Oh dear,its the ODI team

[larwood]

Fuck knows who we are going to pick,its announced later today.Its not looking good for Freddie Seems Strauss is going to be captain instead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/5053454.stm

[Johno]

don't see why tresco isn't made captain....was before.

so i guess loudon will be our spin option by the looks of it....because blackwell is injured all season.  :x (that angry face ain't for england really, its for somerset) harmison is back though right?

[Spud]

Oh no not the ODI Series.  

[larwood]

As expected Strauss is skip.Virgil is still out and Fred is injured
Tim Bresnan,Glen Chapple,Alex Loudon,Jamie Dalrymple and Ed 'the little Irish Leprechaun' Joyce have been called up.Good to see a couple of Crusaders in the side,but we were going ok,especially Joyce who battered Essex,i hope they can play on Sunday ffs :x

[larwood]

Strauss;
Bell;
Bresnan;
Chapple;
Collingwood;
Cook;
Dalrymple;
Harmison;
Jones;
Joyce;
Loudon;
Mahmood;
KP;
Plunkett:
Tres.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

oh and WTF is Dalrymlpe?

[sonic youth]

i haven't heard of about a third of that squad  :shock:

can someone give me a rundown of the new caps?

[DMR]

Jim Dalrymple is a handy bat, certainly scores quickly when he likes, I watched him get a big ton at Bristol a couple seasons back and he can chuck a few offies down if I remember.

Personally I think Ed Joyce would be playing for England if he was English, basically. Very talented and bats well with Dalrymple by all accounts.

Alex Loudon's a very promising spinning all rounder who will play for test-side England, I think he was touted for India along with Monty?

Glenn Chapple willl probably be similar to Lewis, I can't understand that move. Similar bowlers but Glenn will throw his bat about a bit more but he's a consistant county pro, but not an international.

Never really folloed Timmy Bresnan, pretty inocuous in all likelihood.

[sonic youth]

cheers dave. will be interesting to see how loudon compares to monty (in relative terms. can he bat/field?

[Johno]

glenn chapple, ain't he the guy who plays for lancashire?

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

cheers dave. will be interesting to see how loudon compares to monty (in relative terms. can he bat/field?

Loudon can bat i know that for sure. he has been developing his bowling and has been working on the "doosra" doubt whether he would spin it more than Monty though

[Boeta]

cheers dave. will be interesting to see how loudon compares to monty (in relative terms. can he bat/field?

loudon's primarily a batsman - a real class act at that, who has developed his bowling quite a bit over the last year