Goughy
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Its a hard border town that protects the boundary and culture and allows you soft ****s to hide in the Northern interior in saftey
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*Official* England in West Indies
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four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
The north starts about level with Watford.
Do you have any idea how much effort I had to put into NOT suggesting some very sick and depraved things for Steds to do?
I can forgive steds anything after that
Instead I'll just ask him to set fire to Prenton Park.
shivfan
Banned
Finally!Powell finally shown the door.
Hopefully, Rampaul will get a decent run....
I hope Dale Richards also gets a couple of games.
Southern wimp
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
I never considered Yorkies to be a bunch of shandy drinkers. I shall have to review my stereotypes.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
My faith in outdated prejudices and stereotypes is restored.
Hull is indeed a shandy town. Oh, wait - you said 'shanty'.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Looks like Fred is back for Friday, talk of either Harmison or Batty missing out depending on the pitch. Hoping thats not the only change though.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Watford Gap, not Watford the Hertfordshire hell-hole.
Is Rashid going to get a game or what? Batty is godawful and if the selectors have any hope of him seriously competing against the Aussies and Indians in the future they're even more stupid than I thought, why not try a bit of youth?
Flintoff will probably come in for Harmison (which will be funny because the morons are best chums) though he could come in for Mascarenhas instead. I'm not sure his brand of medium pace will be too successful in the rest of the series and his batting hasn't had the explosiveness he's been picked for. I'd say they should play Davies above Prior but really would his keeping be much better?
Can someone tell me why the Windies won't give Adrian Barath a look in? He seems the perfect opening partner for Gayle in tests.
Flintoff will probably come in for Harmison (which will be funny because the morons are best chums) though he could come in for Mascarenhas instead. I'm not sure his brand of medium pace will be too successful in the rest of the series and his batting hasn't had the explosiveness he's been picked for. I'd say they should play Davies above Prior but really would his keeping be much better?
Can someone tell me why the Windies won't give Adrian Barath a look in? He seems the perfect opening partner for Gayle in tests.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Yes, yes it would.
shivfan
Banned
Barath had a good start to this domestic season, but has tapered off a bit....
Apparently, there's a chink in his armour - short-pitched bowling - and he's been peppered with it. He averages about 47 this season so far. I think he should be averaging 50 or over to get into the team.
Also, he's more of a Test player than an ODI player, IMHO. I still think he's a good prospect for the future, maybe even the tour of England....
As for Taylor, I don't expect to see him play in any of the ODIs....
He'll probably rest with a view to getting fit for the tour of England - and the IPL, of course!
Apparently, there's a chink in his armour - short-pitched bowling - and he's been peppered with it. He averages about 47 this season so far. I think he should be averaging 50 or over to get into the team.
Also, he's more of a Test player than an ODI player, IMHO. I still think he's a good prospect for the future, maybe even the tour of England....
As for Taylor, I don't expect to see him play in any of the ODIs....
He'll probably rest with a view to getting fit for the tour of England - and the IPL, of course!
Give me a young player who is good versus the short ball these days... Still a bit unusual for a Windies player to be weak off the back foot, sign of the times perhaps.
Well in an ideal world he would have to average at least 50 to get into the test side, but there ain't too much competition in WI cricket right now, he certainly averages more than his competitors.
steds
Hall of Fame Member
That question was a joke, right? A traffic cone could keep better than Prior.
shivfan
Banned
Don't get me wrong - I really think Barath is a WI player in the making. NOt now, though....
These are the domestic batting averages this season so far:
Cricinfo - Records - Regional Four Day Competition, 2008/09 - Most runs
Narsing Deonarine, Floyd Reifer, Dwayne Smith and Ryan HInds have all made more runs than Barath this season, and all four average over 50. But are they all better players than Barath? I don't think so. But I do think Barath will benefit from a little more time in first-class cricket before being blooded at international level....
In addition, Lendl Simmons, Dale Richards and Darren Bravo have played less matches than Barath, for one reason or another, but all three also average over 50 this season so far. I also think the younger Bravo needs to play some more first class cricket.
However, Simmons and Richards have enough first-class experience to have a run of sorts at international level, IMHO....