http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk is a good site for checking the members of touring squads (up to 2015).
Benjamin and Malcolm both had chicken-pox.
Benjamin and Malcolm both had chicken-pox.
That was one of the more conservative selections I can recall England making, yes.James Anderson was 12th man through the 2005 Ashes until a bowler actually got injured when we decided to play an extra bat instead
It's probably a selection we should have made a bit more often tbh. By modern standards Flintoff 6, Jones 7 and Giles 8 with nothing to come is playing with fire and we got away with it because of Flintoff's never to be repeated batting form.That was one of the more conservative selections I can recall England making, yes.
I think Colly was ostensibly selected as an all-rounder, but everyone knew it was because we were 2-1 up and wanted the extra batting.
Was that about the time Troy Cooley was dicking around with his action so his head didn't face downwards on delivery? Cost him his swing for a while too.Jimmy was way out of form by the time that came around as well. He might have got the nod a few tests earlier. Wouldn't have ended well for him or England, I suspect.
Yeah, looks awful on paper and wasn't much better in reality either. We have been spoiled by our lower order of late (well, since Broad and Swann became regulars, pretty much) and it's paper over more than a few top order horlickses.It's probably a selection we should have made a bit more often tbh. By modern standards Flintoff 6, Jones 7 and Giles 8 with nothing to come is playing with fire and we got away with it because of Flintoff's never to be repeated batting form.
As we found out 18 months later when we were lining up Flintoff-Read-Mahmood-Hoggard-Anderson-Panesar. shivers
England were playing that format a few seasons before and after 2005 with success. They traded runs for wickets and it generally worked. I don't think playing the extra bat in 06/07 would've avoided a white wash.It's probably a selection we should have made a bit more often tbh. By modern standards Flintoff 6, Jones 7 and Giles 8 with nothing to come is playing with fire and we got away with it because of Flintoff's never to be repeated batting form.
As we found out 18 months later when we were lining up Flintoff-Read-Mahmood-Hoggard-Anderson-Panesar. shivers
Yup. Directed at Javed Miandad iirc.Was it the tickets plz thingy? Thought it was Merv Hughes?