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Posted December 02, 2008 01:17 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:28

Royal wrote:

You need someone who bats for time as opener. If Redmond gets another shot then I'll scream. Bell is the only opener in the country that can bat for sessions at a time, not in 10 minute lots.

I'm stumped over Ryder and Taylor though. Jesse just doesn't have the temperament to stick around and guts it out, always gets frustrated and goes for his shots when perhaps he should knuckle down. Same for Taylor and McCullum. The only batsmen out of the current lot that seem to be able to try to bat for long sessions are Oram (when he's back) and Vettori

The thing is Ryder has a first class record which says he can bat time and knuckle down. His record in 4 day cricket is markedly better than his One day record domestically

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Unknown editor edited March 18, 2021 07:28
Royal wrote:

You need someone who bats for time as opener. If Redmond gets another shot then I'll scream. Bell is the only opener in the country that can bat for sessions at a time, not in 10 minute lots.

I'm stumped over Ryder and Taylor though. Jesse just doesn't have the temperament to stick around and guts it out, always gets frustrated and goes for his shots when perhaps he should knuckle down. Same for Taylor and McCullum. The only batsmen out of the current lot that seem to be able to try to bat for long sessions are Oram (when he's back) and Vettori

The thing is Ryder has a first class record which says he can bat time and knuckle down. His record in 4 day cricket is markedly better than his One day record domestically