England Team Discussion

[Bigby Wolf]

Couldn't agree more. Good player, poor captain.

KP as scapegoat created way before Cook was captain the text scandal vs South Africa (Strauss was the captain that time).
Not a fan of Cook captaincy but he did a decent enough job in his tenure winning in India (2012) and South Africa (2015)and did not lost a series in England.

 

[PVFCashley]

Stokes & morgan in the top bracket for the ipl auction.would personally pick jason roy instead of morgan.

 

[Deleted member 46200]

Stokes & morgan in the top bracket for the ipl auction.would personally pick jason roy instead of morgan.

Roy not in the top bracket??? Oh...

 

[PVFCashley]

Roy not in the top bracket??? Oh...

No he's in the 3rd tier with hales.mitchell johnson & woakes also in the top tier.

 

[Aislabie]

Okay, here's the side I'd pick for the first Test of the summer.

Alastair Cook
Keaton Jennings
Haseeb Hameed
Joe Root
Jonny Bairstow
Ben Stokes
Moeen Ali
Chris Woakes
Stuart Broad
James Anderson
Jack Leach

 

[Neo 7]

Keaton Jennings

Accept that you are joking . He seems to be no where near , in fact the word "near" should also not be used !

 

[blockerdave]

KP as scapegoat created way before Cook was captain the text scandal vs South Africa (Strauss's was the captain that time).
Not a fan of Cook captaincy but he did a decent enough job in his tenure winning in India (2012) and South Africa (2015)and did not lost a series in England.

Sri Lanka 2014.

Absolutely scandalous that he survived that.

 

[zwarrior]

Joe Root to be named England Test captain | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[PVFCashley]

Not a surprise, just hope it doesn't affect his batting.

 

[blockerdave]

Steve Smith's test average as captain: 73.73 from 20 matches; not as captain: 51.83 from 30 matches.
Virat Kohli's test average as captain: 67.22 from 23 matches; not as captain: 41.13 from 31 matches.

There's no reason why the captaincy should affect his batting: i'd argue that if it does, ipso facto he's the wrong choice.

Unfortunately, the "process" Strauss has decided to apply means Root is undermined from the start. After the Aus 5-0, the farce in the West Indies and the loss to Sri Lanka we were repeately informed there was nobody else to consider as captain. the "process" indicates that now there are certainly other candidates that needed being assessed. it also allows the idea (as you've expressed) to fester that the captaincy can affect his batting negatively, that there is a question mark over his mental strength...

 

[Neo 7]

Its obvious that Root would've been the next captain . Besides , there's no one else in the English Test Team in whom I see, can lead the team . If also , then maybe Stokes , Bairstow or Moeen , apart from these no one else

 

[_Sam_]

Unfortunately, the "process" Strauss has decided to apply means Root is undermined from the start. After the Aus 5-0, the farce in the West Indies and the loss to Sri Lanka we were repeately informed there was nobody else to consider as captain. the "process" indicates that now there are certainly other candidates that needed being assessed. it also allows the idea (as you've expressed) to fester that the captaincy can affect his batting negatively, that there is a question mark over his mental strength...

Alternatively given the 3 interviewed, Root was being interviewed for the role he now has, Stokes was being interviewed for the role he now has and Broad was representing the senior members of the team that Strauss said the decision would be discussed with perhaps?

 

[asprin]

Joe Root to be named England Test captain | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Not a great believer of "make your best batsman the captain of the team" theory. Not everyone can do it.

 

[Sunderpune]

Roy not in the top bracket??? Oh...

Roy not in the top bracket??? Oh...

Cazc30

Yes Roy better choice than Morgan, Roy in good nick yesterday 46 ball 71 in WI, as far is IPL selection is concern, No rules about top Brackett

Only difference in their base price, Roy probably 10 Lakh vs Morgan in CRORE

 

[Sunderpune]

Its obvious that Root would've been the next captain . Besides , there's no one else in the English Test Team in whom I see, can lead the team . If also , then maybe Stokes , Bairstow or Moeen , apart from these no one else

No one deserves than Root or Butler but Butler has limitation for test matches but only danger of England is if Root failed as batsman responsibility (SRT had same issue) besides captaincy, than England needs to find someone else.