I was a top order batsman last year and well among the runs. I didn't have an average for most the season because when you got to 35 in the under 15s you retire. I had made many runs.

But now I have been stepped up to under 17z and I have been demoted to number 9. I dont want to sound arrogant but I am better then most batsmen that go in front of me. I have played extremely well in the 3 times I have batted. 10* 25* and 24*. My coach still wont put mt at least number 6.

How would I impress him even more to move up the order? Any ideas?

Before the start of the season my coach and the entire squad got together. We all decided that the time for experiment was over and that we had a team who could win the league. But the only way to do it would be to play our best players. Your saying that its fair for me who only bowls 4 overs every 3 games bats number 9 while those who know themselves they cannot do the buisness go numbers 3 and 4 and then lose the game? I cannt see the logic in that. You wouldnt put someone like Steve Harmison number 4 would you? I am classed as an all rounder. Those who go in front of me are all bowlers and all they can do is defned. I go in and have to hit boundaries straight away. That makes me take risks and that makes me lose my wicket. Thus when the selector looks back on the figures sees me making 10 and 11 drops me futher down the order.

Did you miss that little statement? You must have or else you wouldnt have saind that all they do is make up the numbers. Plus whats the point in sending in people who cannot bat and in the end lose the game for us? I said before this year my team agreed and everyone agreed that we were guna let the best players take control.