Who is the best batsman currently available to England?

[Lillian Thomson]

Stuart Law.

 

[superkingdave]

not really, he's been pretty dissappointing in the County Championship this season

 

[BoyBrumby]

Left-hander down @ Surrey. Graham somebody.....?

 

[Shane Warne]

Phil Tufnell.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Phil Tufnell.

I think you'll find Tuffers was usually selected as a specialist fielder. Rather like Jason Gillespie is now.

 

[aussie]

Left-hander down @ Surrey. Graham somebody.....?

ah yess thats the one

 

[tooextracool]

Left-hander down @ Surrey. Graham somebody.....?

except that hes not currently available. and michael atherton cleared up any misunderstandings that people may have had about whos fault it was that thorpe retired in this piece:
http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/...231.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/07/31/ixcrick.html

 

[cricket player]

Ed joyce

 

[BoyBrumby]

except that hes not currently available. and michael atherton cleared up any misunderstandings that people may have had about whos fault it was that thorpe retired in this piece:
http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/...231.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/07/31/ixcrick.html

Interesting. Seems I owe Graham a bit of an apology. I thought the timing of his announcement (coming as it did after our capitulation in the first innings) had more than a hint of the "eff you" about it.

Very badly managed tho & a shoddy way to treat the best English batter of the last decade. Whatever his off-field probs have been, his on-field exploits merited far, far better.

 

[kendall]

It is actualy very hard too say who Englands best batsman is. Vaughan hasnt really performed since becoming captain and obviously thorpe who wad the best is gone so id be tempted too say Strauss i think it is a little ealry too say pieterson

 

[sledger]

john crawley.

 

[superkingdave]

i'm sure John himself would argue against that, i always wished our sports hall was named after him and not Atherton in any case

 

[sledger]

would you agree with those who refer to athers as FEC ?

 

[Sanz]

IMO the current English batting line-up is the best they have right now. I guess Pommy fans were expecting too much from this series and had real high hopes and that's the reason for this dissapointment.

Dont worry, playing with australia does that to you. You are still the second best test team in the world.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

IMO the current English batting line-up is the best they have right now. I guess Pommy fans were expecting too much from this series and had real high hopes and that's the reason for this dissapointment.

Dont worry, playing with australia does that to you. You are still the second best test team in the world.

Im sorry i must have slipped into a coma and missed a few months. As i was under the impression only 1 match had been played and not all 5.

 

[King_Ponting]

same here............

 

[Zinzan]

Geoff Boycott's mum

 

[Monty]

i think ED Joyce

 

[Burpey]

Was going to say Andy Symonds, but he is gone now

 

[Monty]

or it could be pietersen