24-03-2018, 16:57
Yeah hameed and cook are the same but does it invite pressure if both score 100's albeit slowly? I'd suggest it tires the bowlers and the ball for the likes of root, stokes and bairstow to punish them.
The other thing is that whilst they are the same sort of player, at this moment we don't have a trescothick esque player, other than trescothick himself, so if we dont have someone atm who attack from the off then we have to make do with what we have until we can introduce someone else with a different game style.
Other openers to consider at this moment for me would be to continue with stoneman or go back to someone like Robson or duckett (I feel he was harshly treated considering he had hardly ever if at played in the subcontinent at the longer format, hes just not helped himself by his down under actions or probably the fact he's at an unfancied county)
The other thing is that whilst they are the same sort of player, at this moment we don't have a trescothick esque player, other than trescothick himself, so if we dont have someone atm who attack from the off then we have to make do with what we have until we can introduce someone else with a different game style.
Other openers to consider at this moment for me would be to continue with stoneman or go back to someone like Robson or duckett (I feel he was harshly treated considering he had hardly ever if at played in the subcontinent at the longer format, hes just not helped himself by his down under actions or probably the fact he's at an unfancied county)