I love the lad, but like he said in his interview after play yesterday he probably hasn't made enough hundreds in comparison to some of the other contenders.

His game looks in a good place right now though and he seems well mentally they could do worse...

He definitely should have got more of a go in ODI's.

I feel like if he'd converted himself to opener and made a decent fist of it he'd defo have got a shot by now, when you look at some of the people that have been given chances, if they weren't openers they wouldn't be near the discussion. people like ben McKinney have got frequent mentions as possible options with virtually no body of work behind them just because the cupboard at opener is so bare. Much harder to get a place in the middle order with Root and now brook nailing 2 slots down.

He definitely should have got more of a go in ODI's.

yeah like i say thats one where the 100 has effectively robbed him of the shop window, even more so as the combination of the poor opportunities he has been given (only selected half the time, played at 5 coming in late in innings), and his awful form in the 100 when he has played, has really undermined the wider perception of him.

oh god I missed the obvious one being that Bethell got one of those no3-5 slots in the test team on exactly 0 body of work. #vibes, though.