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England name central contracts for the next 12 months - Vaughan included?!?!?
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pup11
International Coach
Its probably just a parting gift from ECB to Vaughan.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
According to Mike Selvey in The Guardian it was Pietersen who wanted Vaughan to keep his central contract. What KP wants, KP gets it seems:
The captain does not think of Vaughan as a spent force, despite his run of desperate form and the constant worry of his knee condition which requires constant maintenance still....One constant observation of the team in its underperformance has been the fact that although the batsmen have been more culpable than bowlers, there has been no outside pressure on them, and thus a comfort zone has been created. It is in Pietersen's nature to want his players to feel the hot breath of competitors on their necks, and Vaughan's presence, particularly as an opening option once more, and especially if he is in a position to have runs behind him, will serve as a strong reminder to Strauss and to a lesser extent Alastair Cook, that they have to perform consistently at a level higher than they are managing at the moment.
The captain does not think of Vaughan as a spent force, despite his run of desperate form and the constant worry of his knee condition which requires constant maintenance still....One constant observation of the team in its underperformance has been the fact that although the batsmen have been more culpable than bowlers, there has been no outside pressure on them, and thus a comfort zone has been created. It is in Pietersen's nature to want his players to feel the hot breath of competitors on their necks, and Vaughan's presence, particularly as an opening option once more, and especially if he is in a position to have runs behind him, will serve as a strong reminder to Strauss and to a lesser extent Alastair Cook, that they have to perform consistently at a level higher than they are managing at the moment.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
Yes, but to counter to say Ambrose wouldn't have batted as well as Prior did in SRI last summer. I think its fairly obvious to conclude Prior batting is fairly superior to Ambrose. The sooner you learn to give Mr.Prior some credit for anything he does it would be good for your soul..
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Winter?
I don't think that's neccessarily true. He might not have done, but I see no reason to simply presume that because Prior did Ambrose could not have.
I don't.
Hmm, I doubt it somehow. But anyway, I'm more than happy to give him credit for stuff he does, just not for stuff he doesn't do. And being obviously a better batsman than Tim Ambrose isn't and never has been one of those things to my mind.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
What, he's bowled poorly this season so he's been dropped? I'm disappointed, very disappointed, at how poor his bowling's been but this is one case where selection has been spot-on. You can't expect someone who's not doing the job at domestic level to do it at international.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
He has had a poor season by all accounts. He's hardly going to get one of the incremental contracts when he's hardly played for England this season.
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aussie
Hall of Fame Member
I don't think that's neccessarily true. He might not have done, but I see no reason to simply presume that because Prior did Ambrose could not have.
Ha, first example of you fightning yourself not to give Prior any credit. Now based on what you saw of Ambrose over the last 10 test do seriously feel he could batted like that in SRI?.
I fear your reply..
Well of course you wouldn't, stupid question by me.
, son you are the best gotta give you a gat one day in this life..
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aussie
Hall of Fame Member
GeraintIsMyHero said:
How poor has he been with the ball has he really been?. I honestly don't recall any shocking bowling performances by him while following on cricinfo. Recently i remember seeing him take a 5 for in a FC game.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
That's First-Class cricket - completely irrelevant. Incidentally, he's had 1 very good First-Class game all season (on a pitch that seemed to be exceedingly seam-friendly) and virtually nothing besides.
In one-day cricket, the game-form of relevance, IIRR his economy-rate has been about 4.7-an-over, which is far too much. He should be going for less than 4-an-over and has had quite a few seasons where he's managed to do precisely such a thing.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Based on his career, which I've followed since 2001, I feel he's more than capable of it. And no, not fighting not to give Prior any credit - Prior batted well, but there's no reason to presume Ambrose couldn't have done as well.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
A gattling gun hey? Well I wonder who'll be doin' the shootin' should we find-out that Prior isn't really that good a batsman at all. Or, heaven forbid, that Ambrose actually is?Well of course you wouldn't, stupid question by me.
