rowley a legend wrote:i might be sounding biased but some palyers from lancashire are as good as the peole getting picked for the england team in all formats. Because i think saj mahmood is as good as tim bresnan. Gary keedy is as good as james tredwell. It does seem that they are giving the young ones ago so why not give paul horton a go in the lions and also give steven croft a chance in some 2-20 games instead just pickin all essex, sussex and middlesex players.
To be fair those 3 counties you mentioned have at least won one day trophies in the past few years unlike ourselves, sadly.
I do think that Steven Croft can get himself into the reckoning for the England ODI squad if he has a good start to the season - he's as good a fielder as anyone in the country and if Luke Wright can get a regular game then there's nowt stopping Croft.
Mahmood has had his chances and never really delivered despite his promise, and Bresnan has done absolutely nothing wrong in any format of the game so it would be ridiculous to swap them.
Keedy is, IMO, the best spin bowler NEVER to have played for England and that's a crying shame but he's too old now sadly.
