*Official* England in West Indies

[zaremba]

JAMEE'S ASHES FIRST TEST ELEVEN

Andrew Strauss (captain)
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Ravi Bopara
Matthew Prior (wicket-keeper)
Andrew Flintoff
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Monty Panesar
James Anderson

They won't play 2 spinners. So, Frontbottom for Panesar.

 

[Richard]

Did the Wisden Trophy exist in 1973?

First series was '66, wasn't it?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Brendan Nash has never lost a Test match. ITSTL.

 

[zaremba]

Prior's batting > Chanderpaul's this match, imo.

I will print this post out and frame it. It will go on the wall next to my signed photo of Tony Pigott.

 

[Daryl Harper]

Absolutely deserved by WI insofar as any side bowled out for 51 and then fails to finish the job in Antigua deserve nothing. Great day's play though.

Pondering the winners & losers in England's side this series ..

Winners - Strauss, .

Yeah, came out of it a real "winner"

 

[ozone]

Prior's batting > Chanderpaul's this match, imo.

Definately, Prior got England going this morning. However, Prior should no way have won MOTM when you take into account his keeping.

 

[superkingdave]

Did the Wisden Trophy exist in 1973?

yeah started in 63 iirc

 

[cowboysfan]

JAMEE'S ASHES FIRST TEST ELEVEN

Andrew Strauss (captain)
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Ravi Bopara
Matthew Prior (wicket-keeper)
Andrew Flintoff
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Monty Panesar
James Anderson

see this is what i dont get about england fans and their board .they have a return series coming up and they are talking about the ashes .I thought losing this series might have given you guys some perspective but apparently not.anyway good luck with the ashes.

 

[Prince EWS]

Brendan Nash has never lost a Test match. ITSTL.

Neither have I.

 

[Jamee999]

Jamee = me imo.

 

[zaremba]

see this is what i dont get about england fans and their board .they have a return series coming up and they are talking about the ashes .I thought losing this series might have given you guys some perspective but apparently not.anyway good luck with the ashes.

Fair point I suppose. But if we're being really honest the Ashes is what most of us have been really looking forward to ever since we recovered from the thrashing in early 2007.

 

[Prince EWS]

Definately, Prior got England going this morning. However, Prior should no way have won MOTM when you take into account his keeping.

It's not like Chanderpaul kept better though, is it?

 

[Richard]

yeah started in 63 iirc

Was it that series? Thought it was the one after that.

The '66 series wasn't originally planned, was shoehorned in on a dual tour, after the realisation that WI were actually rather good following the '63 series.

 

[superkingdave]

Interetingly the Malcolm Marshall trophy has now been won the last 3 series by Ashley Giles, Monty Panesar and Greame Swann...not the names you would expect eh?

 

[Richard]

Brendan Nash has never lost a Test match. ITSTL.

Still some way short of Adam Craig Gilchrist's mark. Not even sure that's the record.

 

[Richard]

Interetingly the Malcolm Marshall trophy has now been won the last 3 series by Ashley Giles, Monty Panesar and Greame Swann...not the names you would expect eh?

(The first two winners were Courtney Walsh and Stephen Harmison BTW)

 

[superkingdave]

Was it that series? Thought it was the one after that.

The '66 series wasn't originally planned, was shoehorned in on a dual tour, after the realisation that WI were actually rather good following the '63 series.

pretty sure it was something to do with the 100th edition of Wisden

 

[Neil Pickup]

It's not like Chanderpaul kept better though, is it?

One could argue he could have done.

 

[Daryl Harper]

Definately, Prior got England going this morning. However, Prior should no way have won MOTM when you take into account his keeping.

Yep, absolute joke.

Fitting though really, continues the farcical aspect to it all.

 

[ozone]

It's not like Chanderpaul kept better though, is it?

Probs would have done TBH.