| Name | M | Runs | Avge | HS | 100s | 50s |
| A J Strauss | 12 | 972 | 48.60 | 177 | 4 | 3 |
| A N Cook | 12 | 758 | 36.09 | 76 | 0 | 8 |
| I R Bell | 12 | 676 | 37.55 | 199 | 2 | 2 |
| K P Pietersen | 12 | 1015 | 50.75 | 152 | 5 | 1 |
| P D Collingwood | 11 | 636 | 39.75 | 135 | 2 | 4 |
| M P Vaughan | 9 | 363 | 24.20 | 106 | 1 | 1 |
It is fairly obvious from the figures above that only Pietersen and Strauss have been worth their place in the side. KP has made as many centuries as Bell, Cook, Collingwood and Vaughan. The others have been carried and it has been obvious the whole year. With current selection policy there is no reason to believe this will change. For example, Vaughan is rumoured to be a certainty for the tour to the West Indies...
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I had a look at the test batting stats. No one apart from KP got more than 1000 runs apart from South African and Indian batsmen. No Australian. Pointing made about 982 IIRC. When did you last see that?
ECB's selection is worse than India's, where every region has a "quota" or whatever. In ECB, it's simply jobs for the boys. How Vaughn is still in the squad is baffling. Colly? Cook? Even though Strauss made 4 tons, I will not have him in my team.
Peter Moores said after the second test
"Bell is a young player still learning".
Huh? No he isnt, he is a poor player in decline.
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