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Originally Posted by Notts Exile  7 matches. 142 runs. A highest score of 45. Average 20.28. A rousing success  ?[..]No wonder he was dropped for the World Cup squad. |
In comparason to the openers before him is that series - he was a success - remember there was NO opening partneship until he was selected.
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Originally Posted by Notts Exile Not sure how you can term anyone else a failure if that's how you define success!! |
Success in that one day series was reletive to what the other players where achieving NE: Had Loye not been selected England would not have won that series, no other opening partnersip reached 10 overs - with Loye it did and gave the lower order batsmen a chance against an older ball.
In that Loye succeded, and that on that occasion is how I defined success.
An opening batsmans job firstly is to see off the new ball, and in that he succeded.
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Originally Posted by Notts Exile Key must be well behind the other batsmen in there. However, should he score heavily in the meantime then he must have a chance once they've all failed! |
Which other batsmen have the stature of Key?, the England batting at best is inconsistent and at worst and usually is fragile.
How could Key weaken this England batting line up?, or Ramp's for that matter.
Attacking players like Pietersen, Collingwood and Flintoff would have scored many more runs had they not been brought to the wicket to early - far to many poor opening stands.