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Poker Boy · 11-10-2006, 07:56 AM

Big problem for Engalnd is who is going to open the bowling -especially if Flintoff cab't bowl. All the rest have problems - Anderson is short of matches, Harmison struggles to control new white ball(might be better as first change as Donald used to do for SA), Mahmood has been hammered in the past, Lewis did well in autumn series against Pakistan but if it doesn't swing could be easy meat and Clarke's bowling gets hammeded even playing for Surrey! Stuart Broad should have been here - he's young but he's tall and gets bouce. Anderson and Flintoff could work in VB series and WC but would be a risk here. Would Fletcher DARE to emulate NZ in 1992 and open with a spinner? It would be a gamble - but what's the alternative?

11-10-2006, 07:56 AM	#49 (permalink)
Poker Boy State Vice-Captain Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kilbirnie, Scotland Posts: 1,105	Big problem for Engalnd is who is going to open the bowling -especially if Flintoff cab't bowl. All the rest have problems - Anderson is short of matches, Harmison struggles to control new white ball(might be better as first change as Donald used to do for SA), Mahmood has been hammered in the past, Lewis did well in autumn series against Pakistan but if it doesn't swing could be easy meat and Clarke's bowling gets hammeded even playing for Surrey! Stuart Broad should have been here - he's young but he's tall and gets bouce. Anderson and Flintoff could work in VB series and WC but would be a risk here. Would Fletcher DARE to emulate NZ in 1992 and open with a spinner? It would be a gamble - but what's the alternative? __________________ Ian Botham, Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Brian Laudrup, Gazza and Daniela Hantuchova....a fan of you all FOREVER!!! Can't wait to see Australia field a crap leg-spinner like Hollland or Hohns again..... Congratulations to Daniela Hantuchova on her 3rd career title.... Bob Woolmer 1948-2007..farewell to the best coach England never had... Arise Sir Beefy.... Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb... Last edited by Poker Boy; 12-10-2006 at 06:02 AM.