To be honest I've thought that the whole series but hes yet to deliver. To be honest I wonder if the lack of pressure against New Zealand gets to him...i.e. its not an Ashes series, its not at home to his fans, its not in SA to prove a point to the detractors..Sensing a real BIG innnings from KP in the first test here, looking at him bat of late he just seems to be getting out when he is about to step up a gear. So Kiwis look out..
Time zones...Richard leads the posts in this thread by a considerable margin and is then followed by no less than nine members from New Zealand...
Well KiWi is actually posting from Japan. And the boss from Australia.One last thing that I found somewhat interesting:
User Name Posts
Richard 405
Flem274* 139
KiWiNiNjA 111
Somerset 98
HeathDavisSpeed 93
NZTailender 85
Tim 70
Perm 67
Voltman 53
James 50
Richard leads the posts in this thread by a considerable margin and is then followed by no less than nine members from New Zealand...
Yeah, absolutely. WTF is with them picking O'Brien ahead of Gillespie? Plain madness. Sure, both of them were carted in the second-innings and O'Brien went rather better in the first-, but does evidence of Test-careers-to-date really count for this little?Elliott, no Gillespie
How do u dissect the number of posts per person in a thread ??One last thing that I found somewhat interesting:
User Name Posts
Richard 405
Flem274* 139
KiWiNiNjA 111
Somerset 98
HeathDavisSpeed 93
NZTailender 85
Tim 70
Perm 67
Voltman 53
James 50
Richard leads the posts in this thread by a considerable margin and is then followed by no less than nine members from New Zealand...
Half past 10 = real late?Well KiWi is actually posting from Japan. And the boss from Australia.
But as Haakon (^^^^) says - timezones. The ODIs (which started at 1AM over here, bar the day McLean Park game) are simply not UK-friendly. I can only remember 1 person aside from myself posting for a length of time during any of the day games - Neil Pickup, of all people.
Expect a few people to post a bit during the opening session of the First, and maybe Second, Tests. First will start sometime between 9 and 10PM here. Then the clocks will go back and it'll be starting real late again.
My involvement during the later Tests will depend on whether I've been appointed to a job yet.
Click on the number in the "Replies" column for any given thread.How do u dissect the number of posts per person in a thread ??
'Twas half eleven to midnight last tour, as I recall.Half past 10 = real late?
half eleven to midnight = real late?'Twas half eleven to midnight last tour, as I recall.
I think England are probably better placed now with the likes of Monty to go in with a 3 bowlers + Flintoff than they have ever been in the past. However, with Hoggard, Harmison and Flintoff all having strong tendencies to break down frequently, and with Flintoff unable to take on a major workload like he used to be able to i can see this as being a major problem down the line if such an option is considered by the ECB. I do not see KP developing into any sort of part time bowler, IMO there is more potential in Vaughan taking up this role but there should be some sort of effort on his part to take this role up during practice as well.A lot rests on Collingwood and KP. If they can do a successful job as the 5th bowler and keep Flintoffs overs down and fill in in case of injury, then I think England could have a really good side.
That would allow them to bat either Flintoff or Collingwood at 7 (I think its a very important position that can require lots of different roles to play in a number of scenarios) and a choice of keeper at 8.
An issue is that Flintoff still sees himself as a batsman first and frankly if that is the case then we have better.
If Collingwood and KP (or another top order bat that can bowl) are not up to the task of taking some of Flintoffs slack then he shouldnt be selected.
As you said, tough choices ahead.
I would be very surprised if Strauss wasnt selected. Personally i would select him only in the unlikely scenario that he has ironed out all of his technical flaws, but considering he had so many of them the last time we saw him in an England shirt i would be very surprised if that were the case. Nonetheless, given the usual state of the pitches in England he might at least get away with his weakness against spin.To be honest I've thought that the whole series but hes yet to deliver. To be honest I wonder if the lack of pressure against New Zealand gets to him...i.e. its not an Ashes series, its not at home to his fans, its not in SA to prove a point to the detractors..
On an England front, 50s to Strauss and Bell complicate things somewhat. Don't think Strauss will be selected. Collingwood's effort in the practice match (2 and 0) will hardly do him any confidence but he'll still get selected I'm sure.
who said there is a lack of pressure for Strauss?Why would there be a lack of pressure for Strauss in New Zealand? I would imagine he's feeling the pressure immensely just to get his place back in the side.
total rubbish point there.