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*Official* Group B Discussion - South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, England

Athlai

Not Terrible
AH the CB finals and the CH series.

Though to be fair to the crims tey sent a youngish undermanned squad to NZ.
 

straw man

Hall of Fame Member
Anyone backing England to win the Champions Trophy? Seems possible.
Would be a disaster for one day cricket. :p

The English press would conclude that, as England are crap at ODIs but managed to win the tournament, therefore the tournament and ODIs are also crap.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Who will score more runs? Redmond, Diamanti, Hopkins, Patel or Butler?
Redmond's really a shockingly bad pick as a replacement, but I still think he should play now and he's clearly a better bet as a batsman than the spare bowlers and Hopkins. Given there are already five frontline bowlers + Elliott playing, I don't think any value will be gained from another bowler.
 

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Aaaaaaaaand Tuffee's out.
Good to know that Butler is available for selection according to the NZ herald. Cricinfo was saying he might not be - which would have left Diamanti as the only available option to bowl first change.
 

DIRK-NANNES

U19 Vice-Captain
Seems like Redmond might not be a choice as he's been held up by delayed flights.
Apparently he'll only arrive a few hours before the game.
Seems ridiculous that his flight from QLD to SA went through Hong Kong :wacko:

A 70% Butler is probably still better than Diamanti.
The crappy squad selection is coming home to roost :dry:

Who should we call in for Tuffey?
O'Brien? Southee? N.Mac?
 

FBU

International Debutant
Yeah I don't fully understand why sidebottom fell out of favour.
Maybe because this year in 7 ODIs his figures are - 3 wickets at 100.00 econ 5.45 s/r 44.26 and his ODI average has been moving upwards from 18.00 and now is 35.59. He hasn't managed to get any top 5 batsmen out in those 7 matches.
 

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