england 2nd XI?

[Magrat Garlick]

My 2nd XI:

Scott Newman
Ali Cook
Mark Butcher*
Ed Joyce
Owais Shah
Paul Collingwood
Matt Prior+
Graeme Swann
Liam Plunkett
Chris Tremlett
Andy Caddick

If Butch & Caddy are both a bit long in the tooth for 2nd XI duties I'd replace them with Fat Bob & Kabir Ali respectively. Cook to captain.

Is that why you've got a star next to Butcher's name?

 

[Hanuma]

interesting....i would have thought shafayat would be a certainty....so talented.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Is that why you've got a star next to Butcher's name?

No, I meant if Butch was too old I'd give Cook captaincy in my revised XI.

Honestly.....

 

[Magrat Garlick]

interesting....i would have thought shafayat would be a certainty....so talented.

So talented, he averages 31 in the CC...

To Brumby: Ah. Subtle difference.

 

[Craig]

By the way rob key is a joke there is now way he should be playing test cricket. He unfit out of shape and he scored teh worst doyuble hundred i have ever seen in my life wait justin langers 223 against india in 1998 at the scg was easily the worst well teh seond worst double hundred ever on a featherbed of a wicket against a bwloe par windies attack bowling two lengths all mach full or short. Not much of a CV rob key. Find a new job.

Eh? I did not understand it at all...

 

[Prince EWS]

Hick and Ramprakash are both playing county cricket this season...

Indeed, I meant retired from international cricket.

 

[vic_orthdox]

but when picking an England A side we dont want to be looking at the old blokes like Hick & Ramprakash & Thorpe you got to pick players who would play in the future, similiar with Australia A dont want to be picking Elliot, Bevan etc....

I guess it depends on whether you're picking a "Second XI", or "The Second Best XI". It's obviously more beneficial long term to pick a "Second XI", but I don't think it's wrong, as such, for some of the people here to be picking their "Second Best XI".

 

[tooextracool]

Indeed, I meant retired from international cricket.

nope they're both still available for test match selection.

 

[a massive zebra]

If the England side is

Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Michael Vaughan*
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Flintoff
Geraint Jones+
Ashley Giles
Matthew Hoggard
Steve Harmison
Simon Jones

12th Man: Paul Collingwood

then the England Second XI might be something like...

Scott Newman
Ali Cook
Rob Key
Ed Joyce
Owais Shah
Ben Smith
Chris Reid+
Chris Tremlett
John Lewis
James Anderson
Andy Caddick

12th man: Mark Davies

 

[Neil Pickup]

If the England side is

Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Michael Vaughan*
Rob Key
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Flintoff
Geraint Jones+
Ashley Giles
Matthew Hoggard
Steve Harmison
Simon Jones

12th Man: Paul Collingwood

then the England Second XI might be something like...

Scott Newman
Ali Cook
Rob Key
Ed Joyce
Owais Shah
Ben Smith
Chris Reid+
Chris Tremlett
John Lewis
James Anderson
Andy Caddick

12th man: Mark Davies

I know Key's a bit on the big side, but playing in both sides?!

 

[a massive zebra]

I know Key's a bit on the big side, but playing in both sides?!

Oops.

I meant Ian Bell, apologies.