The last time Strauss played one day cricket in India was back in 2005/6.batting strike rates in India
Sehwag 104.64 Gambhir 88.83
Amla 96.80 Smith 94.59
Dilshan 95.90 Tharanga 81.98
Gayle 94.29
Watson 85.71 Haddin 82.30
Strauss 72.50 Prior 61.96
Well, he definitely shouldn't have been dropped while Luke Wright was retained, anyway. He's better than Wright at everything bar death bowling (which Wright never gets called on to do anyway). Whether there are better options than both is debatable though, of course.Haha, gotta support my boy Ravi. Biased, definitely, but I'm a loyal Bopara fan at least. Should never have been dropped after his last stint in the side TBH. Gun player.
That's the change I'd make. Much better record with bat and ball.
Yes, it does look a solid side, but Morgan will be a massive miss for us in the WC. As long as we get get all these players on the field we should be OK, but if we get any injuries or we can't get out full team on the field, I'd hate to see some of our pack ups playing.
I reckon Bopara will just be a reserve. Collingwood and Yardy will both play.
Not convinced Yardy will play once Swann's properly fit myself. Even at the SCG we seemed very unwilling to go down the two specialist spinners route.
Yeah but it's hard to get injured serving drinks!
But they played in 4 of the 5 ODIs together against Pak and that's when all the frontline seamers were fit. Though KP didn't feature in that series, so they could have him bowling the second spinner quota overs in the WC.
How the hell does people think that as solid side in sub-continet?
Easy with the over-optimism. Presumably you've installed us as strong favourites for the tournament ?How the hell does people think that as solid side in sub-continet?
Only top 4 in that side can be qualified as LO batsmen, among them
Strauss' ODI form away from home is mediocore
Despite all the praise heaped on him, Bell didn't really crack it in the way everyone thinks he is, besides he seems to be too text book on SC wickets and generally does premeditated bull**** against spin to get out in soft manners
Trott is the only player team can really rely on but he never played in SC(failed in ban), still he should make runs
KP is just getting back to some ODI form.
Another weakness is out of these top4 Strauss,KP / Trott,KP partnerships were never prolific for whatever reason
Now into 5,6,7
Prior, RavBop, Yardy : I am pretty sure colly will play ahead of either bop or yardy. But if colly's **** form continued then you can't expect more than 50 runs from these three positions consistently.
Bowling seems pretty good : But have a feeling Bresnan will get hit around the park. Broad's knack of getting wickets is v.important. Swann can be effective as ever. But Anderson might be a bit of hit and miss.
But overall batting seems ****ing weak and dire. Strong tail but its a long one starting at 5.
To really exceed expectations like in CT 09
At least two batsmen should have a blinder of tournament [ala shah (vs SA), and colly in CT 09]
I expect opposition teams to score around 300 against ENG. To win those games mean trott has to continue in the same way and hope for either KP to get back to his best, seems unlikely or bell to have a coming of age tournament ala cook in the ashes, won't happen.
Hopefully I will be proven wrong, and prior, bopara, yardy will strike @150 in PPs and win all the games for England.
Like all teams that will get far, it's going to take a few of the batsmen and bowlers to have great tournaments and that's what it's always about at WC, the teams with the most amount of form players ,win. Like in last years 20/20 WC, who'd have thought we could win before the start, nobody did, I know it's not the same format, but very similar conditions and the point is still the same. If you can get on any kind of roll on and players find good form and start enjoying themselves, they'll do well. If the players come to the table, like they have done in the past 18 months or so and play to their potential, we should do quite well.How the hell does people think that as solid side in sub-continet?
Only top 4 in that side can be qualified as LO batsmen, among them
Strauss' ODI form away from home is mediocore
Despite all the praise heaped on him, Bell didn't really crack it in the way everyone thinks he is, besides he seems to be too text book on SC wickets and generally does premeditated bull**** against spin to get out in soft manners
Trott is the only player team can really rely on but he never played in SC(failed in ban), still he should make runs
KP is just getting back to some ODI form.
Another weakness is out of these top4 Strauss,KP / Trott,KP partnerships were never prolific for whatever reason
Now into 5,6,7
Prior, RavBop, Yardy : I am pretty sure colly will play ahead of either bop or yardy. But if colly's **** form continued then you can't expect more than 50 runs from these three positions consistently.
Bowling seems pretty good : But have a feeling Bresnan will get hit around the park. Broad's knack of getting wickets is v.important. Swann can be effective as ever. But Anderson might be a bit of hit and miss.
But overall batting seems ****ing weak and dire. Strong tail but its a long one starting at 5.
To really exceed expectations like in CT 09
At least two batsmen should have a blinder of tournament [ala shah (vs SA), and colly in CT 09]
I expect opposition teams to score around 300 against ENG. To win those games mean trott has to continue in the same way and hope for either KP to get back to his best, seems unlikely or bell to have a coming of age tournament ala cook in the ashes, won't happen.
Hopefully I will be proven wrong, and prior, bopara, yardy will strike @150 in PPs and win all the games for England.
