villaturk
Cricket Spectator
I dont know what the skippers average is batting at 3 but he was ranked 1 in the world when he openned against the Aussies 2 years ago.So get him back as opener alongside Tress and drop Strauss to number 3 so we can have a left/right opening partnership again.
I would also bring in Paul Collingwood in for Ian Bell as he would take the fight to the Aussies and in a perfect world have Thorpey in place of Giles to give the batting depth.
Both situations in the ist test,England 22-4 and then 4 quick wickets in the 2nd inns,were man made for Thorpe to save us.He is a street fighter and like Collingwood,aint scared of Pontings boys.
Like many shrewed judges i always thought the Aussies a step above us in the cricketing world and after 20 years of getting hammered by them,i would love to see a tight series but we need runs.My team is well balanced,our best batsmen and four good pacemen with both Colly and the skipper to help out.
As a Warwick fan i cant be called biased and Gilo is not a real threat against the best,his batting is shot to pieces against the short ball and Belly against Thorpe is no contest.
I would give Gerraint Jones 1 more chance but if he fails again call in Chris Read.
Graveney are you reading..........1 Tress 2 Vaughan 3 Strauss 4 Thorpe 5 KP 6 Flintoff 7 Colly 8 GJones 9 Harmie 10 Hoggie 11 SJones
I would also bring in Paul Collingwood in for Ian Bell as he would take the fight to the Aussies and in a perfect world have Thorpey in place of Giles to give the batting depth.
Both situations in the ist test,England 22-4 and then 4 quick wickets in the 2nd inns,were man made for Thorpe to save us.He is a street fighter and like Collingwood,aint scared of Pontings boys.
Like many shrewed judges i always thought the Aussies a step above us in the cricketing world and after 20 years of getting hammered by them,i would love to see a tight series but we need runs.My team is well balanced,our best batsmen and four good pacemen with both Colly and the skipper to help out.
As a Warwick fan i cant be called biased and Gilo is not a real threat against the best,his batting is shot to pieces against the short ball and Belly against Thorpe is no contest.
I would give Gerraint Jones 1 more chance but if he fails again call in Chris Read.
Graveney are you reading..........1 Tress 2 Vaughan 3 Strauss 4 Thorpe 5 KP 6 Flintoff 7 Colly 8 GJones 9 Harmie 10 Hoggie 11 SJones