7/24/2023 0 Comments Befit brown![]() ![]() So, no, we haven’t changed our mind on that. “We just want this series to live up to its billing. “I think ultimately we want surfaces that allow for a style of play we want to play – an entertaining form of cricket,” he said. Have injuries to Archer – sidelined for the summer – and Olly Stone – at least out of the first Ashes Test – changed that? Profits of EU-based members of multinational. Stokes admitted last month he wants pitches to suit fast bowlers and his dynamic, explosive batting-line-up. BEFIT is intended to create a common set of rules for corporate taxation and contribute to the fair allocation of taxation rights among member states. Ben and Brendon have got the best out of Jonny and I expect them to do the same again.” Do England still want flat pitches despite losing express pace options in Jofra Archer and Olly Stone? “But last summer we saw a Jonny Bairstow we probably haven’t seen before as a batsman. “We are obviously pretty confident otherwise we wouldn’t have done it but the answer is you never know,” he said. Such a move is fraught with risk but Key is confident Bairstow will be able to replicate his 2022 form. ![]() That came with him as a specialist batter at No 5.īut with Harry Brook gorging on runs in his absence in that position, Bairstow will move down to seven and take the wicket-keeping gloves. Was making Jonny Bairstow wicketkeeper the right call?īairstow’s four centuries and average of 75.66 last summer lit the fuse under the Bazball revolution. Last week, at a summit in Los Angeles a day after the strike was called, one attendee asked union leaders which studio has been the worst to writers. “Actually it’s about how do you impact games of cricket?” Probably not greatly if you average 27.60. “We’re not so much down the road of averages and pure stats,” he said. Questions have also been raised about Key’s Kent connections and his answer as to why England are sticking with Crawley would have made even the most brazen of political spin doctors blush. “We didn’t discuss that at all to be honest,” said Key, before adding that dropping Foakes – “something we agonised over for quite some time” – was the only option. Much had been made of potentially promoting Stokes to opener and dropping Crawley, whose form has been poor for months. As we sit here now, I’m expecting more of the same.” Should Zak Crawley have been dropped instead? ![]() “As we’ve seen for the last however long, he’s been bowling and hobbling back, but then he’ll bowl a 12-over spell of bouncers on a flat pitch and help us get wickets that actually end up winning you the game. Every time I speak to him he’s thinking about the Ashes. So will he be able to chip in with the ball during the Ashes? It looks doubtful but Key says: “I have no concerns about that. Three months on and he has bowled one over for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Cricket Ben Stokes should follow Archer home from the IPL to protect his Ashes hopes Read MoreĮngland’s captain struggled badly with the chronic injury to his left knee during the last series in New Zealand. ![]()
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