Colgates_shaving_foam
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Sibley's role is to wear down the new ball and soak up overs from the best bowlers. If he scored at 1 an over he'd still be worth his place, especially away at the top sides.
Codswallop. It was a proper test innings. Set anchor and batted the day outBTW. Sibly did his job but he was scoring at 1.8 runs an over. That doesn't win you a Test Match. You won't get beat hanging around like that but this team is IMO better than that.
This is the reason I thought Compton should have been given longer. Used to stick around to at least take the shine off and with a run of games may have started scoring biggerAnd recently we haven't had openers who could dig in, exposing Root too early.
There aren't many openers who can play dogged for 25 overs and then explode thereafter. Gooch stands out in that respect, maybe Vaughan too for a few years.