Ironic considering your signature.
Probably is a bit of that. Probably a bit of minor rebellion in eating McD's instead of sticking to a diet. I don't think blaming the problem entirely on those factors is right, though; some people are just built bigger.
There would appear to be some natural laws that flow throughout most human endeavours. Sometimes maybe you can turn a blind eye to smallish misdemeanour from a great player but as with any natural law, you break it consistently enough and their will be consequences.
Quite. Lehmann was a bit tubby early on in his cricket career but even when he was at his fittest, people were still calling him fat. This was despite the Aus fitness coach at the time trying to quell that by calling him a "chunk of muscle."
haha fair point, although when I saw him face to face during his time in the test team he did look as T_C put it a bigger bloke. I was more thinking Cosgrove with the comments, Boof perhaps just couldn't break into a great side.
Only one of the batting contenders (with all due respect to Denly's leggies & Solanki's offies) who bowls half-decent spin. FC batting average still north of 45 too, which is very decent.
A few reports I have read suggest that the pitch won't turn as much as has bween suggested, fingers crossed here, Panesar shouldn't play under any circumstances IMO
Would certainly be a change to the old routine of, "if Flintoff plays then we pick five bowlers". Can't see it happening myself, though you never know.
Aside from Patel, which batsman would you pick ahead of Bell? It's a tough call, I am comfortable with our top six but there isn't too much outside of it.Yeah, unusually, Ian Bell didn't even look good when scoring no runs in this match. It's a better balance to the team but they've taken the wrong player. I don't expect him to contribute.
The other issue is, you kinda need another half-bowler of some sort on top of a four-man attack IMO. If only Samit wasn't fat. He'd be perfect.
He did after the last test. But he performed pretty well in the first three he played in. Again, we should never let that get in the way...
Foster. With Prior playing as a specialist bat.
I won't be, because I've never said he should play in the First Test
I hope the selectors are thinking the same thing. They worry me a little.
Yep, I think I've mentioned this before, it would be the way I want it. Can just see Prior dropping Ponting on 0 and him flaying our attack afterwards. TBH Foster'll score more runs then Bell or most of the other's they'd pick, if we accept they won't go with Samit, IMHO.
