Freddie Wilde
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 4 Feb
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year or so I've come up against him a number of times as an analyst and I'm always thinking God this guy is a hell of a talent he's hard to stop when he gets going I mean Duckett also when he's at his best is fantastic but as he said he's had a poor winter and also now with Curran and Bethel in the side that sort of emphasis on needing the left hander is a little bit reduced as well I think Duckett's
elevation in the T20 format was partly because England was searching for that lefty.
But they've now got two of them in Bethel and Duckett.
So I wouldn't be surprised to see if he ended up starting on the outside.
But, you know, it's a long tournament and he might end up coming in at some point.
You know, when you frame that question, you said old school versus new school.
One thing when you guys asked me to come on to this, I actually thought about that as a trend that sort of come into the game more recently is that I think actually teams are beginning to shift back to the let's just get your best player in earlier.
So I think you've seen that with Australia with Tim David.
He's now batting at number four at times.
And as run rates have got higher, I think there is a developing school of thought, which is like, guys, while we're messing, almost going back to the original point, while we're messing around
I think...
Yeah, I think in lower scoring games, there can be a little bit more subtlety to it.
You might want to get your sort of touch players or players of spin through the middle if it is tricky.
But now, particularly with the way the game's going and the way that India are playing in particular, you're right.
It's becoming increasingly about maximizing, as I said earlier, maximizing your 120 balls.
And with that in mind, I think there is an argument to just try and get your better players in earlier and earlier.
And it's probably the same for the bowling as well.
I think we've seen India actually start to use Bumrah earlier.
He started to open the bowling a couple of series ago.
Again, it's almost like, why are we wasting our ace?
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