Following On - Is Gay Now Favourite To Open For England & Hollioake EXPLAINS Kent's Social Media Decision!
5/6/20261 hr 1 min
Is Durham batter Emilio Gay now the front-runner to open for England this summer after his century at Lord's? Will England's current management go back to Dom Sibley after his positive start to the campaign? Is there a future for Ollie Robinson in an England shirt again with the news that Rob Key has reached out to him during the season? Are English spinners in favour of counties producing spinning pitches without the jeopardy of potential points penalties? Why has Adam Hollioake decided to block the comments on Kent's social media platforms after a difficult start to the season? How is Zak Crawley after a lean run of form to start the season?
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[upbeat music] You're listening to Following On with me, Neil Manthorpe, along with former England fast bowler, Steve Harmison, as always. Let's look back at, uh, round five of the County Championship. It was another absolute cracker. We'll be speaking later on, uh, to Dom Bess, who was part of a very important victory for Yorkshire, and also to, uh, no longer beleaguered Kent coach, Adam Holyoake, after their first win of the season. So, uh, do stay tuned for them. But let's, uh, start, [laughs] as we have done for the last six weeks, Harmy, talking about, uh, the opening situation for England. Good Dom Sibley, back-to-back hundreds, uh, for, uh, in the County Championship. He's now got 380 runs at 63. But Emilio Gay, does it matter that he's in Division 2? I mean, he's the leading run scorer, 473 of them at 94.6, having, uh, not fallen victim to the jinx that we, um, have, uh, been [laughs] putting on some players that we've spoken to so far this season. Every time we speak to somebody after a win, they lose, or they're out for, for not many. But Emilio Gay, um, brilliant. Uh, three hundreds now in Division 2. So, does he get the nod? Is it between Sibley and Emilio Gay? And we mentioned this off air last week, but I really am feeling a bit for Zak Crawley. I mean, he's had some stinking