WHO'S ENGLAND'S NEXT NUMBER ONE?

About this episode

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann analyze the contenders for England's next number one batsman following recent county championship performances.

Zak Crawley suffered another disappointing return in the latest round of Rothesay county championship matches. Three top order challengers - Dom Sibley, Emilio Gay and Haseeb Hameed - stepped up with centuries in the last couple of days. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann run the rule over the contenders and assess their pros and cons as they try to assemble England's likely batting order for the first Test in just over a month's time. Plus - do we need DRS in county cricket? After last weekend's experiences several batsmen - including Crawley - would say definitely yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Hughes, Simon Mann

Topics covered

• England cricket
• county championship
• batting order
• DRS
• top order challengers

Keywords

• England cricket
• Zak Crawley
• Dom Sibley
• Emilio Gay
• Haseeb Hameed
• county championship
• batting order
• DRS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rothesay

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