the oval - who will play their last test?

beyond Fredalo a number of players may be playing their last test if their team loses. who will they be if england wins, Oz win or there is a draw?

if England win?

fleas
horrors
bung (if the unthinkable happens and he is selected)

if there is a draw

'fleas
shermanator
monty

if Oz win

fleas
monty
shermanator
colly
monty

FMD horrie & anyone else this applies to. Have a feckin look at Hauritz's numbers in this series and then have a look at who he dismissed and at what point in matches. Hauritz has paid his way - it's just the feckin emotionally restricted that can't see and/or fail to acknowledge it.

FMD stop feeding the trolls

ergo - RD in starvation mode...must have a ride in the picnic meeting at Bega

Is Swan the Shermanator ?

no bell rejoices in that title...swann may not play at the Oval

Horrie you git, stop trolling.

re ?...your mum? my mum? Ian bell? RD?, Bung?, Katich?...all very honest comments...i would have thought there are a number of players playing for their future in the 5th test..do you disagree?

Where's that 'neg rep' feature when it's really needed?

Zat wrote:Where's that 'neg rep' feature when it's really needed?

+/-

For Australia if they lose, half the team.

For England if they lose, anyone who doesn't have an MBE (or whatever the frig it was), a CC or an FEC.

If it's a draw, f*ck knows. England will probably have an open top bus parade to celebrate holding back the mighty Aussies.

hopefully we retain and Nielsen quits

Bell has already cemented his place for the SA tour. Did you not see that cracking 50 he made?

JKLever wrote:Bell has already cemented his place for the SA tour. Did you not see that cracking 50 he made?

Phew

*wipes brow in relief*

Be afraid.

Good job that the SA attack isn't very penetrating, then.

Weak Robi, but to be fair I didn't expect anything else.

Strong enough for you to rise to it though Niyeeeeej.

Rumours earlier in the summer suggest this could be Harmison's last appearance, if he plays that is.

Can't see any of the others being permanently discarded at this stage. Bell will certainly be back a few more times if dropped again, as will Panesar. Trott I suppose if he fails could end up as a one-Test wonder, there have been a few examples in the final match of the summer before, though I'd like to think he would get more of a shot at it than that.

I'd be surprised if Collingwood was discarded this soon, but when he does get dropped he probably won't be back, as England don't tend to recall players in their mid-30s very often. But as T20 captain and an automatic ODI choice he seems to still be central to the selectors' plans. As he should be, I don't know why his place is questioned every time he has a couple of bad games!

Flintoff, Harmison (if he plays), and Bell (barring a century).

Lee (if he plays).

Hussey, perhaps.

All the other Australians are secure barring injury, and the other English players have some sort of future.

Of the Aussies I reckon Hussey is most likely. Aust will want to get Phews back into the side asap and Hussey has somehow let Watto become more useful than him.

JGK wrote:Hussey has somehow let Watto become more useful than him.

The Silly Wozzie.

Something you'd have to work pretty hard at, obviously ... and no-one has ever questioned Paris' work ethic.

Paris has let himself be sawn off by the umpires on a couple of occasions ...and stuffed himself a couple of time by pretending the ball will bounce above stump height like it does at the WACA

JGK wrote:Of the Aussies I reckon Hussey is most likely. Aust will want to get Phews back into the side asap and Hussey has somehow let Watto become more useful than him.

I think the selectors give the likes of Hussey every chance to recover form because when they get to the mid-thirties stage they're likely to have a red line put through their name once they're discarded.

With Watson being a bit of a revelation as an opener and Hughes likely to be recalled with good domestic form, Katich might be the other one who has to watch his back.