of 76.33 which is ok for an opener, and 3 x100 which you are unlikely to be able to tell if Lumb is capable of from T20.
Strauss ODIs split
01-11 : 10 inns, 431 runs @ 47.89 (HS 100)
12-22 : 11 inns, 227 runs @ 28.38 (HS 52no)
23-33 : 10 inns, 357 runs @ 39.67 (HS 152)
34-44 : 11 inns, 356 runs @ 32.36 (HS 98)
45-55 : 11 inns, 285 runs @ 28.50 (HS 74no)
56-66 : 11 inns, 347 runs @ 31.55 (HS 78)
67-77 : 11 inns, 229 runs @ 20.82 (HS 55)
78-88 : 11 inns, 389 runs @ 38.90 (HS 105)
89-99 : 11 inns, 265 runs @ 24.09 (HS 63)
A couple of spells averaging below the 27 mark, using an even split is as fair as any way. That last spell of 11 innings has a knock of 63 preceding it which would raise his average in that last spell to 27.33 if you made it 12 innings, but in that last spell of 11 innings he played Australia five times and South Africa four which to some degree excuses him not having scored a fifty in his last 10 knocks.
Innings 67-77 he played the first eight knocks down under, must have been the CBT. He got in five times in a row and got out before he reached 30.
He's not been prolific in ODIs but what England batsman has? EDIT : Morgan was excluded because his average is for two different countries, you can consider him on his average or on the breakdown at the bottom of this post
Current England ODI batting averages
49.33 (4 inns) Trott
44.11 (88 inns) Pietersen
43.33 (3 inns) Kieswetter
36.48 (160 inns) Collingwood
35.47 (79 inns) Bell
33.00 (26 inns) Cook
32.07 (97 inns) Strauss
32.02 (122 inns) Flintoff
30.57 (66 inns) Shah
29.78 (9 inns) Denly
28.78 (16 inns) Bresnan
27.29 (46 inns) Bopara
25.38 (50 inns) Prior
23.35 (22 inns) Wright
23.20 (5 inns) SR Patel
22.27 (13 inns) Mascarenhas
21.07 (24 inns) Plunkett
20.00 (4 inns) Rashid
14.70 (37 inns) Broad
12.72 (21 inns) Swann
5.00 (8 inns) GJ Batty
2.50 (5 inns) Ambrose
Thrown a few more names than just the batsmen, opens it up a bit more in terms of debating number six in ODIs. Strauss is averaging over 30 which only seven England batsmen who've played more than 10 ODIs have managed. Trott and Kieswetter need to sustain their averages, although I do find it ironic that Cook and Bell have done little wrong in ODIs yet they're not exactly everyone's choice. Some seem to prefer to pick players on any basis other than what they have done in ODIs, Yardy played six ODIs and his averages of 12.25 with bat and 33.75 with ball were enough to earn him a spell in the wilderness (three years)
Morgan has played some, predominantly for Ireland. This breakdown of his 38.97 average is quite revealing
Eoin Morgan (ENG/IRE)
vs KEN/SCO/HOL/BER/CAN : 10 inns, 565 runs @ 62.78 (HS 115)
vs BAN/WIN/ZIM : 12 inns, 319 runs @ 39.88 (HS 110no)
vs AUS/ENG/NZE/PAK/SAF/SRI : 19 inns, 402 runs @ 25.13 (HS 67)
That average against the better Test nations is boosted by three not outs, although he does have three fifties as well - 67 vs South Africa, 62no vs Sri Lanka and 58 vs Australia, all for England. He might work out in the World Cup, but I'd be playing him from now until then against the best opposition to be found, averaging 62.78 against minnows and 39.88 against weaker Test nation ODI sides is not going to win us a World Cup. If we're lucky we might play 2-3 matches against the sides he does well against.
Strauss ODIs split
01-11 : 10 inns, 431 runs @ 47.89 (HS 100)
12-22 : 11 inns, 227 runs @ 28.38 (HS 52no)
23-33 : 10 inns, 357 runs @ 39.67 (HS 152)
34-44 : 11 inns, 356 runs @ 32.36 (HS 98)
45-55 : 11 inns, 285 runs @ 28.50 (HS 74no)
56-66 : 11 inns, 347 runs @ 31.55 (HS 78)
67-77 : 11 inns, 229 runs @ 20.82 (HS 55)
78-88 : 11 inns, 389 runs @ 38.90 (HS 105)
89-99 : 11 inns, 265 runs @ 24.09 (HS 63)
A couple of spells averaging below the 27 mark, using an even split is as fair as any way. That last spell of 11 innings has a knock of 63 preceding it which would raise his average in that last spell to 27.33 if you made it 12 innings, but in that last spell of 11 innings he played Australia five times and South Africa four which to some degree excuses him not having scored a fifty in his last 10 knocks.
Innings 67-77 he played the first eight knocks down under, must have been the CBT. He got in five times in a row and got out before he reached 30.
He's not been prolific in ODIs but what England batsman has? EDIT : Morgan was excluded because his average is for two different countries, you can consider him on his average or on the breakdown at the bottom of this post
Current England ODI batting averages
49.33 (4 inns) Trott
44.11 (88 inns) Pietersen
43.33 (3 inns) Kieswetter
36.48 (160 inns) Collingwood
35.47 (79 inns) Bell
33.00 (26 inns) Cook
32.07 (97 inns) Strauss
32.02 (122 inns) Flintoff
30.57 (66 inns) Shah
29.78 (9 inns) Denly
28.78 (16 inns) Bresnan
27.29 (46 inns) Bopara
25.38 (50 inns) Prior
23.35 (22 inns) Wright
23.20 (5 inns) SR Patel
22.27 (13 inns) Mascarenhas
21.07 (24 inns) Plunkett
20.00 (4 inns) Rashid
14.70 (37 inns) Broad
12.72 (21 inns) Swann
5.00 (8 inns) GJ Batty
2.50 (5 inns) Ambrose
Thrown a few more names than just the batsmen, opens it up a bit more in terms of debating number six in ODIs. Strauss is averaging over 30 which only seven England batsmen who've played more than 10 ODIs have managed. Trott and Kieswetter need to sustain their averages, although I do find it ironic that Cook and Bell have done little wrong in ODIs yet they're not exactly everyone's choice. Some seem to prefer to pick players on any basis other than what they have done in ODIs, Yardy played six ODIs and his averages of 12.25 with bat and 33.75 with ball were enough to earn him a spell in the wilderness (three years)
Morgan has played some, predominantly for Ireland. This breakdown of his 38.97 average is quite revealing
Eoin Morgan (ENG/IRE)
vs KEN/SCO/HOL/BER/CAN : 10 inns, 565 runs @ 62.78 (HS 115)
vs BAN/WIN/ZIM : 12 inns, 319 runs @ 39.88 (HS 110no)
vs AUS/ENG/NZE/PAK/SAF/SRI : 19 inns, 402 runs @ 25.13 (HS 67)
That average against the better Test nations is boosted by three not outs, although he does have three fifties as well - 67 vs South Africa, 62no vs Sri Lanka and 58 vs Australia, all for England. He might work out in the World Cup, but I'd be playing him from now until then against the best opposition to be found, averaging 62.78 against minnows and 39.88 against weaker Test nation ODI sides is not going to win us a World Cup. If we're lucky we might play 2-3 matches against the sides he does well against.
