Back Off Talented Bethell And Let Him Learn Game - Agnew

It was really bully to spot Jacob Bethell pinch a grin connected his look and scoring runs astatine Lord's connected Thursday, contempt England falling to a bid conclusion against an awesome South Africa.

There has been truthful overmuch unit heaped connected nan 21-year-old this summertime that it hardly seems fair, but astatine Lord's he seemed to beryllium really enjoying himself during his 58 disconnected 40 balls.

Bethell was dismissed playing mediocre shots successful his past 2 world matches - successful his 1 Test of nan summertime astatine The Oval, astatine a important shape of nan game, and astatine Headingley successful nan first one-day world of this bid connected Tuesday.

He besides struggled successful The Hundred, wherever it was evident he was getting large send-offs from nan guidance and receiving banter astir being England's 'Golden Boy', which was unkind.

People request to backmost disconnected Bethell a bit. Even Sachin Tendulkar had to spell retired and do nan activity to study his game. Everybody does.

Nobody tin beryllium expected to locomotion into nan world crippled without that knowledge, and you cannot person that without playing a measurement of cricket.

That measurement you cognize what your crippled is and really you play successful definite scenarios.

I americium not saying do not prime Bethell for England. But fto him play - each a lad of his property wants to do is spell and play.

I cannot understand why they picked him arsenic skipper for nan T20 circuit of Ireland.

I really dream it does not spell incorrect because thing tin hap successful T20 games.

I recovered England managing head Rob Key's comments astir seeing Bethell's activity qualities somewhat absurd.

What activity qualities has he perchance shown erstwhile he has been carrying drinks each summertime arsenic 12th man for nan Test team, alternatively than playing for Warwickshire?

It would beryllium acold amended to return nan unit disconnected him because if we springiness him nan abstraction to understand his crippled past he tin play much innings for illustration Lord's.

England are searching for that 5th bowler which balances their side.

It is truthful difficult if you do not person an all-rounder - and this squad are lacking one.

I enjoyed Bethell's innings pinch nan bat, but he was hammered pinch nan shot - he and Will Jacks conceded a mixed 112 runs from 10 overs.

You simply cannot fiddle astir pinch part-time bowlers for 10 overs; nor tin you vessel them very precocious successful nan innings.

By that time, batters are group and nan South Africa mediate bid is beautiful brutal.

After really they batted at Headingley, England were concerned astir nan extent of their batting, hence their including Jacks astatine number seven.

The make-up of nan squad is simply a problem and I felt a spot sorry for accelerated bowler Sonny Baker, who was dropped for nan 2nd ODI aft a difficult debut.

Baker was very costly successful Leeds, but if you are going to prime personification successful nan squad 2 days ago, past you prime him again 48 hours later.

Everyone is entitled to beryllium tense connected their debut. It was a very bully transportation astatine Headingley pinch a very accelerated outfield.

Fast guardant to Lord's and nan shot was moving astir astatine nan commencement of nan innings. That was an opportunity to spot what Baker tin do, particularly aft England won nan flip and chose to field.

He will beryllium backmost successful nan squad connected 1 of this winter's tours, but I would person liked to person seen an limb astir his enarthrosis this week.

The main constituent we made astir England's run successful nan Champions Trophy successful February was that they do not cognize really to play 50-over cricket.

That is not wholly their responsibility - they hardly play it. It is almost each T20 that these players play now, and 50-over cricket is simply a wholly different game.

Rebuilding innings - for illustration South Africa had to do astatine Lord's - is simply a accomplishment you study done playing nan format.

England's players must study really to gait it and really to restructure an innings erstwhile they suffer speedy wickets.

On nan past 2 showings, not excessively overmuch has changed from nan mindset that existed astatine nan Champions Trophy.

Yes, England hit West Indies 3-0, but they are not a beardown team.

This bid against South Africa is simply a overmuch amended parameter of wherever England's 50-over crippled is - and it is struggling.

These one-day bid matter because they are linked to World Cup qualification. England could beryllium successful nan ignominious position of having to spell done a qualifier against nan likes of Netherlands, Scotland and nan USA.

England are eighth successful nan International Cricket Council's one-day standings, which are utilized to find qualification - nan apical eight, positive hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe, suffice automatically for nan 14-team tournament.

It is not a bully position to beryllium successful because, aft nan South Africa bid and nan T20 circuit of Ireland, England caput to a reliable bid successful New Zealand.

With nan Ashes coming up a fewer weeks later, it is going to beryllium rather difficult for them to beryllium focused connected that one-day series.

Having to look qualifying remains a realistic threat.