Three Players Who Could Answer England’s Batting Problems In the Future
Although England are the number one team in the world
now in the international one-day rankings, their Test performances have
suffered as a result. The world champions have tried to covert explosive
white-ball specialists into the Test arena and it has not worked.
Here is a look at three players England are likely to
be monitoring closely and could get a call-up in the winter and beyond.
Haseeb
Hameeb (Lancashire)
Haseeb Hameed will be released by Lancashire at end of the county season— i sport (@iPaperSport) August 23, 2019
The opening batsman scored an impressive 82 on Test debut in India but has since suffered a sudden and inexplicable deterioration in his battinghttps://t.co/KLldi6rEgp pic.twitter.com/7NLqfAY6LO
It was only a couple of years ago that Lancashire’s
Haseeb Hameeb was seen as England’s future opening batsman. He made his debut
for the Three Lions at the age of just 19 against India where he scored 82 runs
in three matches before being ruled out due to a finger injury. Sadly for the
youngster, he has been unable to impress the selectors enough to get a recall
back into the Test team. Lancashire, who are now as short as 1/50 incricket betting for the County Championship Division Two, recently
revealed that they will be releasing the batsman at the end of the current
season, therefore, Hameeb will need to go elsewhere and prove himself again.
There is unlikely to be a shortage of offers for the Englishman so don’t rule
out him producing his best cricket again in the near future and forcing himself
back into the England team.
Sam
Northeast (Hampshire)
At the age of 29, Sam Northeast is now in the
peak stages of his career and will feel now is the time he should be given the
chance to shine in international cricket. The Hampshire batsman has scored
three centuries in the Country Championship this season and is very much
on course for passing 1000 runs when the campaign is over. Northeast has
featured for the England Lions when they faced the West Indies A team in
Antigua, so he has been on the selectors’ radar before. Given the season he has
had domestically, there is a strong case to be made for him to be given an
opportunity this winter when England travel to the southern hemisphere to take on New Zealand and South Africa respectively.
Dominic
Sibley (Warwickshire)
REPORT: Dominic Sibley scored a century against his former county as the MCC fought back after Surrey star Ollie Pope struck 251.— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) March 26, 2019
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No player has scored more runs in the County
Championship this season than Warwickshire’s Dominic Sibley. The domestic game
is there to support the England team and if statistics like that are used to
help the selectors, then Sibley is surely top of the list when it comes to who
will be the next man to given a chance in the Test fold. The 23-year-old has
had a superb campaign so far and has really excelled since joining Warwickshire.
Sibley still holds the record for the being the youngest player in County Championship history to score a double century
as he did so as the age of just 18. If needed, the right-arm batsman can bowl
leg-break which would give England another option with the ball in the winter.
For now, all the focus will be on the Ashes as England
look to come out on top against their old foes Australia, but the selectors are
sure to be thinking about what the future of this team is.
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