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***Official*** England in Pakistan

Hazza

U19 Cricketer
Dasa said:
Actually, that'd be smarter than what I said. I'm a big fan of Raza though...and he certainly didn't disgrace himself when he was last selected.
Raza top scored in both innings versus England so I'd agree with you.
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Well interesting selections by England in the test & ODI squads, the only one i would debate to an extent is Ali, IMO Loundon or Blackwell could have been a better option...
 

Hanuma

School Boy/Girl Captain
ok....more arbitary lists people;

marks out of 10 for each of the individuals on the XI's you think will line up this weekend.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Hanuma said:
ok....more arbitary lists people;

marks out of 10 for each of the individuals on the XI's you think will line up this weekend.
If you mean a general marks out of ten for likely impact on the series, then it's probably as follows:

England:
1. ME Trescothick - 9
2. AJ Strauss - 8
3. IR Bell - 5
4. KP Pietersen - 8
5. PD Collingwood - 7
6. A Flintoff - 10
7. GO Jones - 7
8. AF Giles - 8
9. SD Udal - 7
10. MJ Hoggard - 9
11. SJ Harmison - 8

Pakistan:
1. Shoaib Malik - 7
2. Salman Butt - 5
3. Younis Khan - 7
4. Inzamam-Ul-Haq - 9
5. Mohammad Yousuf - 8
6. Asim Kamal - 7
7. Kamran Akmal - 6
8. Mushtaq Ahmed - 8
9. Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan - 7
10. Shoaib Akhtar - 9
11. Danish Kaneria - 9
 

magsi23

U19 Debutant
Hazza said:
Raza top scored in both innings versus England so I'd agree with you.

There are so many players who have been brilliant at first class level but failed at international level Hasan Raza is one of those unfortunately, i dont think he will ever play for Pakistan long term.
 

open365

International Vice-Captain
yohanna said:
Now that's what you can call pure ignorance!
I'm not saying that it didn't when we won the ashes or when he first started,far from it,but now he's installed his methods onto the England team and more importantly,Trescothick.

England aren't going to run around like headless chickenns just because Vaughan isn't there to look like everythings under control.If England do play badly in the first test and Vaughan's not playing,he is not the sole reason.
If England lose while Tres is captain,the media are going to make him look like a clueless buffon and say Vaughan's absence is of bigger importance the McGrath missing the second test which it bloody well isn't.
 

open365

International Vice-Captain
England:
1. ME Trescothick - 9
2. AJ Strauss - 8
3. IR Bell - 6
4. KP Pietersen - 8
5. PD Collingwood - 7
6. A Flintoff - 9
7. GO Jones - 10
8. AF Giles - 7
9. SD Udal - 7
10. MJ Hoggard - 10
11. SJ Harmison - 4

I would go with Flintoff as a 10 but i can't belive he can produce more series winning heroics,though i'm hoping to be proved wrong.
GoJo gets 10 because he's liable to drop crucial catches but he can win matches with his batting.
And harmy gets 4 because i don't believe he gets enough top order batsmen out.
 

luckyeddie

Cricket Web Staff Member
Scaly piscine said:
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Another Cricinfo classic...

Corky, blah blah, fast bowler blah blah....
Agreed - made me chuckle too. Next they'll be calling Collingwood an all-rounder.

/runs away
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
I'm off to Leicester (the high-life, eh?) for the weekend with the Rugby chaps to watch some egg-chasing (Tigers v Gloucester) & generally get bladdered so there's v little chance I'll be in any fit state to be up. :D

From memory the hotel has Sky Sports, but not all the channels. It's bound not to have the one I need. 8-)
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Need to find somewhere in the Southampton area to watch the games, as my Uni hall doesn't have Sky Sports. Not at 4am anyway!

If twctopcat is reading this, any ideas mate? :)
 

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