Originally Posted by
Jimmy Floyd
I'd want a couple in my team, probably batting at 5-7 in the expectation that the correctly selected top 4 might occasionally do their jobs and time can then be sold. They have to be flexible though. In a Test match, if I'm going to have a one-dimensional batsman I'd rather have the Hameed kind.
If you get a Warner or a Sehwag come along who can go at a good rate AND not throw their wicket away, then you're quids in but there are unbelievably few of those players about compared to the number that selectors seem to want there to be.