Tim said:Im surprised he's left out the all-rounder Andrew Flintoff..and im even more surprised that Irfan Pathan gets in there!
So he's decided to go with 2 spinners & just 2 quick bowlers with really only Kallis as the back-up.
Personally I wouldn't pick that bowling attack..Bond has been out of test cricket for over a year & Pathan is very in-experienced.
well he has only gone in with 2 frontline fast bowlers, one terribly inexperienced and unproven and the other who still hasnt recovered completely from injury and has just modified his action.Deja moo said:Ah , this explains it then....
quote from the article...I have chosen Kallis as the all-rounder just ahead of Flintoff but I have the feeling that the South African's bowling is on the wane while the Englishman is on an upward curve. If this is the case then I would play Flintoff and make Kallis twelfth man as a bowling all-rounder is more value than the batting variety..
Deja moo said:Thoughts ?
I don't know about Pathan at all, but as for Fleming, it's quite true that he knows and can read Australia's game better than any other captain and he is the kind of guy that can win games by being a captain rather than a batsman. Also, as of late, he's not what anyone would call a shabby batsman at all - although I would argue that you could use him in a different position, but I'm not really that fussed because the way he's developing as an opener has been promising if anything.tooextracool said:heres a little quote "Fleming gets the nod ahead of Michael Vaughan, Graeme Smith or Herschelle Gibbs because a good captain is imperative and the Kiwi skipper is the only one who plays Australia at their own game."
a good captain is imperative?what about 2 genuine openers??
how anyone could select pathan and bond ahead of the likes of pollock & harmison is beyone belief really.
I couldn't agree more. The only thing Ian Chappell has ever been right about is the horrible state of Australian immigration policy. Get him near a cricket match, and forget it. At least Mark Taylor has the sense to seemingly not be able to say anything intelligible. Cricket journalism would benefit greatly if they both vanished from the face of the earth.broncoman said:my thoughts are chappell is an idiot, for someone who achieved so much in cricket and has a "well respected" media personality covering the game, he really has no idea.....