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Early contender for the Jimmy.Basically - picking a player who's in-form but not a proven long-term performer is a very bad idea.
But picking a good player out of form is a terrible idea, too.
Early contender for the Jimmy.Basically - picking a player who's in-form but not a proven long-term performer is a very bad idea.
But picking a good player out of form is a terrible idea, too.
Not necessarily, but I think he could be given a chance. I don't see anyone else staking a claim, unless you want to go back to James Kirtley...Do you really think Bresnan and Onions will find the consistency you're looking for though? Anderson isn't the most consistent player in the world, however good performances come along much more often in one day cricket from him than they do from Bresnan and Onions.
List of number-of-games would be helpful, TBH (along with averages in brackets and economy-rates being the main thing). Completely forgot about Jonathan Trott - think he is indeed eligable now. It's James Allenby, though, not Tim.Anyway, my team:
(Note: the "2007" section is for List A matches in England this domestic season)
1. Ali Cook
ODIs: 80 runs @ 40.00
List A: 818 runs @ 32.72
2007: 175 runs @ 44.50
2. James Benning
ODIs: N/A
List A: 1788 runs @ 35.76
2007: 242 runs @ 40.33
3. Ian Bell
ODIs: 1383 runs @ 35.46, 6 wickets @ 14.66 (6.00)
List A: 4114 runs @ 35.16, 33 wickets @ 34.48 (5.29)
2007: 24 runs @ 12.00
4. Kevin Pietersen
ODIs: 2026 runs @ 56.27
List A: 1778 runs @ 50.80
2007: 123 runs @ 61.50
5. Paul Collingwood
ODIs: 2966 runs @ 34.89, 64 wickets @ 37.90 (4.99)
List A: 7103 runs @ 32.88, 166 wickets @ 34.39 (4.77)
2007: 89 runs @ 29.66, 2 wickets @ 8.50 (3.00)
6. Jonathan Trott
ODIs: N/A
List A: 3266 runs @ 41.87, 34 wickets @ 25.32 (5.67)
2007: 254 runs @ 84.66, 0 wickets @ infinity (6.14)
7. Matt Prior
ODIs: 240 runs @ 20.00
List A: 3032 runs @ 25.47
2007: 107 runs @ 35.66
8. Dimitri Mascarenhas
ODIs: N/A
List A: 3124 runs @ 23.31, 227 wickets @ 24.15 (4.18)
2007: 159 runs @ 31.80, 5 wickets @ 24.40 (2.90)
9. Chris Tremlett
ODIs: 6 wickets @ 44.16 (5.01)
List A: 134 wickets @ 23.51 (4.51)
2007: 9 wickets @ 30.00 (4.02)
10. Ryan Sidebottom
ODIs: 2 wickets @ 42.00 (6.00)
List A: 139 wickets @ 30.26 (4.26)
2007: 0 wickets @ infinity (4.23)
11. James Anderson
ODIs: 94 wickets @ 27.75 (4.79)
List A: 158 wickets @ 26.11 (4.66)
2007: 6 wickets @ 32.66 (4.26)
12. Monty Panesar
ODIs: 16 wickets @ 39.00 (4.52)
List A: 27 wickets @ 35.59 (4.38)
2007: N/A
Panesar to play if the pitch looks to be somewhat of a turner, in which case Tremlett misses out. I must admit I'm not 100% sure of Trott's eligibility, and given his stats I should probably assume he's only been left out because he's ineligible. However, if he is indeed ineligible, I really can't think of any other candidates, so I'd probably pull a rabbit out of a hat and pick Tim Allenby, who is also questionable eligibility wise, haha.
There's probably a more efficient way, but what I do is press quote, but press it to open in a new tab (on IE7 this by pressing CRTL + clicking, or on some mice clicking on the roller button thingy in the middle), then cut the quote from the reply screen (highlight it, then press CTRL+X), go to User CP, and paste it into your signature (CTRL+V).I know this is off topic but could someone please tell me how to sig quotes?. It's really bugging me that I don't know how.
Cheers for the reply GIMH. I was getting worried that my query was just going to be forgotten.
No problem mate.That's moreorless what I do, only don't bother with the new window (still use proper old-fashioned IExplore single-windows myself, hate Firefox and all). Can't think of an easier way.
Don't be disappointed when smilies don't work in sigs, either.