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st_brendy said:
It's amazing what happens when you pick someone for test cricket based on their red ball ability, than on their white ball ability.

Roy and Buttler have done nothing at domestic level in red ball cricket (albeit not that Buttler gets much of a chance, to be fair to him). Whereas Burns has, as you say, being dominating county attacks for years now. And look at the difference.

Even Denly you could argue is being picked because of his white ball form (but at domestic level, not international level). He was a huge asset as an allrounder for Kent last season in white ball cricket, and it was arguably that spin option which saw him go to SL over the winter - and almost accidentally stay in the test team thereafter. (We do like to take a county batter who bowls some spin to test matches in Asia: Samit then Ansari then Dawson then Denly all in the last few years.)
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Buttler batting at seven, not keeping and not bowling. I wouldn't be that to a child of mine in test cricket. He has no right being in the side and batting below six in my humble opinion. Denly, Roy and Buttler have never been able to hack it in county champ div 1. I'm realistic about the returns I want from everyone in the side. Opening the batting or batting 3 is extremely hard, everyone else is having the times of their lives are 4,5,6 and 7 as specialist batsmen. Being a specialist batter and batting below 6 - shouldn't be a thing. I suppose finding an opener to compliment Burns is deadly difficult, he is a very self confident player. Boycott would have been a good foil for him.

I agree about Roy, Buttler and Denly. They were all picked for their white ball form which I don't like. Denly is a poor bowler for this level.
 
ChilcoSaint said:
Best sledge of all time featured Glenn McGrath having a go at Zimbabwe batsman Eddo Brandes:
McGrath: Why are you so fat?
Brandes: Because every time I make love to your wife she gives me a biscuit!
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Good thing about sledging is it gives self confident people the chance to bite back either verbally or with the bat. It's all in good spirit if that's how you take it. I think it's part of the game personally as long as it never gets personal. McGrath crossed the line and got answered! Nor far off here from Warner I can deal with, it's about getting the wicket and getting under the skin of the player not the person. Examples like that are unacceptable. McGrath was always an emotional wreak, I suppose that contributed to how difficult he was to play against.
 
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Saint John said:
Good thing about sledging is it gives self confident people the chance to bite back either verbally or with the bat. It's all in good spirit if that's how you take it. I think it's part of the game personally as long as it never gets personal. McGrath crossed the line and got answered! Nor far off here from Warner I can deal with, it's about getting the wicket and getting under the skin of the player not the person. Examples like that are unacceptable. McGrath was always an emotionally wreak, I suppose that contributed to how difficult he was to play against.
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I accept I might be in a minority here and there's no doubt it can be funny but it's intimidation in a game where a level of sportsmanship is expected. IMO intimidation should be applied through skilful and aggressive cricket, not getting in the batsman's ear. I didn't like to hear it when I played whether it was for or against my team, funnily enough you didn't get it much in the lower leagues but it increased the higher we went.
 
FWIW, we've just one the 2nd XI Championship. The likes of Barker, Fuller, Alsop and Organ featured in the final win vs Leicester.
 
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fatletiss said:
If those two could have done another 60-75 minutes :(
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They looked set. Burns must have got tired. He didn't seem to lose concentration. Root got a strange ball, the look on his face said it all. Looked to keep low and jag back, but not seen a replay yet.
 
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