Is Adam Lyth the answer to the vacancy as Alastair Cook's opening partner?
Adam Lyth the27 year-old left-handed Yorkshire terrier
batsman looks set to be given his full test debut against New Zealand on
Thursday.
Since the departure of Andrew Strauss the opening partnership with Alistair Cook has problematic for Cook and the ECB selectors. Nick Compton, Joe Root, Michael Carberry, Sam Robson and Jonathan Trott have all been given the chance to open with Cook.
Lyth had a prolific season with the bat for Yorkshire last year scoring a staggering 1,489 runs with six hundreds, including two double centuries, and was widely honoured as county cricket’s best player of 2014.
Lyth, who has played for England under 19s, is similar to team-mate Jonny Bairstow in that he could have been a footballer because he had trials at Manchester City as a teenager.
But is Lyth a one season wonder? He has failed to be consistent during his career with Yorkshire over the years, in which saw him make his county debut at the age of 16. It looks like he has matured as a cricketer; he now knows his game and hopefully takes his role for England like a ‘duck to water’.
Let’s hope that Lyth will be another success of the Yorkshire academy, because as Mr Geoffrey Boycott argues “when Yorkshire are strong England are strong”. We will see how Lyth gets on over the test series with New Zealand. With time ticking until the Aussies are over for the Ashes series, England need to find a partner for captain Cook.
Since the departure of Andrew Strauss the opening partnership with Alistair Cook has problematic for Cook and the ECB selectors. Nick Compton, Joe Root, Michael Carberry, Sam Robson and Jonathan Trott have all been given the chance to open with Cook.
Lyth had a prolific season with the bat for Yorkshire last year scoring a staggering 1,489 runs with six hundreds, including two double centuries, and was widely honoured as county cricket’s best player of 2014.
Lyth, who has played for England under 19s, is similar to team-mate Jonny Bairstow in that he could have been a footballer because he had trials at Manchester City as a teenager.
But is Lyth a one season wonder? He has failed to be consistent during his career with Yorkshire over the years, in which saw him make his county debut at the age of 16. It looks like he has matured as a cricketer; he now knows his game and hopefully takes his role for England like a ‘duck to water’.
Let’s hope that Lyth will be another success of the Yorkshire academy, because as Mr Geoffrey Boycott argues “when Yorkshire are strong England are strong”. We will see how Lyth gets on over the test series with New Zealand. With time ticking until the Aussies are over for the Ashes series, England need to find a partner for captain Cook.