[jjamez]

People say we have a world class middle order. I don't see it. We have shakey openers and have done since strauss. A dodgy number three, quality 4, a number 5 who could be world class, atm he's just a very good international player, maybe batting one too high with the gloves. A number 6 who's hit and miss with both bat and ball, great one innings average the next. Ali has moments of magic and moments of calamity, some of the shots he gets out to highlight why he shouldn't bat higher up. As for dawson, main spinner? Newp- weak link. Allrounder? County level maybe, test no, as much an allrounder as broad. Need woakes back and a look at everything, some of the results just paper over the cracks.