i might stick Solank ahead of Smith for the opener slot & Keedy/Swann ahead of Batty but other than that i agree with this side....Prince EWS said:1. Robert Key
2. Ed Smith
3. Mark Butcher
4. Ed Joyce
5. Owais Shah
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Matt Prior / Chris Read
8. Gareth Batty
9. Chris Tremlett
10. Jon Lewis
11. James Anderson
Solanki opening in a test match would be a disaster!aussie said:i might stick Solank ahead of Smith for the opener slot & Keedy/Swann ahead of Batty but other than that i agree with this side....
Thorpe and Hick have retired.Jamee999 said:1. Robert Key
2.Mark Butcher*
3.Graham Thorpe
4.Graham Hick
5. Mark Ramprakash
6.Paul Collingwood
7.Chris Read+
8.Gareth Batty
9.James Kirtley
10.Kabir Ali
11.James Anderson
It doesnt matter - hes retired, and cant be picked.Thorpe's still one of the top 12 batsman in England.
Jamee999 said:4.Graham Hick
5. Mark Ramprakash
Hick and Ramprakash are both playing county cricket this season...Prince EWS said:Thorpe and Hick have retired.
Rampers might have as well, but Im not sure.
that looks pretty much spot on to me, although i would always take read ahead of prior.Prince EWS said:1. Robert Key
2. Ed Smith
3. Mark Butcher
4. Ed Joyce
5. Owais Shah
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Matt Prior / Chris Read
8. Gareth Batty
9. Chris Tremlett
10. Jon Lewis
11. James Anderson
i suppose you think Inzy is a bad cricketer then?Woody_cloudofsm said:. He unfit out of shape and he scored teh worst doyuble hundred i have ever seen in my life .
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....FaaipDeOiad said:Hick and Ramprakash are both playing county cricket this season...