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Simon Jones

Do England Need Simon Jones

  • Yes

    Votes: 30 76.9%
  • No

    Votes: 9 23.1%

  • Total voters
    39
  • Poll closed .

cover drive man

International Captain
Do you think England need him we all agree that England havn't played well since the 2005 Ashes could that have something to do with Jone's not being in the team.
 

cover drive man

International Captain
if we get rid of Harmison mahmood and Jones can be in the squad


Imagine


Andrew Flintoff
Mathew Hoggard
Sajd Mahmood
Simon Jones
and Monty Panesar


That's a strong bowling line up anf we played with five bowlers in the ashes 2005.
 

PhoenixFire

International Coach
if we get rid of Harmison mahmood and Jones can be in the squad


Imagine


Andrew Flintoff
Mathew Hoggard
Sajd Mahmood
Simon Jones
and Monty Panesar


That's a strong bowling line up anf we played with five bowlers in the ashes 2005.
Yeah that's not bad, excpet drop Mahmood and play an extra batsman.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Do you think England need him we all agree that England havn't played well since the 2005 Ashes could that have something to do with Jone's not being in the team.
Equally had Jones not been injured he might have fallen victim to Flintoff Syndrome and not bowled anywhere near as well since then.

Jones is overrated IMO. He bowled sensationally in the first-innings of Old Trafford and Trent Bridge in 2005 and did more than most to win that series, but he hasn't done much else of note except get gifted good figures with ordinary bowling - some of the time.

Equally, you'd be a fool if you didn't wish he'd played instead of the Plunketts of this World...
 

Burgey

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The way they played in the tests out here, they need Indiana Jones.

I would have loved to have seen Jones out here this tour to see if he could have swung the ball to some extent, as the other bowlers mostly failed to do. But I don't think he's the answer to England's woes (not that anyone here is saying he's the be-all and end-all). He bowled beautifully in '05, no doubt, but I'm still not usre he is consistent enough at test level away from home. That's not really his fault either, as his career has been punctuated with so many injuries. Good bowler, though and they could use him for sure. How he'd go without those mints is another question hat needs to be answered.....
 

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