Tour Thread: England in Sri Lanka
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Tour Thread: England in Sri Lanka
England squad:
Batters
Michael Vaughan (captain)
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Paul Collingwood
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen
Owais Shah
Keepers
Phil Mustard
Matt Prior
Bowlers
James Anderson
Stuart Broad
Matthew Hoggard
Monty Panesar
Ryan Sidebottom
Graeme Swann
Steve Harmision*
*subject to proving his fitness when playing first class cricket in South Africa
It has also been confirmed Vaughan will open and Prior will be the first choice wicket keeper.
So it looks like a straight choice between Bopara and Shah for the final batting slot. I doubt any one of the bowlers is a guaranteed pick.
England squad:
Batters
Michael Vaughan (captain)
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Paul Collingwood
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen
Owais Shah
Keepers
Phil Mustard
Matt Prior
Bowlers
James Anderson
Stuart Broad
Matthew Hoggard
Monty Panesar
Ryan Sidebottom
Graeme Swann
Steve Harmision*
*subject to proving his fitness when playing first class cricket in South Africa
It has also been confirmed Vaughan will open and Prior will be the first choice wicket keeper.
So it looks like a straight choice between Bopara and Shah for the final batting slot. I doubt any one of the bowlers is a guaranteed pick.
legspinner@FactHunt
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Tour Thread: England in Sri Lanka
I gurantee that Panesar will play all 3 tests.
Caddick can be picked for NZ, it won't happen, but it did I would have no real complaints, he was basically in the test set up at the Oval against India, so there..
Ramprakash shouldn't be picked, he about 100 innings, a couple of hundreds, over a decade in the set up, he didn't make the most of it.
I gurantee that Panesar will play all 3 tests.
Caddick can be picked for NZ, it won't happen, but it did I would have no real complaints, he was basically in the test set up at the Oval against India, so there..
Ramprakash shouldn't be picked, he about 100 innings, a couple of hundreds, over a decade in the set up, he didn't make the most of it.
Tour Thread: England in Sri Lanka
England didn't look too sharp in the tour match against Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI. The batsmen didn't seem that troubled, but the bowlers, particularly the spinners, were pretty much carted around by the Sri Lankans. That's a bad sign when you're touring in Sri Lanka.
England didn't look too sharp in the tour match against Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI. The batsmen didn't seem that troubled, but the bowlers, particularly the spinners, were pretty much carted around by the Sri Lankans. That's a bad sign when you're touring in Sri Lanka.
Tour Thread: England in Sri Lanka
Most teams don't play tour matches too well. It may have to do with ground conditions, motivation and a bunch of other factors (for example, you don't want to injure yourself in a tour match--though it seems that is not part of the plan for English fast bowlers <s><img><s>).
I think Cook, Vaughan and KP are going to score pretty heavily in this tour. The biggest factor, of course, will be Murali. And his effectiveness should depend on how useful Malinga is, early on.
Most teams don't play tour matches too well. It may have to do with ground conditions, motivation and a bunch of other factors (for example, you don't want to injure yourself in a tour match--though it seems that is not part of the plan for English fast bowlers <s><img><s>).
I think Cook, Vaughan and KP are going to score pretty heavily in this tour. The biggest factor, of course, will be Murali. And his effectiveness should depend on how useful Malinga is, early on.
Michael
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Tour Thread: England in Sri Lanka
[quote="pal"
3ha236w]Wow, Hoggard seems to be in the form of his life. I didn't expect this kind of a collapse from the Sri Lankan batsman. I bet a significant sum on them winning in PC. <s><img><s>[/quote3ha236w]
Hmm yeah, I thought including both Hoggard AND Sidebottom was wrong because they were both swingers but instead they have played very well. I hope that England can build onto a big first innings lead and possibly win by a innings but It was be easy, have you seen Murali's spin <s><img><s> <s><img><s>.
If only this test match was going to go to day 5 - then even Kevin Pieterson could do a Shane Warne 'Ball of the Century'!
Anyway, I'm going to bed soon so I can listen/watch tomorrows action!
[quote="pal"
3ha236w]Wow, Hoggard seems to be in the form of his life. I didn't expect this kind of a collapse from the Sri Lankan batsman. I bet a significant sum on them winning in PC. <s><img><s>[/quote3ha236w]Hmm yeah, I thought including both Hoggard AND Sidebottom was wrong because they were both swingers but instead they have played very well. I hope that England can build onto a big first innings lead and possibly win by a innings but It was be easy, have you seen Murali's spin <s><img><s> <s><img><s>.
If only this test match was going to go to day 5 - then even Kevin Pieterson could do a Shane Warne 'Ball of the Century'!
Anyway, I'm going to bed soon so I can listen/watch tomorrows action!