Kalimantan Gull
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But if we picked that team for the test side, we'd have the ashes now.
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[Cricket] 3rd ODI SCG
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But if we picked that team for the test side, we'd have the ashes now.
BensGrandad
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Wood wasnt fit unfortunately as he would have made the difference. The one who always impresses me in these games is Buttler but he doesnt seem to figure in test match consideration.
If you think that you obviously know very little about cricket and the differences between ODI’s and Tests. Completely different games and the scoreline would have been no better, possibly even worse.
- Apr 5, 2014
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That's because Bairstow can play as a batsman.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Well, no. Just look at the Test records of the ODI regulars.
BensGrandad
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2 questions is he better behind the stumps than Buttler who can also bat in limited overs game as yesterday showed.
Would Bairstow get in as a batsman only instead of Stoneman or Vince.
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Buttler is probably the better keeper. But with the current make up of the England side it suits to use Bairstow. Buttler as a batsman is not prolific, or the anchoring type, at Test level.
Bairstow has played in the batsman only role but is unlikely to do so all the while he's averaging around 40 in the keeper role.
When his head is in the right place, Bairstow is the best batsman in the country.
BensGrandad
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That is what I dont understand as you say Buttler is the better keeper and is no slouch with the bat but we play Bairstow who could quite easily step in for one of the failed batsmen thus getting the benefit of both Buttler and Bairstow and replacing a failed batsman..