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« Reply #870 on: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 10:56:11 » |
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Quick round of the last week of significant cricket news; Durham won County Championship, Lancashire won Div 2 and Notts won the YB40 final against Glamorgan yesterday...Simon Jones' last first class game (will only play t20 games now) and you have to wonder 'what might have been' with him, such potential but injuries prevented him becoming into a world class bowler after that 05 Ashes Series...got a great round of applause yesterday when he came out to bat no.11 and every Notts player made a point to shake his hand afterwards...great show of respect!
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« Reply #872 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 11:09:49 » |
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Ashes squad named:
Cook Prior Anderson Bairstow Ballance Bell Broad Carberry Finn Panesar Pietersen Rankin Root Stokes Swann Tremlett Trott
No Onions or Compton or Bresnan.
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« Reply #873 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 11:39:20 » |
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Carberry over Compton is a disgrace.
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« Reply #874 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 11:43:40 » |
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Can understand not taking Onions and opting for raw pace/bounce, but surely he should be considered for places like the SCG?
Compton's omission is harsh.
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« Reply #875 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 13:35:20 » |
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The two crucial uncertainties are who bats at 6 and 8 .....
At 6 it could be one of Stokes, Bairstow or Ballance. I suspect Stokes will get first crack to give them a 5th bowling option.
8 is a bit more complicated, mainly because of the batting depth Bresnan added. Tremlett or Finn would be the obvious 3rd seamer alongside Jimmy and Broad but based on how Broad bats more often than not these days i'm not sure i'd want him at 8.
Apart from that no real issues.
No Onions is sad. I am surprised they didnt take him as he is the most natural replacement to Jimmy we have. He's a high class performer who has had a brilliant season who in another era would have played 50+ tests and been a first choice bowler for a lengthy period. Now I struggle to see where is he next test is coming from and fear it wont! Onion is playing in SA this winter so would be match fit if needed but I suspect they'd probably picked from the academy squad.
Good to see Monty back but even as good a spinner as Swann wont win any games over there like he did here and will have to do a holding job.
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« Reply #876 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:06:09 » |
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Agree with that FCB, another option you could have is either Bairstow/Ballance at 6, Prior at 7, then Stokes at 8...however with the trial and error the selectors made at The Oval with Woakes and Kerrigan playing, I can't see them bringing in a batsman who can bowl as a 3rd seamer to offer 10-15 overs a day and go around the park (Same with Kerrigan as the 2nd spinner). Therefore I think we'll see Cook, Root, Trott, KP, Bell, Bairstow/Ballance, Prior, Broad, Swann, Anderson +1 of the big men....a lot can change between now and then though (even if it's only 7/8 weeks until the 1st test).
Another option they may consider is opening with Carberry and putting Root back to 6 if things don't go England's way in the 1st couple of tests?
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« Reply #877 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:32:02 » |
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Agree with that FCB, another option you could have is either Bairstow/Ballance at 6, Prior at 7, then Stokes at 8...however with the trial and error the selectors made at The Oval with Woakes and Kerrigan playing, I can't see them bringing in a batsman who can bowl as a 3rd seamer to offer 10-15 overs a day and go around the park (Same with Kerrigan as the 2nd spinner). Therefore I think we'll see Cook, Root, Trott, KP, Bell, Bairstow/Ballance, Prior, Broad, Swann, Anderson +1 of the big men....a lot can change between now and then though (even if it's only 7/8 weeks until the 1st test).
Another option they may consider is opening with Carberry and putting Root back to 6 if things don't go England's way in the 1st couple of tests?
Am I the only one who's underwhelmed by the thought of another Ashes series so soon after the last? Just doesn't seem right to me...I believe there's some cogent reason for it happening so soon, but it's over egging the pudding.
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« Reply #878 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:36:36 » |
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Look at this way Reg - it's a great time to play them as frequently as possible and win 4 in a row, they won't be this shite forever.
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« Reply #879 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:36:54 » |
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Am I the only one who's underwhelmed by the thought of another Ashes series so soon after the last? Just doesn't seem right to me...I believe there's some cogent reason for it happening so soon, but it's over egging the pudding.
Agree on over eggin the pudding but when the coin goes up at the Gabba i'll be as excited as anyone. The reason for one so soon is that normally the World Cup follows directly on from an Ashes tours and they wanted to break the cycle. So rather than going 3 years without an ashes series they have had two consectuviely to make a shedload of money! With the next WC in Aus Next Feb/March, if the normal cycle had been kept England would have been in Aus for the best part of six months.
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« Reply #880 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:43:50 » |
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Look at this way Reg - it's a great time to play them as frequently as possible and win 4 in a row, they won't be this shite forever.
Maybe I'll see it differently in November/December, but right now if I have to see Watson's ugly mug again I'll scream.
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« Reply #881 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:54:49 » |
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I quite the the idea of a home/away split series.
Another one in 18 months is a bit excessive though.
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« Reply #882 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:09:06 » |
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I quite the the idea of a home/away split series.
Another one in 18 months is a bit excessive though.
No doubt driven by Sky...personally I will struggle to get excited.
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« Reply #883 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 18:13:28 » |
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No doubt driven by Sky...personally I will struggle to get excited. Old age, Reg?
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« Reply #884 on: Monday, September 23, 2013, 19:20:26 » |
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Old age, Reg?
Happily not
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