Do England have a problem with finishing games off?

[tooextracool]

They have to get Hoggard in the ODI side and more importantly, in ODI form. His skills in Test matches should be used in ODI's too, and that would make him vastly superior to the likes of Sajid, Anderson, Ali and Plunkett, who form a casino royale of bowling options. If he's not doing well in ODI's, it's a tactical problem with them.

errr no, Hoggard is not an ODI bowler period. ODI require bowlers to be able to bowl yorkers and bowl plenty of slower balls. Hoggard pitching the ball up and trying to swing it at 80 mph is always going to get plastered. He's been given plenty of opportunities and come up short, thats an indication right there.

 

[Barney Rubble]

And I'd be tempted to give Bell a run opening in this form of the game, with Strauss reverting to 4 where he's played most of his decent oneday knocks.

Me too, been thinking that for a while. Strauss as an ODI opener is simply not that good, whereas at 4 he's perfectly solid. Also allows KP to bat either 3 or 5, depending on where we need him and how much responsibility we want to place on Fred.

 

[marc71178]

They have to get Hoggard in the ODI side and more importantly, in ODI form.

How many times does he have to fail before people accept he's a Test player only?!