Quote Originally Posted by billy.ronson View Post
Bairstow isn’t exempt from criticism, flashing wildly at a ball when he needed to get his head down and bat for a few hours! However, Ali leaving a ball like that makes him looks timid and completely out of sorts ! clearly Lyon has him sussed which is so annoying as he can do so much more with the bat !
I think Moeen was originally selected as a batsman who could bowl, but now it's his bowling that it is keeping him in the team. I'd just stick him at number eight from now on and hope he can contribute with the bat now and again - Bairstow is different for me, he is still thought of as a specialist batsman, but he is far too loose currently to be that.