Was only ever a stop gap keeper and then a stop gap captain after the sand paper stuff.
At the time his batting record was forgivable because he was replacing Wade but his deficiencies are constantly exposed because of our batting problems.
He's a poor captain tactically. But who replaces him atm?
We've still got a few months to live in the house of Paine unfortunately.
Unless you want to give Wadey the gloves and (c)?
Looking to the future, surely Carey is next in line. I know it’s one day cricket but he’s averaging 40 after 29 games. Out of boredom I looked at the records of current shield keepers. Obviously they differ in experience but they’ve all played 20+ first class matches.
Sa - Alex Carey 31.3 - 2 F/C 100’s
Vic - Seb Gotch 31.8 - 0 F/C 100’s
Nsw - Peter Nevill 37 - 10 F/C 100’s
Qld - Jimmy Peirson - 28.7 - 0 First Class 100’s
Tas - Tim Paine 28.7 - 1 F/C 100’s
Wa - Josh Inglis 28.7 - 0 F/C 100’s
Nevill averaged 22 in test cricket after 17 games.