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*Official* England in India
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Anderson's been playing non-stop cricket for about a year, he needs and deserves a bit of time off.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
No, England need to cut the crap about playing endless pointless matches leaving supporters numbed and players drained, burnt out and perennially separated from their homes and families. Until that happens, a policy of resting key players is essential.
Edit: a rogue smiley has attached itself this post and I've no
idea how to get rid.
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
This series is 3 weeks and the players will have November and December off for the first time in years.
Contra
Cricketer Of The Year
Can someone explain this whole concept of ODI warm-up matches? I swear it's like the first time I've seen this happen so consistently. India had like what 3 warm up games for ODI's in England? And how Eng also have 2 ODI warm ups, I mean really? One at best, and even that should only be for a really rare tour, one that doesn't come often.
Anyways, we better play Varun Aaron in this series, can't believe we didn't play him in the recently concluded series.
Anyways, we better play Varun Aaron in this series, can't believe we didn't play him in the recently concluded series.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Not sure about Debuting a Rookie fast bowler, in a ODI series in India tbh.
nsniks
State Vice-Captain
Team announced
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, S Aravind, Rahul Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar.
Bowling attack is inexperienced. Would have included Nehra in place of Aravind
Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, S Aravind, Rahul Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar.
Bowling attack is inexperienced. Would have included Nehra in place of Aravind
G.I.Joe
International Coach
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Aravind
Having high hopes on this guy..Not so much on Rahul Sharma tbh
My team: Gambhir, Rahane, Kohli, Tiwary, Dhoni, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Praveen, Aaron, Aravind
Feel that there are too many bowlers in the team..
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Like Harbhajan being dropped and also like the selections of Rahul Sharma and Sreenath Aravind.
Nehra seems to be done this time, unless the new bowlers fail miserably with his injury record and with him not playing tests.Dhoni and specially Raina haven't had a rest for a long time now too.
And also don't know why Sachin doesn't just retire from ODI's now if he is not going to play them, in any case.
Nehra seems to be done this time, unless the new bowlers fail miserably with his injury record and with him not playing tests.Dhoni and specially Raina haven't had a rest for a long time now too.
And also don't know why Sachin doesn't just retire from ODI's now if he is not going to play them, in any case.
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G.I.Joe
International Coach
He's not playing the CLT20 either, so I guess it must have been bad. Don't go by the uninformed comments in the Ind in Eng sub-forum.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Just shows how HapHazard and stupid his selection for England was.
For all the criticism he got, he was clearly not fit, and him not being able to throw and then miss 2 series back to back due to his shoulder confirms that.
Umesh Yadav - Don't rate him that much. Slightly nippy and quicker than the average Indian bowler(can reach 140 K/H sometimes), but hardly moves the ball and not much variation.
Rahul Sharma - Have really only seen him in the IPL, but was pretty impressive there and is a bit of a Kumble like Leg spinner who doesn't turn the ball much but is accurate and has slight variations, which make him hard to get away.
Sreenath Aravind - Young Left Arm fast bowler, who is slightly sharpish and can swing the bowl into the batsman and is impressive when it's his day. Has a good attitude too and can Vary his pace.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, my Bad!!
Just heard that he is still injured and has the same Toe infection, resulting in him missing this series.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Parthiv and Rahane did well in England. Good luck to them. Jadeja should be in and around the set up, at all times so good to see him there. **** knows where Yusuf Pathan is, he is an extremely dangerous batsman in Indian conditions. He is slightly out of form, but that won't stop him hitting a match winning century every so often and always contributing a few overs with the ball. Him and Jadeja should always be competing for that number seven role.
Aaron rightfully retains his place. He looks raw to me, but so did a young Brett Lee. His pace has been overblown, but do not be surprised to see him occasionally topping 145kph. He is very skiddy. I'd compare him to a slightly more raw, slightly more skiddy version of Meaker. Yadav, on the other hand, has no place in any Indian ODI squad. The guy had three chances and did abysmally at ODI level. At List A, he has 18 wickets at 41.61. I say it time and again, if this guy cannot get out Ranji OD batsmen, he has no chance of picking up ODI wickets with any consistency. Adrenaline might get him through a good ODI or two, but he will be found out. There is not a single ODI standard quick bowler who would average more than 30 at Indian domestic OD cricket, imo.
Vinay Kumar retains his place. Disappointed to see him play so poor in England. Do not expect him to last long. Aravind is an interesting one. His record is good at List A, with 28 wickets at 22.10 (4.23). His T20 record is good, with 37 wickets at 18.02 (7.28). He has beautiful variations, but the issue is a lack of speed, which can prove pretty fatal in ODI cricket. He bowls around 120-125kph which means England might just be able to counter him by charging him. This has not been an issue in the IPL but perhaps in ODI cricket where batsmen can be more measured, it will be a problem. Earned a shot though and good to see the selectors going with someone with a good record.
As for Sharma, well, he is an interesting one. England tend to struggle against good spin in ODI cricket. He seems a slightly unusual spinner with a pretty lanky frame and tall action. Certainly not in the Warne mould which has affected the likes of Kaneria, Smith and Rashid, to name just a few. However, with such a strong IPL performance and a List A performance of 25 wickets at 18.56 (4.28), I will never argue with his selection based on things so subjective as bowling action.
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Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
It is a close one. Both should always be in the squad. Jadeja has an outside bet for the number eight slot and Yusuf for the number six slot so there is no reason to ever drop either from the squad.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Pathan is ****. Probably explains his exclusion.