Stumped as to why they keep selecting Jones
In The Times , Pat Gibson raises the much-discussed issue of England's wicketkeeper:-
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
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"Not a day goes by at a county ground without someone, be it a player or a coach, a spectator or even a tea lady, asking the same question. 'Why,' they want to know, 'do the England selectors persist in picking Geraint Jones?'"
Gibson believes it comes down to Duncan Fletcher.
"The suspicion is that only Fletcher, the allpowerful coach, knows the answer to that because his colleagues, David Graveney, the chairman, and Geoff Miller watch enough domestic cricket and canvass enough opinions to know that there are many better wicketkeepers than Jones, some of whom can also bat at least as well as he can."
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa