Re: England drop Strauss

by LeFromage Fri 19 Oct 2007, 21:50

Strauss, Ed Smith, Joyce, Shah, Dalrymple - England must've had a go on all the Middlesex batting line-up by now.

by lardbucket Fri 19 Oct 2007, 21:52

How come Ed Smith is no longer even 'on the radar' ... hasn't he averaged close to 50 for the last 3-4 seasons?

by please don't yell Fri 19 Oct 2007, 23:04

Very surprised they dropped strauss.

Such a class player i think he deserved at least this tour to turn it around.

by LeFromage Fri 19 Oct 2007, 23:42

He lost out by four runs.

That 96 he made against India in the first Test would've kept him in if he'd just edged one down to third man.

Silly really, but there you go.

Given his last four Tests have gone 77, 13, 96, 18, 4, 55, 6, 32, you'd have to concede that he wasn't exactly stinking out the place. He's a bit unlucky.

England v India Test series (2007) averages:

Pietersen: 57.50 (2x100s)
Vaughan: 49.17 (1x100, 1x50)
Cook: 37.17 (1x50)
Strauss: 35.17 (2x50s)
Collingwood: 32.83 (2x50s)
Bell: 31.67 (2x50s)

And somehow Ian Bell's earned himself a promotion up the order...

by Lara Lara Laughs Sat 20 Oct 2007, 00:22

Strauss is class. Better than Cook in my book.

Hopefully he'll be recalled for NZ.

by skully Sat 20 Oct 2007, 05:25

embee wrote:Wonder Woman's Hairy Clam on Show

An exhibition from the female superhero of her rare bearded mollusc ...

Bwahahaha. Forum Gold.

by Brass Monkey Sat 20 Oct 2007, 12:54

lardbucket wrote:Danny - not nearly enough crowing over Swann's elevation.

Well, you know, early days and all that. All I'll say is I don't just tout random Northants/Ex-Northants players, just the rare few who I think could excel reasonably well at international level.

lardbucket wrote:How come Ed Smith is no longer even 'on the radar' ... hasn't he averaged close to 50 for the last 3-4 seasons?

Yeah, I'd say well over. Damn good player, not sure why he hasn't deserved another go, but like Sales, there's been Vaughan, Thorpe, KP, Hussain, Wonderboy and a few others to contend with.

Dello wrote:He lost out by four runs.

That 96 he made against India in the first Test would've kept him in if he'd just edged one down to third man.

Silly really, but there you go.

Given his last four Tests have gone 77, 13, 96, 18, 4, 55, 6, 32, you'd have to concede that he wasn't exactly stinking out the place. He's a bit unlucky.

England v India Test series (2007) averages:

Pietersen: 57.50 (2x100s)
Vaughan: 49.17 (1x100, 1x50)
Cook: 37.17 (1x50)
Strauss: 35.17 (2x50s)
Collingwood: 32.83 (2x50s)
Bell: 31.67 (2x50s)

And somehow Ian Bell's earned himself a promotion up the order...

Travesty of justice, sort of.

by JKLever Sat 20 Oct 2007, 15:33

Write to your local MP Wink

by freddled gruntbuggly Mon 22 Oct 2007, 12:31

Merlin wrote:Kapiche?

It's capisce. You really can't expect these foreigners to learn how to spell all proper like . . .

by holcs Mon 22 Oct 2007, 20:47

JKLever wrote:Write to your local MP

by embee Tue 23 Oct 2007, 04:33

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:
Merlin wrote:Kapiche?
It's capisce. You really can't expect these foreigners to learn how to spell all proper like . . .

Taily , that's not how you spell ****** wit

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