Who will score the next triple

[Hurricane]

Jonathan Trott at the SSC.

He has to come down to earth soon. He is not that good.

 

[MW1304]

People backing their own countrymen.

Alastair Cook.

 

[uvelocity]

ponting in radelaide

 

[Burgey]

He has to come down to earth soon. He is not that good.

Maybe. knows his game though, and a fine temperament.

 

[Burgey]

Sachin Tendulkar, I hope...

He does love batting here. Sydney maybe. About the only thing he hasn't done.

Think theres only been two triples here - Cowper 307 and Hayden 380.

 

[Cabinet96]

Ian Bell in the UAE. Either him or Pieterson but I'll go for Bell as my prime choice.

 

[Daemon]

Cook or Sehwag

 

[salman85]

Hafeez.

 

[centurymaker]

one of the english guys in uae.

 

[wpdavid]

one of the english guys in uae.

Not impossible - presumably with Cook & Trott being favourites

 

[wpdavid]

Ian Bell in the UAE. Either him or Pieterson but I'll go for Bell as my prime choice.

Tough call for Bell making 300 at number 5 imo.

 

[Daemon]

Tough call for Bell making 300 at number 5 imo.

Yeah, tough unless one of Strauss/Trott/Cook get injured and Bell moves up to no.3 like he did in the recent series.

 

[Cabinet96]

Tough call for Bell making 300 at number 5 imo.

Oh yeah. Forget he will go back to 5, he made his 235 v India at number 3 so I thought he could do better in the UAE. Pieterson or Cook then.

 

[MW1304]

Hafeez.

Interesting choice. Would have thought Younis or Misbah would be a lot more likely.

 

[akilana]

Not impossible - presumably with Cook & Trott being favourites

timeless tests back?

 

[Howe_zat]

Interesting choice. Would have thought Younis or Misbah would be a lot more likely.

It's actually not a bad shout, the more I think about it.

Firstly he's an opener, who are a lot more likely to make the biggest scores than middle order bats like Misbah. He's in a good run of form, his next 6 Tests will be on UEA shirtfronts, three of those will be against a shaky looking Sri Lankan attack, and he usually scores his runs at a good pace which means he's very unlikely to get declared on or carry his bat.

The main thing to get past is that Hafeez has a deserved reputation for chucking away his starts. But he's improved a hell of a lot more than I thought he was capable, so maybe he's going to keep up the learning curve and give us a big innings too? I think it's a good call, at least for an outside bet.

 

[Pothas]

Sangakkara and Jayawardene got to both be a chance in UAE

 

[BlazeDragon]

So the winner was Gayle with 333 vs SL in Galle Nov 2010

Wow.

 

[Pothas]

It's actually not a bad shout, the more I think about it.

Firstly he's an opener, who are a lot more likely to make the biggest scores than middle order bats like Misbah. He's in a good run of form, his next 6 Tests will be on UEA shirtfronts, three of those will be against a shaky looking Sri Lankan attack, and he usually scores his runs at a good pace which means he's very unlikely to get declared on or carry his bat.

The main thing to get past is that Hafeez has a deserved reputation for chucking away his starts. But he's improved a hell of a lot more than I thought he was capable, so maybe he's going to keep up the learning curve and give us a big innings too? I think it's a good call, at least for an outside bet.

Think Shane Watson could be a similar case, a better player of course but who has had similar problems, can really dominate attacks though, maybe a chance against New Zealand or India.

Would also be hilarious to see him get out for 299.

 

[Howe_zat]

Think Shane Watson could be a similar case, a better player of course but who has had similar problems, can really dominate attacks though, maybe a chance against New Zealand or India.

Would also be hilarious to see him get out for 299.

Mmm. Quite similar players these days.