Jones dropped from England Test squad.

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  1. Terry Nutkins

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    Chris Read regains his spot after 31 tests.</p>
     
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    Interesting, is it due to his finger or his batting form?
     
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    Selectors say on BBC that its due to his batting form. NFT
     
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    great news
     
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    jones

    Is not the best batter anyway, keeping not very good either so not too disapointed with the selecters, will just have to see what reid can do hopefully better than him
     
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    Ironically

    He has been dropped for his batting when he finally started keeping wicket to test standard.

    Personally I think Reid should have been in all along but it is a bit strange to wait until Jones gets the wicket keeping right to drop him.

    More worrying though is Fletchers insistance that there is no room in the team for specialists who are only good at one thing. He has definitely been indicating that unless Monty's batting improves Giles will be in instead as the spinner once he is fit.

    I am not entirely sure replacing a potentially match winning spinner with a mediocre one because he might get 20 or so more runs is a great idea
     
    Farnham_Red, Jul 31, 2006
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    RE: Ironically

    Will agree with you on that(Y)
     
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    totaly with you there

    i agree with the view a keeper who can bat should be the way. but if we got a spinner who can take 5 wickets thats more valuable than 20 runs. Especially considering Giles hasnt played for ages and may only have a short run going into the ashes.

    we cant take a injury hit squad down under again.
     
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    Duncan Fletcher's view

    Amid the celebrations on Saturday and the plaudits for Panesar, there was one cold voice of reason, that of coach Duncan Fletcher.

    Fletcher, thought to have supported Jamie Dalrymple's candidacy for a Test debut, places massive importance on the batting and fielding skills of his bowlers.

    "I think Monty is a very good bowler, but we have to produce 11 players who can produce two of the departments efficiently, whoever is playing for England.

    "I still have slight reservations about his batting and his fielding," he said.

    "But he's an outstanding bowler and doing a job for us because there's no-one else at the moment who can fulfil that role."

    But is it better to have a bowler who can make 20-odd runs and take a handful of wickets, or one who might score less runs but who could potentially dismantle an entire battling line-up almost by himself?

    During warm-ups on each morning of a Test match Panesar clearly spends extra time working on his fielding.

    His batting is better than commonly perceived - witness his 26 against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.

    And while he keeps taking wickets, he makes up for weaknesses in other parts of his game.
     
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