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*Official** New Zealand in England
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tooextracool
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nah he just makes our team look bad....and uglytwctopcat said:
no apology req'd if it's true........ 
luckyeddie
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Yaju wannabeRich2001 said:Your lucky I didn't get the size 20 font out and big bold letters too
From everything I've heard and read, the XIs for Thursday have pretty much taken shape. Feel free to contest any orders or positions you think will be wrong though.
Richardson - Trescothick*
Fleming* - Strauss
Astle - Butcher
Styris - Thorpe
McMillan - Hussain
McCullum+ - Flintoff
Oram - G Jones+
Cairns - Giles
Vettori - Hoggard
Tuffey - S Jones
Martin - Harmison
Hopefully Bracewell will be humble enough to abort his McCullum at 6 idea, unless the new ball is due. It had some merit, but the superior form of the 3 below him simply can't be ignored.
NZ's pre-tour moxie is right back in its shell now, and we've been involved in more draws than anyone in world cricket lately. It will be up to England to force the issue IMO, and that could say a lot about whether they're really the core of a side that can win back the Ashes or still nowhere near it.
Richardson - Trescothick*
Fleming* - Strauss
Astle - Butcher
Styris - Thorpe
McMillan - Hussain
McCullum+ - Flintoff
Oram - G Jones+
Cairns - Giles
Vettori - Hoggard
Tuffey - S Jones
Martin - Harmison
Hopefully Bracewell will be humble enough to abort his McCullum at 6 idea, unless the new ball is due. It had some merit, but the superior form of the 3 below him simply can't be ignored.
NZ's pre-tour moxie is right back in its shell now, and we've been involved in more draws than anyone in world cricket lately. It will be up to England to force the issue IMO, and that could say a lot about whether they're really the core of a side that can win back the Ashes or still nowhere near it.
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SpaceMonkey
International Debutant
Bond out of the first test, no surprise considering he didnt bowl one ball in Kent's second innings.
luckyeddie
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eh?Craig said:
tooextracool
International Coach
i expect the side against australia to be a bit different than it is now. we should have strauss in for tresco,pieterson in for hussain,sajid mahmood/someone else in for jones and hopefully we would have finally found a replacement for giles.Kent said:
Neil Pickup
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If Pietersen is in then he and Collingwood will provide enough bowling to be a fifth option rather than Giles. Assuming your other changes..tooextracool said:
Strauss [Trescothick]
Vaughan
Butcher
Thorpe
Pietersen
Collingwood [Gidman]
Flintoff
Read [G Jones]
Harmison
Hoggard [Anderson]
Mahmood [S Jones]
tooextracool
International Coach
whether he deserves to be in the side or not....thats another storyCraig said:
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There was no way he wasn't going to be in the squad, though!Craig said:
marc71178
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Craig said:
As the 5th seamer in line when we might even be playing 5 seamers (I hope not) - he was certainly always going to be picked - but congratulations on stating the obvious!
The naming of Collingwood in the squad suggests that the selectors are clearly saying they view him ahead of Strauss - I for one would put him in the team on Thursday!