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england being the ashes masters might beat the aussies
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I can't really see why Bell's in there. He was deservedly dropped a while back and hasn't done enough to get back in ahead of any of the incumbent top 5 IMO.
I thought Harmison might get in on the logic of picking someone the Aussies might not fancy facing. (He's clearly a different bowler in this country to overseas, notwithstanding his spectacular series in the West Indies in 2003/4.) I also thought Sidebottom as well as Harmison might have edged ahead of Onions in the selectors' thinking, athough I like his wholehearted and aggressive approach and on current form deserved to keep his place.
Giving a young spinner his debut in a series like this would have been an adventurous choice so I'm not surprised Rashid has lost out to Panesar, although as Swann is clearly first choice it would have been less of a gamble to go with Rashid in the event of playing two spinners. Rashid's far superior batting might also have been useful, and as he would only have played in the event of a fourth seamer (i.e. Onions) being omitted we wouldn't have had two bowlers with only a couple of Tests between them in the side.
It looks like Monty took a few wickets just in time in the warm up game at Edgbaston. (Although the same logic doesn't apply to Harmison?)
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Think the pitch might have gone against Harmo for the first Test, not expected to have too much bounce and also Onions did nothing wrong in his first two tests.
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PAUL M wrote:Think the pitch might have gone against Harmo for the first Test, not expected to have too much bounce and also Onions did nothing wrong in his first two tests.
does this mean we will lose 5 nil
go you blues cockroaches. blues babes cmon aussie cmon cmon. cmon aussie cmon. cmon aussie. cmon aussie. cmon aussie. aussie aussie aussie ouh ouh ouh 15 grand final wins. 14 grand final loses. 15[16now] minor premiers. no other club compare's. SUPER SOWARD . ''Dico wrote:'' I thought with the 8 point try you only took one kick and were given the other 2 points? havent seen one for donkeys years. LOL. //forums.rleague.com/index.php
Prince of Denmark wrote:I can't really see why Bell's in there. He was deservedly dropped a while back and hasn't done enough to get back in ahead of any of the incumbent top 5 IMO.
I thought Harmison might get in on the logic of picking someone the Aussies might not fancy facing. (He's clearly a different bowler in this country to overseas, notwithstanding his spectacular series in the West Indies in 2003/4.) I also thought Sidebottom as well as Harmison might have edged ahead of Onions in the selectors' thinking, athough I like his wholehearted and aggressive approach and on current form deserved to keep his place.
Giving a young spinner his debut in a series like this would have been an adventurous choice so I'm not surprised Rashid has lost out to Panesar, although as Swann is clearly first choice it would have been less of a gamble to go with Rashid in the event of playing two spinners. Rashid's far superior batting might also have been useful, and as he would only have played in the event of a fourth seamer (i.e. Onions) being omitted we wouldn't have had two bowlers with only a couple of Tests between them in the side.
It looks like Monty took a few wickets just in time in the warm up game at Edgbaston. (Although the same logic doesn't apply to Harmison?)
Bell is only in as back up for the batsmen, his inclusion shows how little depth there is in the batting department.
I think Harmison really peed off the England management with his physical condition in the caribbean, bowling at 80mph didnt help either.
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