England Vs New Zealand

[Scot Munroe]

no i dont think so Sonic. we all know Freddie is a better player when he isn't captain. what worries me is that Vaughan may be out for a few games now with a hamstring injury. not good

what is rich is that Flintoff has the freedom to play his natural game while under the captaincy of Vaughan. when freddie was captain his batting was out of sought he kept poking at everything and get caught behind the wicket. I hope Vaughan is not serious because hamstring injuries take at least 2 -3 weeks to recover.

[Spencer_White]

His batting was much improved in the final test at the SCG.

Ive got no idea how things went so badly wrong on the rest of the tour. Flintoff also struggles to bat with KP. Pietersen seems to offset his rythm.

Anyway, good to have his batting back. But our batting tactics were very worrying. Poodle about for ages and hope Flintoff bails us out? What the fuck is that? Tactics 20 years out of date. Desparate back to basics stuff. We need something up the order. The strike rate of the current top 3 is simply not acceptable for ODI's.

Id say move Joyce up one. But it has to be said, his batting was also awful today.

[Bogus Dave]

We do have the best one-day opener in the world when hes on form. Just a shame he no longer seems to want to step foot out of somerset.

[Rich Pullen]

Just a shame he no longer seems to want to step foot out of somerset.

Or his front doorstep.

I blame Bristol City for making him a honorary vice-president.