What Do You Think the England Team Will Be Versus SL?

It won't hurt too much if Strauss is retained over Ramps, but if its Bopara I may cry. Madness. Complete madness I say!

TBH, I'd prefer everyone of the batsmen over IRB. Shermanator just doesn't 'do it' for me. I'm sure he'll get an attractive half-ton or two when the going is good, which'll be nice.

Batfink Begins wrote:TBH, I'd prefer everyone of the batsmen over IRB. Shermanator just doesn't 'do it' for me.

You don't say!!

JKLever wrote:
You don't say!!

I don't know what it is JKL. After his massive scores in pressure situations against good bowling, I'll just have to put it down to a grudge!

If Strauss isn't picked - I hope Bopara gets the last batting place (I'm assuming Shah goes anyway)

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Why is Michael Vaughan called Virgil? I've never known.

Are they trying to say he looks like Virgil Tracy, pilot of Thunderbird 2?

It's because when he fields and tries to catch a cricket ball he looks like a puppet on a string.

Dalrymple was fab in his first few one dayers and now look at him...a boozy broken weirdo who taunts squirrels. Swann could easily go the same way.

Monty must play.

The tail's going to be poor regardless as Prior will be their leader. Jon Batty would be an exceptional pick.

Unless the pitch is made of hardened muesli they'll pick 3 quicks regardless.

Eric Air Emu wrote:Dalrymple was fab in his first few one dayers and now look at him...a boozy broken weirdo who taunts squirrels. Swann could easily go the same way.

I hear Alex Loudon is on the brink of jacking in his cricket career in favour of being a posh sod in the city.

Is the off-spinning all-rounder's position for England cursed with the voodoo?

Richard Dawson, too. What happened to him? Gareth the Batty - went nusto, lives in a cage.

Tough times ahead, Swanny...

They were/are all pretty rank though. Don't think Swannbo is.

Technically, Dalrymple and Dawson aren't off-spinning allrounders, since they can't spin the ball.

And Dawson hasn't even got a county at the moment!

Cursed with the voodoo. I'm suprised he's not dead. Or, at least, suffering from sharp pains in his eyes.

Peter Such is now a cross-dressing cabaret singer in Rio De Janeiro.

Bob Croft is now more hamster than man.

Dello wrote:

Eric Air Emu wrote:Dalrymple was fab in his first few one dayers and now look at him...a boozy broken weirdo who taunts squirrels. Swann could easily go the same way.

I hear Alex Loudon is on the brink of jacking in his cricket career in favour of being a posh sod in the city.

Is the off-spinning all-rounder's position for England cursed with the voodoo?

Richard Dawson, too. What happened to him? Gareth the Batty - went nusto, lives in a cage.

Tough times ahead, Swanny...

You were the one who actually put Gareth Batty in that cage though.

Well, the point is he lives in a cage, not how he got there.

If the Oldies have their way this will be the team...

Cook
Ramprakash
Vaughan
Peitersen
Collingwood
Bell
Prior
Swann
Caddick
Hoggard
Panesar

The Probable Team will be....

Strauss
Cook
Vaughan
Peitersen
Collingwood
Shah
Prior
Swann
Sidebottom
Panesar
Hoggard

Yardy had a pretty decent opening ODI series, until he funked up in the ICCCT in 2006.


Imagine Yardy walking in to bowl when its 200-2.

Yardy had a pretty decent opening ODI series, until he funked up in the ICCCT in 2006.


Imagine Yardy walking in to bowl when its 200-2.

Nobody ever really saw Yardy and Dalrymple as having Test potential though. They were always defensive, containing JAMODI spinners who wouldn't get many wickets but would hopefully get through 10 overs for not too many and perhaps contribute a few runs. And looked like they might do a job for a few games until, like all bits and pieces players, they got found out at that level.

Yardy?

Very surreal....

Leo wrote:It won't hurt too much if Strauss is retained over Ramps, but if its Bopara I may cry. Madness. Complete madness I say!

So Leo cries.