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    Jamie Siddons on Bangladesh's performance in the last league match of the Asia Cup

    Jul 4, 2008

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    Prior dropped

    By Jonathan Liew 6 months ago Leave a comment on this post

    Well, this was certainly a surprise. Prior had a pretty good series with the bat in Sri Lanka, and although he dropped a couple of catches, he’s always dropped catches. The selectors knew this when they picked him. His keeping’s actually improved quite a bit since he joined the Test side. And he’s scoring runs.

    The good thing, though, is that England have perhaps half a dozen young wicket keepers who could potentially do the job just as well. Ambrose and Mustard have got the nod this time, but it could just as easily have been Steve Davies, Jon Batty, James Foster, Nic Pothas or Mark Wallace. And what if Geraint Jones piles on the runs next summer?

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  • William wrote:
    January 4th, 2008 at 8.56 pm

    Harsh, but Prior’s had 3 series to show himself.

    I hope this is the start of a shift in the English thinking that a wicket-keeper has to bat as well as anyone in the top 6. Prior hasn’t been dropped for his batting - he’s played very well in fact - but for his drops.

  • Elliott wrote:
    January 6th, 2008 at 11.10 pm

    Another Aussie keeper then…
    No surprise there! ;)

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