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With the amount of chances he's missed and his dissapointing summer
with the bat how heavily negative do you think he's gone?
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On 06/01/2026 01:35, Mad Hamish wrote:

With the amount of chances he's missed and his dissapointing summer
with the bat how heavily negative do you think he's gone?

He's arguably had the worst series of all England's batsmen, especially
if you take his drops into account, ahead of (or should that be
"behind"?) even Pope and Jamie Smith. But, oddly, England have no
reserve opener in their squad so, unless they wanted to draft in someone
from the Lions, they had no real choice but to stick with him.
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:18:31 +0000, John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> wrote:

On 06/01/2026 01:35, Mad Hamish wrote:

With the amount of chances he's missed and his dissapointing summer
with the bat how heavily negative do you think he's gone?

He's arguably had the worst series of all England's batsmen, especially
if you take his drops into account, ahead of (or should that be
"behind"?) even Pope and Jamie Smith. But, oddly, England have no
reserve opener in their squad so, unless they wanted to draft in someone >from the Lions, they had no real choice but to stick with him.

I'm no fan but it's clear with his poor form, his poor fielding and
his drinking that he probably needs to be far away from a cricket
pitch, at least an ashes one.
It's like watching a drowning man scramble to shore only to be chucked
back in by the life guard and told to drown less.

max.it
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