Originally Posted by makeba72:
“Overall, I do agree with you, but at this moment in time, I wouldn't mind bumping up Moeen in order to bring in Rashid, who is better than a tail-ender with the bat.
I think your analysis depends on believing that Borthwick (et al) is a solid better bat than Moeen, but Moeen was a top-order batsmen until England bumped him down the order and gave him an 'all-rounder slot'. I don't see this as cut and dried as I think your posts are saying.”
i think thats where we are disagreeing
its about whether borthwick is a better batsman than rashid or whether rashid is a better bowler than moeen
i repeat what i said earlier, the problem i believe we are trying to solve is how to improve our batting and we dont do that by dropping a batsman and replacing him with a bowler
by dropping vince and just moving everyone up a spot and dropping in another bowler at #9 we weaken the batting, or at best dont improve it, and what we gain is another bowler that we shouldn't need. overall we aren't really doing anything to make the TEAM better
if we are going to make changes at least try to do something that might make us better not just say "well it cant be any worse"