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[Shaggy Alfresco]

Trescothick
Cook
Bell
Pietersen (c)
Shah
Collingwood
Flintoff
Mustard (wk)
Sidebottom
Anderson
Jones

Would beat Australia at home next year, IMO.

 

[NUFAN]

I see a clear lack of love for David Hussey...

He is out of touch at the moment, doesn't really deserve to be talked about at the moment.

 

[pup11]

He is out of touch at the moment, doesn't really deserve to be talked about at the moment.

I love David Hussey and he would be my reserve batsmen in case anyone batsmen gets injured, and i think with the kind of touch he has been in for the last two or three seasons he was more then due for some patchy form, but he is gun and i expect him bounce back with a bang, and its not like even in this season he has been terribly out of form or anything, he has just not done anything eye-catching yet this season.

 

[pup11]

Trescothick
Cook
Bell
Pietersen (c)
Shah
Collingwood
Flintoff
Mustard (wk)
Sidebottom
Anderson
Jones

Would beat Australia at home next year, IMO.

You are talking about ODI cricket, right....?

 

[morgieb]

Bond should be, Parore shouldn't be.

You didn't select him....
And you also picked Richardson & Fleming, so why not Bond?

 

[Flem274*]

NZ

How
Papps (with his technical flaws FIXED)
Fulton
Ryder
Taylor
Oram
McCullum
Vettori
Franklin
Bond
O'Brien/Mills

NZ A

Guptill
Watling
Sinclair
Broom
Hay
Anderson
Hopkins
Martin (B)
Scott
Southee
Arnel

 

[Matt79]

Aus team to play NZ:
Hayden
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Watson
Symonds
Haddin+
Lee
Clark
Siddle
Johnson 12th
Krejza - Squad
Hodge - Squad

ummm, so basically the team as it was, aside from Siddle replacing Johnson, and Symonds replacing White. I think on the likely pitches coming up, Krejza won't have that much impact, so I'd look to Clarke and Symonds to keep Ponting from being suspended . Johnson needs to find some movement or else the line he bowls is too easy to ignore. Have him there keeping the pressure on the guys in there. Siddle at the moment offers the same things we like about Mitch - pace, strength, endurance, but bowls in better areas IMO.

 

[Barney Rubble]

England team for the next ODI against India, following this debacle:

Bell
Prior+
Pietersen*
Bopara
Flintoff
Collingwood
Patel
Broad
Sidebottom
Harmison
Anderson

I'm usually in the "Pietersen at four" camp, but at the moment we just can't get going in the early overs, and promoting him is the only way to avoid an early collapse, it seems. Shah is not needed in the team at the moment, Bopara is clearly in better nick judging by today's game and is deserving of a spot far higher than eight. Our pace bowlers are our greatest asset, and our spinners are so mediocre that the Indian batsmen could play them in their sleep, so if Sidebottom is fit, he plays.

 

[G.I.Joe]

England team for the next ODI against India, following this debacle:

Bell
Prior+
Pietersen*
Bopara
Flintoff
Collingwood
Patel
Broad
Sidebottom
Harmison
Anderson

I'm usually in the "Pietersen at four" camp, but at the moment we just can't get going in the early overs, and promoting him is the only way to avoid an early collapse, it seems. Shah is not needed in the team at the moment, Bopara is clearly in better nick judging by today's game and is deserving of a spot far higher than eight. Our pace bowlers are our greatest asset, and our spinners are so mediocre that the Indian batsmen could play them in their sleep, so if Sidebottom is fit, he plays.

So what're you trying to say? 8 wickets to them in the next ODI then?

 

[Precambrian]

So what're you trying to say? 8 wickets to them in the next ODI then?

Nah, they are not that mediocre.

 

[Precambrian]

England team for the next ODI against India, following this debacle:

Bell
Prior+
Pietersen*
Bopara
Flintoff
Collingwood
Patel
Broad
Sidebottom
Harmison
Anderson

I'm usually in the "Pietersen at four" camp, but at the moment we just can't get going in the early overs, and promoting him is the only way to avoid an early collapse, it seems. Shah is not needed in the team at the moment, Bopara is clearly in better nick judging by today's game and is deserving of a spot far higher than eight. Our pace bowlers are our greatest asset, and our spinners are so mediocre that the Indian batsmen could play them in their sleep, so if Sidebottom is fit, he plays.

