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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2005 8:56:09 GMT 1
The squads are announced tomorrow for the tour to Pakistan.
The 12 who played in the Ashes look certain to go, so it's a case of who will make up the rest of the party?
We're likely to have an extra batsman, fast bowler, spinner and wicket-keeper.
These, apparently, are the leading contenders:
BATSMAN
Robert Key or Owais Shah
FAST BOWLER
James Anderson or Chris Tremlett
SPINNER
Gareth Batty, Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar, Alex Loudon, Jason Brown, Shaun Udal or Gary Keedy
WICKET-KEEPER
Chris Read, James Foster or Matt Prior
The spinner situation is the most interesting, as there's a good chance England will play 2 spinners, given the conditions in Pakistan.
Shaun Udal has a bowling average of 18.14 this summer, but he's 36 and that may put the selectors off...
For the batting position, it will be a tough choice between Key and Shah. Key has test experience but Shah has had a great summer, averaging 69 and the fact he was born in Pakistan might count for something. He has 15 ODI caps but has never played a test.
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Post by frag on Sept 18, 2005 11:30:25 GMT 1
Any Sussex players in there?
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2005 12:04:37 GMT 1
Any Sussex players in there? Matt Prior plays for Sussex... |
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Post by Zodiac on Sept 18, 2005 15:21:02 GMT 1
I don't think there are any Surrey players in there are there? We've gone all rubbish of late...
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Post by frag on Sept 18, 2005 15:21:48 GMT 1
Go Prior  I didn't think Sussex had many... they've been doing very well since the Ashes started. |
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Post by Maximo Mark on Sept 18, 2005 15:26:55 GMT 1
I thought they said Bell and Collingwood could go back and play for their counties as they weren't going to be in...
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Post by frag on Sept 18, 2005 15:27:33 GMT 1
The season ends before the Pakistan tour starts, though?
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Post by Maximo Mark on Sept 18, 2005 15:33:28 GMT 1
Yeah, Notts won the Championship ;d #cheer#
But they wanted the other 10 to be fresh so they didn't get injured and told Bell and Collingwood they could go back and play. I'll try and find the article...
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Post by frag on Sept 18, 2005 15:38:13 GMT 1
Aha, I see... injuries can't happen very often in cricket though, unless you get hit on the head or something...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Sept 18, 2005 15:44:36 GMT 1
Or tread on a cricket ball ;d
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Post by frag on Sept 18, 2005 15:45:20 GMT 1
;D Quite  |
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2005 16:40:54 GMT 1
I don't think there are any Surrey players in there are there? We've gone all rubbish of late... Plenty of ex-England players but none in the current squad... |
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Post by Panda on Sept 18, 2005 22:32:40 GMT 1
This is the BBC's projection of how the squads might look:
TEST
Michael Vaughan (c)
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Flintoff
Geraint Jones (w)
Ashley Giles
Matthew Hoggard
Simon Jones
Stephen Harmison
Chris Read (w)
Paul Collingwood
Gareth Batty
Owais Shah
James Anderson
ONE-DAY
Michael Vaughan (c)
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Flintoff
Paul Collingwood
Geraint Jones (w)
Ashley Giles
Simon Jones
Stephen Harmison
Chris Tremlett
Darren Gough
Vikram Solanki
Gareth Batty
Matt Prior (w)
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Post by rubcale on Sept 19, 2005 16:23:54 GMT 1
Why on earth are they retaining Ian Bell.
And apparently Chris Reads' face "doesn't fit" - how pathetic.
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Post by Panda on Sept 19, 2005 17:22:36 GMT 1
TEST SQUAD:
Michael Vaughan (c)
James Anderson
Ian Bell
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Stephen Harmison
Matthew Hoggard
Geraint Jones (w)
Simon Jones
Alex Loudon
Kevin Pietersen
Matt Prior (w)
Andrew Strauss
Chris Tremlett
Marcus Trescothick
Shaun Udal
ONE-DAY:
Michael Vaughan (c)
James Anderson
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Stephen Harmison
Geraint Jones (w)
Simon Jones
Kevin Pietersen
Matt Prior (w)
Liam Plunkett
Vikram Solanki
Andrew Strauss
Chris Tremlett
Marcus Trescothick
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Post by Maximo Mark on Sept 19, 2005 20:42:00 GMT 1
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