*Official* England in West Indies

[Uppercut]

Amjad was picked before anyone knew Sidebottom was going to be unfit or what this pitch was going to play like though. The only reason he's playing this Test is because he was the only option.

The choice of a week-and-a-bit ago should've seen Kabir Ali and Davies picked ahead of Amjad without a moment's thought.

Amjad was never going to be picked as a front-liner though, it was always going to be as part of a five-man attack. That's why he was flown in to replace Flintoff.

 

[Prince EWS]

Amjad's action seems dodgier than when I saw him last.

Yeah it's not pretty. He's no Aaron Bird though.

 

[Nate]

Yeah it's not pretty. He's no Aaron Bird though.

The sheer fact that we both considered the comparison though makes me think he's in trouble.

 

[Richard]

Amjad was never going to be picked as a front-liner though, it was always going to be as part of a five-man attack. That's why he was flown in to replace Flintoff.

I'm not saying what you say about whether he was going to play as part of a four-man or five-man attack is meaningless, but when there's such an obvious difference in class between Amjad Khan and Kabir Ali \ Mark Davies, I'd have both of them in either a four- or five-man attack ahead of him.

 

[Uppercut]

I'm not saying what you say about whether he was going to play as part of a four-man or five-man attack is meaningless, but when there's such an obvious difference in class between Amjad Khan and Kabir Ali \ Mark Davies, I'd have both of them in either a four- or five-man attack ahead of him.

Me too in the case of Ali, perhaps not Davies but I'm not sure (never seen him). But it's not the most shocking decision you'll ever see.

 

[Prince EWS]

Simmons seems to have improved his footwork a fair bit since I last saw him a couple of years back. Hopefully he can get off the mark soon though.

 

[Richard]

Amjad's arm does look somewhat superficial, rather like Murali.

Anyway, he still bowls plenty of normal-style no-balls, clearly.

 

[Top_Cat]

That's not Lendl Simmons. They've just put Greg Blewett in a WI helmet!

 

[pskov]

Nothing wrong with his action, but he needs to stop bowling two slower balls an over. Two in a spell is more than enough at test level.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah it's not pretty. He's no Aaron Bird though.

His action's a ringer for Ed Giddens's for me.

Hope that's where the similarities end.

 

[Top_Cat]

Simmons seems to have improved his footwork a fair bit since I last saw him a couple of years back. Hopefully he can get off the mark soon though.

His uncle didn't need footwork, neither does he.

 

[Prince EWS]

The sheer fact that we both considered the comparison though makes me think he's in trouble.

Haha yeah, It looks extremely similar to Bird's action from behind, but it looks perfectly fine from side-on. I think I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it's an illusion caused by his gather just before his delivery stride and his wrist position.

 

[Uppercut]

Amjad's arm does look somewhat superficial, rather like Murali.

Anyway, he still bowls plenty of normal-style no-balls, clearly.

I think he's hyperextending, more like Akhtar. Slowed down it looks okay, but in real time it looks bad.

 

[Richard]

That's not Lendl Simmons. They've just put Greg Blewett in a WI helmet!

He's a bit old now.

Funny how everyone seems to think they're one and the same, though. I don't remember Blewett's exact style myself, else I presume I would as well.

 

[Richard]

His uncle didn't need footwork

Who knows, maybe it'd have meant ol' Phil was something more than an utterly awful Test opener?

 

[TT Boy]

He's a bit old now.

Funny how everyone seems to think they're one and the same, though. I don't remember Blewett's exact style myself, else I presume I would as well.

I wouldn't be too upset; there is more important things in life!

I don't remember much about Greg aside from when he and Waugh he-****ed the South Africans and then a spell of sick reverse swing bowling against the Windies.

Anyhow, seems like there is enough going for England still to fancy there chances which is good.

 

[Top_Cat]

Who knows, maybe it'd have meant ol' Phil was something more than an utterly awful Test opener?

Don't be so quick to judge. Early on, he was rated as having plenty of potential, his ton in Melbourne against the Aussies in 1992 for example. His career took a fairly quick turn for the worst when he was flattened by Sid Lawrence in England. Some players just aren't the same after a nasty hit.

EDIT: Not saying he was the second coming of Greenidge as many were at the time, just that he had the potential to be pretty decent at least.

 

[Top_Cat]

He's a bit old now.

Tool.

Funny how everyone seems to think they're one and the same, though. I don't remember Blewett's exact style myself, else I presume I would as well.

YouTube - Greg Blewett 125 Vs England

 

[ozone]

Seriously, Monty has grown balls since he was dropped, he didn't so much as look at the batsmen before did he? Now he's laying into Simmons, and last night he was having words with Powell. WAG.

 

[four_or_six]

Okay, Monty's appeals can be a bit OTT. But I don't think Cozier needs to get so uppity about them being 'intimidating'.