Well he's never combined opening and keeping. He's only opening now because he doesn't have to keep. In reality, if this was a real comp and you signed up McCullum, he'd tell you that he doesn't keep anymore because of his back. So be thankful he can keep at all.
In reality Flintoff can barely do either (bat or bowl) because he will break down. Yet he will be playing in this.
So going by this line of thought, a player like Steve Smith who has never batted above no.6 for Australia will not be allowed to bat in the top order if a team owner wants him to because he has never done it before in 'reality'?
And Warnie won't be allowed to lead a team in the CPL because he has not lead Australia in reality too? In reality Warnie would be playing poker in Vegas and would ask the team owner to **** off if there is no money in it for him too.
You should be allowed to choose to make him do both IMO. But his average should take a hit, as it would in real life. Or you can just choose to have him as a lower order batsman and then open with him anyway.
**** it, this shit requires too much thinking. Would just not play him as an opener and have him keep.
No, because Samaraweera just stopped practising his bowling, while McCullum gave up wicket keeping because of injury. If you signed him up and told him to keep he'd tell you to gagf. Furthermore, Samaraweera's lack of bowling in the last 4-5 seasons made him a shit **** in CPL last season with the ball.
Lol at comparing him to Smith not batting in the top 6 in tests, this is a FC competition and not to mention McCullum's reasons being injury.
Not true. Has kept wickets and opened: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64074.html Check out the second innings of NZ.
