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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series

PY

PY

International Coach
Haha, "cups raining down from the top tier". Reminds me of OT last summer and being deluged because people in front were throwing them and wind was taking them all onto us with beer. :laugh:
 
Johnners

Johnners

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Son Of Coco said:
I take it Nixon's been selected at 36 years old due to his strong debating skills!?
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Haha, it wouldn't suprise me if your right after his Keeping AND batting efforts in todays game.

EDIT: Dissappointed that KP is out for the series :(
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Of course, the other way to replace KP is to move Strauss back to where he's played most of his decent oneday innings and let Cook open and see if he can maintain his oneday average of a tad under 50 at the top of the innings.
 
SquidAU

SquidAU

First Class Debutant
I reckon the Kiwis can win one against the Aussies.....The matches between the Kiwis and the Poms will either be interesting or walkovers....
 
Fiery

Fiery

Banned
wpdavid said:
Of course, the other way to replace KP is to move Strauss back to where he's played most of his decent oneday innings and let Cook open and see if he can maintain his oneday average of a tad under 50 at the top of the innings.
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Why isn't Cook in this squad anyway? They should have found a spot for him instead of stacking the side with average-to-**** all rounders. Surely he's a better cricketer than guys like Dalrymple, Lewis and Mahmood
 
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Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Fiery said:
Why isn't Cook in this squad anyway? Surely he's a better cricketer than guys like Dalrymple, Joyce and Lewis
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He may well be better than Joyce, but whether he is "better" than the other two is both hard to argue and irrelevant, considering Dalrymple is in the team as a bowling allrounder and Lewis is in the team to open the bowling. As far as those two roles are concerned, Cook most certainly isn't better than either of them.
 
Fiery

Fiery

Banned
Prince EWS said:
He may well be better than Joyce, but whether he is "better" than the other two is both hard to argue and irrelevant, considering Dalrymple is in the team as a bowling allrounder and Lewis is in the team to open the bowling. As far as those two roles are concerned, Cook most certainly isn't better than either of them.
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You're probably right. I edited my previous post having thought about it a bit more
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Fiery said:
You're probably right. I edited my previous post having thought about it a bit more
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You still seem to be totally missing the point though. All the players you listed are in the squad for their bowling more than anything else, and Cook can't bowl.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
NZTailender said:
Yeah, but more so for any matches involving NZ.

I honestly don't know whether to expect them to crush a side, get a close contest, or get rolled for 73...
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Fair enough. I just read it as a bit captain-obvious-ish. It's a fair point though really - NZ are really inconsistent lately.
 
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