The reason given was they wanted the same wicketkeeper in both forms, which makes little sense; hopefully the actual reason was that Mustard was obviously a woeful batsman, which makes far more sense. Mustard's form this season has also been poor, suggesting his good 2007 was a flash-in-the-pan, which would make perfect sense given how poor he obviously was at ODI level.
Yeah shows you how important Collingwood is to this side really
Ay, possibly.
God knows. Whatever, it's just a shame Benson, who is decidedly average, is regularly standing in internationals while Lloyds, who did very well and presumably continues to do on the domestic circuit, is not. Can't blame Lloyds at all, but it's a real shame.
Yeah, why not go the whole hog. Why not have the same spinner in both formats, so Monty plays all games, the same batting line-up, so Vaughan, Strauss, Cook become automatic selections.If memory serves Miller said something like he wanted to have the same keeper in all formats. Wrong-headed thinking for me because some batsmen are clearly more adept in one format or the other, so logic dictates keepers (who're mainly judged on their batting in the abbreviated form, unless their keeping descends to Prioresque levels of inadequacy) can be equally so. Ambrose (just about) gets a pass-mark in tests, but has been rank in the shortened form.
Imagine Prior will probably get another go in ODIs next, what with him being a Sussex man & all.
Anyway, fair play to NZ. Showed a lot of ticker with limited playing resources & thoroughly worthy winners. We were gash, obviously, but you can only beat what's stuck in front of you.
at anyone who thought England were a better ODI team than New Zealand. Out of the 10 ODIs played in the last few months, NZ have won 6 (which should've been 8) and lost 2. The only 2 defeats were comprehensive ones.
Thought Swann is more deserving of praise than Jimmy tbh...
Comfortably the bowlers' series for kiwis.
Geraint, Read, Mustard, Nixon, Prior, AmbroseIf memory serves Miller said something like he wanted to have the same keeper in all formats. Wrong-headed thinking for me because some batsmen are clearly more adept in one format or the other, so logic dictates keepers (who're mainly judged on their batting in the abbreviated form, unless their keeping descends to Prioresque levels of inadequacy) can be equally so. Ambrose (just about) gets a pass-mark in tests, but has been rank in the shortened form.
Imagine Prior will probably get another go in ODIs next, what with him being a Sussex man & all.
Anyway, fair play to NZ. Showed a lot of ticker with limited playing resources & thoroughly worthy winners. We were gash, obviously, but you can only beat what's stuck in front of you.
Didn't you beat us at home in 2007?
In chronological order, it's been:
Broad indeed so... but Anderson?!?!
Solanki.
