Atherton
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It is.
And obviously he has batted on some spicy pitches in this series.
But so has Travis said.
I know it's an unfair comparison.
But so has Travis said.
And look at his stats.
And that just worries me about Zach Crawley.
that I think if Zach plays 90 test matches, I think he'll average 31.
I think his first class career, he'll average 32.
I hope he proves me wrong.
I hope he goes on and kicks on, but you keep hoping that.
And he has the same stats wherever he plays, whatever he does.
And the question is, is that good enough for England?
And that was the problem at the beginning of this tour.
where they lost this Ashes series, there were question marks about Crawley and there were question marks about Pope.
And when two of your top three, you're a little bit fingers crossed about, you're not going to win many Ashes series like that.
Yeah.
As long as that number three's Bethel, you're OK.
Yeah, which you know as an opener, especially here in Australia.
Yeah, absolutely.