Agree. Shah is a waste of space at No.3 and so is Bopara @ no.8. How on earth can a batsman of his calibre bat so low, and he's not a bowler. I'd want someone else instead of Prior to open the innings. Someone who can attack, but sensibly. If I had my way, I'd want Bopara to open with Bell. And followed by the others. Prior should come after Flintoff. And Samit Patel should come ahead of Flintoff.

Bopara
Bell
Kevin
Samit Patel
Collingwood
Flintoff
Prior
Broad
Sidey
Harmy
Anderson.

 

[social]

KP to bat at 3 in India - anybody else just wastes overs

 

[Langeveldt]

Bell still at the top of the order.. Not sure who I'd have to replace him, but surely he's chief Over-Waster? Kind of like a poor man's Kallis?

 

[kingkallis]

My Protea team for Australian tour :

Test Squad :

Neil McKenzie
Greame Smith
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
Ashwell Prince [ He did well against Aussies in last trip ]
AB de villiers / Jacques Rudolph
Mark Boucher [ wk ]
Paul Harris [ if needed ]
Morne Morkel
Dale Steyn
Makhaya Ntini

12th man : Lonwobe Tsotsobe

ODI Squad :

Hashim Amla
Greame Smith
Jacques Kallis
AB de villiers
JP Duminy
Mark Boucher [ wk ]
Albie Morkel
Johan Botha
Wayne Parnell
Morne Morkel
Dale Steyn

12th man : Herschelle Gibbs

Lets keep Zulu, Hall, van der Wath and other ICL players out of it, I met Andrew Hall in Delhi coupla days ago and we had a chat for 8-10 minutes. He clearly said that its a really pathetic politics and I dont see a chance of 'us' coming back to the side and he really was happy with what he has on hands!

 

[Michaelf7777777]

My NZ Test side to face Australia in Australia

1. J. How
2. J. Ryder
3. P. Fulton
4. R. Taylor
5. S. Styris
6. J. Oram
7. B. McCullum
8. D. Vettori
9. K. Mills
10. S. Bond
11. T. Southee

 

[morgieb]

It'd probably look like now....(In a perfect world - won't include retirees but will include injured players or players left out for other reasons...)

1. Hughes
2. Watson
3. Katich
4. Clarke
5. Ponting
6. Hussey
7. Haddin
8. Johnson
9. Lee
10. Bollinger
11. Hilfenhaus

I still have hope for Lee, but I'd admit I was wrong on Hussey & Hilfenhaus.

ODI's:

1. Shane Watson
2. Brad Haddin
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Michael Hussey
5. Michael Clarke
6. Callum Ferguson/Cameron White
7. Andrew Symonds
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Brett Lee
10. Nathan Hauritz
11. Nathan Bracken/Doug Bollinger

\_/ about Symonds behaviour, he's still one of the best bats in the country.

T20:

1. David Warner
2. Shane Watson
3. Cameron White
4. Brad Haddin
5. Michael Hussey
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Steven Smith
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Brett Lee
10. Dirk Nannes
11. Shaun Tait

Quick attack FTW.

 

[Craig]

Yould bat Ponting at five?

 

[aussie]

In a perfect world for AUS & ENG with no injuries etc

AUS TEST XI:

Hughes
Jaques
Ponting
Katich
Clarke
Watson
Haddin
Johnson
Lee
Siddle
Hilfenhaus

AUS ODI XI:

Watson
Haddin
Ponting
Clarke
Symonds
M Hussey
Hopes
Johnson
Lee
Hauritz
Nannes

AUS T20 XI:

Marsh
Watson
Hodge
Symonds
White
D Hussey
Haddin
Johnson
Lee
Nannes
Tait


ENG TEST XI:

Trescothick
Strauss
Trott
KP
Collingwood
Flintoff
Prior
Swann
Broad
Jones
Anderson

 

[GIMH]

Good call in getting rid of our two top run scorers in this series

 

[aussie]

Good call in getting rid of our two top run scorers in this series

Not conviced that Cook & Bell have definately turned the corner. But even so the only reason both even started the series due to their poor form was because of lack of depth.

If Trescothick was still around Cook would have been out of the team a long time ago, while Bell clearly wouldn't have started if Flintoff was available (full-fit & he had gone on to the next stage as all-rounder) to bat @ 6/7.