The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

Rejected? Adil Rashid

The suggestion that Alex Hales and Adil Rashid are “defectors” and should be sacked by their counties seems unfair, since I think they have judged where their strengths lie, and, just as important, where they are perceived to lie. Both would have hoped to be on the redball leg of the Australian tour.
Hales, having had a good county season including a robust 200, was a contender as a number five who could open in a pinch. Adil Rashid must have felt rejected at being replaced by Ma...