@TanteMerle
firstly we need two openers who we can at least get 50 runs from. More importantly, we need them to get the shine off the new ball. Hope cannot be coming in with us facing a still new cherry with nothing on the board. One of those openers has to have the license to attack. Hit the bowlers off their lines. Get the shine off the ball. The next opener has to get out this insecurity and Kraigg induced habit of just defending. Rotate the strike. That not that difficult to do. If you reach 50 without loss, the bowlers start to lose confidence and batting becomes a little easier