ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate (AM) XI v England. January 7-9, 2012

[Spikey]

get him gone piss off you girl

 

[NasserFan207]

This is so awesome.

 

[Spark]

Or he'll get out. This is some failure.

 

[Doctor]

Eight down. This associate XI to be granted test status, replacing Bangladesh.

 

[wpdavid]

Fear not the much vaunted lower order will save them.

With Broad gone? Asking a fair bit of Anderson & Finn. Ditto Swann, who barely made a score in 2011

 

[flibbertyjibber]

England should lose their number 1 status for this...and for no logical reason whatsoever Australia should take it.

To be honest you are probably the most likely candidates to take it from us given time. India are going backwards and SA just seem to lack that killer instinct to make the leap forward. The rest are way back but Pakistan look the best of them, guess we find out where they are over the next month.

 

[wpdavid]

get him gone piss off you girl

top post mate

 

[NasserFan207]

Eight down. This associate XI to be granted test status, replacing Bangladesh.

This side is genuinely better than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

 

[Garson007]

The idea of a travelling associate XI, to play a warmup for touring sides, is a brilliant prospect, imho.

 

[Howe_zat]

Lunch laced with sedative, I reckon.

 

[Sylvester]

Don't worry Swann will save them.

 

[Ruckus]

This is so awesome.

Yeah, it is actually probably the greatest thing to happen since Tony Greig's anti-BCCI trolling.

 

[Flem274*]

This is beautiful.

 

[BoyBrumby]

This side is genuinely better than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh without a shadow of doubt, yes. Would give the Zimbas a good game too.

15 needed to avoid the follow on.

/phrases I didn't think I'd use in this thread.

 

[Howe_zat]

England must not be allowed to compete in any Test Championship. Something has do be done to stop these mismatches.

~

Huge strike from Swanny. No excuses fellas.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The idea of a travelling associate XI, to play a warmup for touring sides, is a brilliant prospect, imho.

They'd put more effort in than say a Leicestershire or President's XI ever would. I'm all for it.

 

[wpdavid]

To be honest you are probably the most likely candidates to take it from us given time. India are going backwards and SA just seem to lack that killer instinct to make the leap forward. The rest are way back but Pakistan look the best of them, guess we find out where they are over the next month.

The Aus bowling certainly seems to be on the up. The batting may take a while to rebuild, especially once Ponting & Hussey call it a day.

Who's number 1 if SA win in England this summer?

 

[Howe_zat]

Anderson goes for a reverse sweep, misses and falls over.

I **** ye not

 

[Neil Pickup]

The Aus bowling certainly seems to be on the up. The batting may take a while to rebuild, especially once Ponting & Hussey call it a day.

Who's number 1 if SA win in England this summer?

Will depend what we do in the UAE and Sri Lanka, and on the margin of the series result...

 

[Ruckus]

To be honest you are probably the most likely candidates to take it from us given time. India are going backwards and SA just seem to lack that killer instinct to make the leap forward. The rest are way back but Pakistan look the best of them, guess we find out where they are over the next month.

Na I reckon SA's bowling attack is just too damn good now for any overall team incoherence to get in the way of success. I think it will only be a matter of time before SA become no. 1 tbh. Australia lack the batting prowess at this stage, and we probably won't get to no.1 for a long time yet.