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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series
- Thread starter James
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SquidAU
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Oh yeah.
Forgot about his effort. Jeez, now that I think about it....the Poms have been basically relying on Pietersen to be at least competitive, outside of England at least!
Fiery
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I didn't miss your point at all. I just think it's a waste of talent to leave him out for the sake of these other donkeys. Should try to select your best players
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Fair point.
Prince EWS
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Yes you did miss the point. Those who miss points rarely actually know they miss them or they would not have missed them at all.
They are in the squad to bowl. There's no point picking Cook in the squad just because he is "better" than them if he has less chance of playing. I'm sure he'll be drafted in now that Pietersen is injured, but considering the fact that the England batting was settled and the bowling was far from such, picking several bowlers in the squad made sense as they were more likely to get dropped.
Furthermore, two of the players you listed are actually in the best England XI and have had reasonably good starts to their ODI career.
Picking Cook just because he is supposedly "better" defeats the purpose of naming a squad - that being to pick a range of players who are most likely to play. Given the state of the England batting in relation to the England bowling at ODI level, picking more backup bowlers than backup batsmen made perfect sense - and you in fact actually listed two players in the starting XI anyway rather than the backups who you would naturally assume are worse.
If Cook was to be in the squad ahead of someone else, it would be Joyce or possibly Plunkett, not Dalrymple, Lewis or Mahmood.
First I've heard of a bonus point haha
Didn't the Australians learn their listen with bonus points the last time SA/NZL were in the tri-series?
They needed 38 runs off 3 overs to get past the english total after 40 overs if I remember correctly. They could have reduced that to 25 off 3 overs then had a slog....would have been interesting
Son Of Coco
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I was going to correct your spelling...then I saw where you are fromFirst I've heard of a bonus point haha
Didn't the Australians learn their listen with bonus points the last time SA/NZL were in the tri-series?
They needed 38 runs off 3 overs to get past the english total after 40 overs if I remember correctly. They could have reduced that to 25 off 3 overs then had a slog....would have been interesting
That's exactly how I'd imagine it to sound in NZ!
Fiery
Banned
OK, you win. Sorry, I miss points all the time. Your selectors are obviously geniuses going by their spectacular results on this tour. Seriously, I just think it's a shame to leave him out of a squad that contains several lesser cricketers.
Hey, I spelt listen correctly!I was going to correct your spelling...then I saw where you are from
Streaaaakkkkker
Prince EWS
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Cook's domestic one day record is quite poor. He averages under 30 and only has three half centuries with no hundreds.
Given though, he hasn't played many games, and I probably would have picked him in front of Joyce anyway. But to whinge about bowlers (particularly those in the first choice XI) being selected ahead of him is just silly... you might as well call for Nixon and Read to be dropped for him. He's clearly a better cricketer than those two players but you have to go for balance.
Also, they aren't "my" selectors, my point-missing friend.
Fiery
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Never doubt me
Fiery
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condescending prat
Prince EWS
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I still think it's only about a 250 pitch. England have just bowled puss and Australia have batted well.
Fiery
Banned
Disagree again. It is a 300 pitch. England were 60 short due to slow batting from Bell and Collingwood and to Peitersen's untimely dismissal
Prince EWS
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You should get a job in the Australian commentary box. You'd fit right in...
Fiery
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You beauty! Can't bear those little leaps of joy he does when he takes a wicket