Predict the England side to play Sri Lanka

Pietersen Trott

Innings NO Runs Highest Avg 100s 50s
30 1 1246 145 42.96 2 8

A 43 average is not too bad, I suppose. Two century stands in 30 innings.

Certainly not egregious.

Dello wrote:
Davies is wishy washy, to me. Don't rate the way he shapes up against seam bowling.

Well, post-NZ, you wanted Jonathan Marc Knickershit in the side. In December, you wanted Jonathan Marc Knickershit in the side. So I doubt you'll be that sorry to see Davies in the side.

Foakes is another one on their 'radar'. I have no idea about him though. Never seen him bat, never seen him keep, but he was making Lions squads before he'd even played first class cricket.

Foakes? Shoiz... May as well chuck Ben Duckett in there as well.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Dello wrote:
Davies is wishy washy, to me. Don't rate the way he shapes up against seam bowling.

Well, post-NZ, you wanted Jonathan Marc Knickershit in the side. In December, you wanted Jonathan Marc Knickershit in the side. So I doubt you'll be that sorry to see Davies in the side.

Don't rate the way MOST of the England batsmen have been shaping up against any type of bowling.

So he's on board.

On board the timewarp 1990s merry-go-round that is England international cricket.

If Matthew John Prior is permanently broken, then I see no other option out there. Apart from Craig Bedwetter and, let's face it, he's an iron-gloved hacking hand-shandy.

Prior just needs some County runs early season to get straight back into the side.

Brass Monkey wrote:Foakes? Shoiz... May as well chuck Ben Duckett in there as well.

Is tht Ben Dover's new name?

To throw them off the scent since he got his ass bustid?


Ben Travis is my choice for the new keeper.

Henry wrote:Prior just needs some County runs early season to get straight back into the side.

He's a mess. That's all he needs to get in the side, but he's a complete mess. His last 11 or so Tests have been a total joke. Plus he's got that back-stabber taint to him. Do you want damaged, possibly dishonourable goods?

Brass Monkey wrote:If Matthew John Prior is permanently broken, then I see no other option out there. Apart from Craig Bedwetter and, let's face it, he's an iron-gloved hacking hand-shandy.

Is there any essential difference between a hand-shandy and a sherbert?

PeterCS wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:Foakes? Shoiz... May as well chuck Ben Duckett in there as well.

Is tht Ben Dover's new name?

To throw them off the scent since he got his ass bustid?


Ben Travis is my choice for the new keeper.

No he's a real player. We produced him. He under-19s'd it. We usually like to produce our own keepers, rather than rob them from another county.

PeterCS wrote:
Is there any essential difference between a hand-shandy and a sherbert?

A hand-shandy is semen. A sherbert is a weako.

Is that a jibe, aimed at someone?


Anyway, I got it wrong, oddly enough it's Ben TravERS. Another ARRON Lilley then. Offshoot spelling.

Brass Monkey wrote:

PeterCS wrote:
Is there any essential difference between a hand-shandy and a sherbert?

A hand-shandy is semen. A sherbert is a weako.

Couldn't you be both?

PeterCS wrote:Is that a jibe, aimed at someone?

Wasn't really even a jibe, just a factomundo. About Lancs.

PeterCS wrote:
Couldn't you be both?

Heck yes. Just look at Piers Morgan.

I'd rather not, if you don't mind.

Brass Monkey wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Is that a jibe, aimed at someone?

Wasn't really even a jibe, just a factomundo. About Lancs.

You weren't this much of a meanie when we 'lifted' Stephen Less or Shayne Shite.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Henry wrote:Prior just needs some County runs early season to get straight back into the side.

He's a mess. That's all he needs to get in the side, but he's a complete mess. His last 11 or so Tests have been a total joke. Plus he's got that back-stabber taint to him. Do you want damaged, possibly dishonourable goods?

Forget Prior.
He's done for.
If they want to re-brand, re-group, re-bollocks . . . whatever . . . it's time Buttler was given the gloves and the 7 slot to play his natural game - not huddle and block.

PeterCS wrote:
You weren't this much of a meanie when we 'lifted' Stephen Less or Shayne Shite.

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They weren't wicketkeepers

Merlin wrote:
Forget Prior.
He's done for.
If they want to re-brand, re-group, re-bollocks . . . whatever . . . it's time Buttler was given the gloves and the 7 slot to play his natural game - not huddle and block.

It's time Buttler was given the gloves.... apart from the fact he's got the foot movement and glovework of a pufferfish and has played about 7 FC games as a specialist keeper.

Brass Monkey wrote:

PeterCS wrote:
You weren't this much of a meanie when we 'lifted' Stephen Less or Shayne Shite.

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They weren't wicketkeepers

They might do as well as Jonny B has done.

Get people to fawn over him because he's from mighty Yorkshire?

Buttler gets the gig for me at keeper. He may be steel handed, and have the footwork of an Atat. He is however going to Lancs to play FC cricket and keep so may improve in the 6 months.

But at least he'll give it a whack and be interesting for a few balls.

This is preferable to the other dross we have stood behind the stumps at the moment.

He can just about get away with his abject keeping in OD cricket - he'd be a gashlord in the longer format. It's easier to improve with the gloves, but he can't even put his batting together in FC cricket - averages 30 and strikes at 60.