Australia throw Marcus Harris to the lions and expose top order muddle Geoff Lemon
almost 5 years in The guardian
England have long fretted over their openers but Australia’s treatment of Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft and Joe Burns is just as confused
If you’ve mentioned opening batsmen in England across a growing number of recent years, you will have witnessed a glum ritual in response. Those who have occupied the position since the retirement of Andrew Strauss will be solemnly listed one by one, like a clutch of cast-iron names read from the side of a municipal Boer War memorial.
Compton, Carberry, Lyth, Robson. In the name of the Father. Stoneman, Hameed, Jennings, Hales. And of the Son. Moeen, Pietersen, Buttler, Trott. May your peace lie upon them. Continue reading...
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