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Dec 26, 2021Liked by Jarrod Kimber

Really love how you go to the ROOT of the issue, unlike experts littered across the media, plebians like me believed that sacking Root from captaincy and making Stokes in charge would fix it all, based on these expert opinions.. but seriously you revealed in a lovely manner💘

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Crawley averages 18.04 in test cricket if you ignore his one big score, which is less than Stuart Broad ! How on earth the selectors think Zak is part of the batting solution is beyond me ...

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Regarding their spin options I don't know why they're not giving Matt Parkinson an opportunity, he has an first class average of 23, they've just tried him in ODIs and judging him by that!

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Why is it that England have not produced enough test quality batters of late? Is it because the county scene incentivises "bits and pieces" players? Or is it because the pitches are not true enough, and therefore batters do develop the ability of making big scores.

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As an Australian outsider, Ben Brown from Sussex seems to have a good record. Could he be an option for England? Also, what do you think of Josh Bohannon?

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And yet this same set of batsmen did well in South Africa last year..

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