RBLC,

True, but stats are not everything!!

For me the best way to judge players is a healthy mixture of both. The problem is too often our A Team is picked by people who have never watched these players.

I saw Durham this year, Plunkett impressed me, Davies didn't but if you look at the two players on paper Davies is better. But it only tells half the story.

Another suggestion would be that rather than getting 30 names who all look good on paper, we should have each member electing two counties they will watch this season and at the end of the season they will put forward the case for five players from those two teams, based on stats and personal judgement.