Despite being awful is still considered as one of the top 30 performance squad members for England
No James Taylor
No Ben Stokes
Who else should be ahead of Flopara? Is this the Essex connection with Gooch and Cook that's keeping him in?
England Performance Squad 2013: Alastair Cook (Test and ODI capt), Stuart Broad (T20 capt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Nick Compton, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, James Harris, Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan, Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes, Luke Wright
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Ravi Flopara
posted on 3/4/13
You are having a dig at Bopara and yet fail to have a dig at the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Tim Bresnanm, Samit Patel etc who are not anywhere near as good as Ravbop.
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JB - Is still young and has had a difficult time personal reasons but he is the backup keeper to Prior. He does need to step up this year.
Patel - Not a test player but has done a good job in one dayers playing the finishing role and has outperformed Ravi in limited overs cricket.
Bresnan - why should he not be in the squad?
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted on 3/4/13
JB - Is still young and has had a difficult time personal reasons but he is the backup keeper to Prior. He does need to step up this year.
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The guy Essex have just lost to Hampshire is a far better batsman than Bairstow and probably a better keeper.
IMO, Essex should have released Foster and kept Wheater.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted on 3/4/13
Bresnan - why should he not be in the squad?
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Because he isn't very good. He doesn't get many runs and he doesn't take many wickets.
comment by drbantam (U8991)
posted on 4/4/13
"Because he isn't very good. He doesn't get many runs and he doesn't take many wickets..."
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What ARE you on about? Bresnan has a batting average over 31 which is the same as Bopara. Bresnan has ALSO taken 57 wickets which Bopara HASN'T. Don't talk rubbish,
Bairstow is 24 as opposed to Bopara who is twenty eight. Bairstow also has the added ability to don the gloves now and again.Bairstow is the future as much as Bopara is.
Samit patel bw i agree on that one!!
comment by drbantam (U8991)
posted on 4/4/13
also, why the HECK is Luke Wright there??!!
posted on 4/4/13
Luke Wright has been a decent performer in T20 cricket hasnt he?
comment by drbantam (U8991)
posted on 4/4/13
Kash, he has a batting average of 20 and 12 wickets. Hardly sets the world alight. Swann and Tredwell average around the same.
posted on 14/4/13
I dont get all the Bairstow love by some on here....
James Taylor is by far a better batsmen than that technically challenged slogger.....
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based on their test match performances against south Africa, bairstow is the far better prospect.
to me bairstow looked like a leading performer, whilst taylor looked like a number 9.
posted on 20/4/13
bresnan not in
delighted for tremlett btw
I have always rated that guy as top top class when fit.
posted on 20/4/13
bresnan is in
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