Nah. Prior may have batted well, mostly against unchallenging seam-bowling, but throwing him up to three for the most crucial Test series of them all to face the likes of Clark and Johnson would be crazy.
That's over-egging it. He may have an excellent technique against the spinners and some sound base against the seamers but I've seen him look pedestrian against capable seam-and-swing merchants on more than one occasion. He's simply too drive-happy. And I really don't like his chances against Clark and Johnson.
Yeah, that was kind of what I was trying to say.
Flintoff at 6 is decent though when you have the likes of Foster, Broad, Swan, Sidebottom and Anderson. It's not like your 9, 10 and 11s are Harmison, Panesar and Tufnell.
Yeah, I think this is fair enough. That being said, if they've all done pretty much the same then i'd go with Vaughan
I'd still cringe if you had Flintoff and Foster (decent lower-order players and no more) at six and seven (as I say, I'd have Foster six Flintoff seven myself, Foster may have fewer strokes but that makes him more reliable and less hit-and-miss), then Broad and Swann (unproven at best, good-quality tailenders at worst), then Sidebottom and Anderson (difficult to dismiss by tailender standards and no more).
I'm honestly not sure I would TBH. It's certainly not impossible or anything but I reckon if you were expecting it you could easily be disappointed.
Depends. If they've all done well, sure, go with Vaughan. If they've all done poorly, I reckon I'd be happier with Bopara.
I'd have Patel has the fifth-option tweaker, with Flintoff playing as one of four bowlers including Swann as the spinner. Personally i'd take Prior as a specialist bat over all three of Vaughan, Shah and Bell. He's the only player to have had any success at all in the past two years, whatever qualifications that success requires, and he hasn't looked at all bad. But i'm not really fussed who plays there so long as that's the balance of the side they settle on- batting low, plenty of bowling options and a keeper who can catch:
Prior at 3 is about the last idea in my mind. Hes done fairly well so far, but im yet to be convinced hes good enough at 6 to bat against the moving ball, so I am fairly confident that at 3 it would not be a good idea for him. Other than that the batting looks pretty solid, I would wait until the start of the season to decide on the bowlers though.
I searched in google and found this, the context may hopefully help us define the meaning.
If he's fully fit (and really fully fit) I reckon he'd be the second seamer picked behind Flintoff. Big if tho.
Really? Aus hasn't seen enough of Bell or Shah for my money, then.
MPV has no form to speak of, but I still reckon a 34 year old with no knees and a tendancy to play down the wrong line is a better bet than either. Does have over 5000 runs @ 40+ still and averages nearly 48 versus you blokes too.
return of aussie?
