GillsBluenose
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I see Michael Vaughan has got his way with Denly being dropped.
I am a much bigger Kent Fan than an England one, so I am pleased in a way but feel he has been scapegoated.
He has been batting number three, a position which no other player seems to want to bat (including most notably Root), and if we lose a quick wicket he has made sure that we are not suddenly two down in the first hour and using the famous one word expression - englandbattingcollapse.
He scored almost as many runs as Sibley in the first test and considerably more than Pope who is supposedly a "batsman" but must be shit against the new ball as he can not seem to bat any higher than six and does not bowl. However, both are, or have been, part of the Surrey mafia so are undroppable.
This time, Root is pushing the other Kent batsman, the inexperienced Crawley, in to batting at three so it will not be long before Kent welcome him back to the fold if he can not cope with it.
It will probably be a tamer wicket for the flat track bullies this time, though.
I am a much bigger Kent Fan than an England one, so I am pleased in a way but feel he has been scapegoated.
He has been batting number three, a position which no other player seems to want to bat (including most notably Root), and if we lose a quick wicket he has made sure that we are not suddenly two down in the first hour and using the famous one word expression - englandbattingcollapse.
He scored almost as many runs as Sibley in the first test and considerably more than Pope who is supposedly a "batsman" but must be shit against the new ball as he can not seem to bat any higher than six and does not bowl. However, both are, or have been, part of the Surrey mafia so are undroppable.
This time, Root is pushing the other Kent batsman, the inexperienced Crawley, in to batting at three so it will not be long before Kent welcome him back to the fold if he can not cope with it.
It will probably be a tamer wicket for the flat track bullies this time, though.