Dhoni's Long Rope now in England

[The Realist]

Adam Lyth. Looks like the worst opener seen in the past decade. Utterly unconvincing yet always gets selected. Smells fishy. Cook may just be picking him so that he looks good in comparison. “Adam Lyth is finding out the difference between Test cricket and county cricket,” Kevin Pietersen said in his blog for bookmakers Paddy Power. “It’s a huge step up and you don’t get as many loose deliveries as you would at county level. He needs to be busier at the crease. “It looks like he could get out on every single ball. He’s got to be positive and look to score, not to stand around and push and prod at deliveries. Losing one of your openers cheaply puts huge pressure on the middle order.”

[adi B]

:hysterical: :hysterical: ,he's a pathetic opener with no decisive foot movement

[asterix]

Adam Lidh... :agree:

[gattaca]

Hey at least dhoni is inspiring some one. Has an FC avg of 41.69 . England sure can find someone better. Cook is justfying his position. Poor Carberry

[HippoSucks]

Lyth should not be dropped (and neither should Voges as they are in similar situations). Both of them are playing the Ashes as only their second test series and both did fairly well in their first series (scoring a century). It is expected that inexperienced players may succumb to the pressure of such series. He should get some more chances even if he fails in the 3 remaining innings.