*Official* Only ODI - Ireland v England

[Cabinet96]

I would put Onions, Tremlett, Finn & Rankin ahead of Bresnan in the seam bowler rankings at the moment. Broad is easily good enough to bat 8 in Test Cricket with Swann 9 we should be picking our strongest bowlers and not someone who can bat a bit.

It's like the reverse me.

Seriously though, they're not better bowlers than him in test cricket. Bresnan doesn't get picked in the test side because he's a handy number 8 batsman, he gets picked because the England management consider him to be one of the three best seam bowlers in the country. Tremlett has been averaging around the 40 mark for most of this season, Finn has bowled pies all season and has never been a great test match bowler, Rankin is pretty untested and only ever really establishes himself in the Warwickshire line up when others are unavailable. Onions, maybe, but they'd both do very different roles with the ball for England, so it's hard to compare.

 

[jackbyrne91]

Different discussion for a different day when there is nothing else to talk about

Point is, England have a habit of picking a bowler who can bat a bit. And it rubs me up the wrong way when we look a bowler short.

 

[theegyptian]

England fans fighting amongst themselves. How typical!

 

[Cabinet96]

Different discussion for a different day when there is nothing else to talk about

Point is, England have a habit of picking a bowler who can bat a bit. And it rubs me up the wrong way when we look a bowler short.

It rubs me up the wrong way when people think the same bowlers who can bat get picked for their batting despite being the best bowlers.

 

[King Pietersen]

Tredders. What a man.

 

[MW1304]

Tredwell is such a guy. Been a perfect display of OD bowling so far.

Not that surprising but I find it a shame that it's been made totally obvious who our two full strength first team squad bowlers are.

 

[Scaly piscine]

It rubs me up the wrong way when people think the same bowlers who can bat get picked for their batting despite being the best bowlers.

Indeed, then tops it off by saying we should pick Jordan instead...

 

[theegyptian]

Chuck the ball to Carberry imo.

 

[marc71178]

I would put Onions, Tremlett, Finn & Rankin ahead of Bresnan in the seam bowler rankings at the moment.

LOL - in which fantasy world is that?

 

[benchmark00]

I thought TJ had retired again.

 

[Cabinet96]

End of the year boi.

 

[benchmark00]

Thought it was end of the financial year due to tax concerns itbt.

 

[theegyptian]

This game has been a disaster already. Crap bowling, crap fielding, crap captaincy, **** selection.

As bad as Australia are I can see them winning 5-0

 

[Howe_zat]

dude you don't need to defend durham players all the time.

Ahahahaha

 

[benchmark00]

"As bad as Australia are"... You mean the team that's ranked #2 in the world?

 

[Maximas]

"As bad as Australia are"... You mean the team that's ranked #2 in the world?

We have Shaun Marsh I guess

 

[theegyptian]

"As bad as Australia are"... You mean the team that's ranked #2 in the world?

You played so well in the champions trophy and over here last year I forgot you were riding so high in the rankings.

 

[MW1304]

Haha surely you don't think you're good because the rankings say so?

 

[jackbyrne91]

LOL - in which fantasy world is that?

In what fantasy world? Onions is a miles better bowler than Tim Bresnan ever will be.

Sorry we should all conform with what the Flower power says.

 

[benchmark00]

Nope, just that England aren't any good.

Australia aren't a bad side at all when they try and play games to win. Won't be at their strongest with the worlds best one day fast bowler out, but they're still a better team than England.