Ashes 2010/11 Squad Announced

[mas cambios]

Ashes 2010/11 Squad Announced

Tremlett in (non-nonplussed about this) and Panesar returns.

England Ashes Test squad:
Andrew Strauss (captain, Middlesex), Alastair Cook (vice-captain, Essex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Steven Davies (wk, Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Monty Panesar (Sussex), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Matt Prior (wk, Sussex), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Chris Tremlett (Surrey), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).

Selection is a little moot as the following will also be in Australia, available for call up:

England performance programme squad:
Jimmy Adams (Hampshire), Jonny Bairstow (wk, Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), Maurice Chambers (Essex), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Andrew Gale (Yorkshire), James Hildreth (Somerset), Craig Kieswetter (wk, Somerset), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Taylor (Leicestershire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

Out of that lot I would guess Hildreth, Taylor, Rashid or Shahzad would be most likely to get the nod, if needed.

 

[Liz Ward]

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Tremlett in (non-nonplussed about this) ...

Interested to see how this pans out. Chris has impressed for Surrey recently and apparently the selectors believe he will add a real threat of pace and bounce for an attacking side; his game would suit the Australian conditions. However, if he were to make the final team, who would stand down, Anderson, Broad, Bresnan or Finn?

 

[mas cambios]

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I suppose he's a like for like replacement for Finn. They are the two tallest and best suited to producing the bounce England seem to want. I think they have been harsh on Shahzad as his reverse swing and skiddy bounce could have been a surprise weapon.

 

[hattrick]

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Mas I must admit Tremlett in is a surprise. Most probably because of Sidebottoms retirement. Having watched a fair amount of England in the last few months I do believe Finn will play before Tremlett. Also one question do you think that Swann will play in all the matches or might he miss out on the WACA for example to make a place for a pace bowler? I agree with your assessment of Shahzad as he if fit could be quite a handful.

Also should KP not be mentioned with Surrey and not Hampshire CCC?
I think England will do well but they need to show me that they can take 20 Australian wickets as they have struggled in certain conditions. Cannot wait for the Ashes to start and I am not English nor Australian.

 

[Boris]

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England is a very set team at the moment, and if you ask me, favourites because of it.

I only expect Tremlett to be playing if there is an injury to one of the pace bowlers or one gets a particular knocking about. Finn should be playing as part of the quartet with the obvious picks of Andersen, Broad and Bresnan.

They say Ian Bell will be in in front of Eoin Morgan. I'm not sure why to be honest. Bell is a run machine at county level and always has been but he hasn't really converted all to well on the big stage in any of the forms. Morgan is in brilliant form and I would be playing him.

 

[Kram81]

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England is a very set team at the moment, and if you ask me, favourites because of it.

I think you have absorbed too much voltage Boris

Panesar lol. Rashid would've been a better option out here.

 

[Ljp86]

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Australia are more of a chance now after seeing that squad. England's batting is pretty good except for the out-of-form Pietersen but their bowling doesn't seem that great in my opinion. Anderson I've never rated, Broad is hit-and-miss, Bresnan is relatively new to test cricket as in Finn and Tremlett has been on the fringes of the team for the last few years without really being given much of a crack. Graeme Swann would be England's best bowler, not sure why Panesar is here, he's fairly ordinary.

That being said, Australia's batting line-up is pretty rubbish form with only Watson and Katich showing much with the bat of late. Bowling attack doesn't seem to great either being hit-and-miss, much like England's.

This will be an interesting series for sure, it should be fairly even.

 

[Beeswax]

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Australia are more of a chance now after seeing that squad. England's batting is pretty good except for the out-of-form Pietersen but their bowling doesn't seem that great in my opinion. Anderson I've never rated, Broad is hit-and-miss, Bresnan is relatively new to test cricket as in Finn and Tremlett has been on the fringes of the team for the last few years without really being given much of a crack. Graeme Swann would be England's best bowler, not sure why Panesar is here, he's fairly ordinary.

That being said, Australia's batting line-up is pretty rubbish form with only Watson and Katich showing much with the bat of late. Bowling attack doesn't seem to great either being hit-and-miss, much like England's.

This will be an interesting series for sure, it should be fairly even.

Huss, Punter and North are in no form at all really. Watson has been pretty poor in test cricket this year, it's only Kat and Clarke who appear to have a regular positive effect on the scorebook.

It should be close, but I wouldn't be surprised to see England pip Australia. Their team is younger but at the same time their bowlers are more experienced than ours and I think more talented overall.

Bowling short for at least 70% of the time means that Cook and Strauss will have a field day. Add in that Johnson loses control of line easily and he may be a real handicap during the Ashes. Like he was during the last one.

Hilfy also bowls wide a lot of the time. I think Bolly has the most control but his natural length is shortish as well.

 

[Boris]

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I think you have absorbed too much voltage Boris

Panesar lol. Rashid would've been a better option out here.

So nice you are as usual Kram

Panesar won't get a game, and I probably would have brought him for his experience in the team. All he would be doing it helping out in the nets and as someone who knows the procedures and can spin the ball away from the bat. Rashid won't get much of a game until Swann is gone, which is a long way away.

Australia are more of a chance now after seeing that squad. England's batting is pretty good except for the out-of-form Pietersen but their bowling doesn't seem that great in my opinion. Anderson I've never rated, Broad is hit-and-miss, Bresnan is relatively new to test cricket as in Finn and Tremlett has been on the fringes of the team for the last few years without really being given much of a crack. Graeme Swann would be England's best bowler, not sure why Panesar is here, he's fairly ordinary.

That being said, Australia's batting line-up is pretty rubbish form with only Watson and Katich showing much with the bat of late. Bowling attack doesn't seem to great either being hit-and-miss, much like England's.

This will be an interesting series for sure, it should be fairly even.

The thing is, though, that 7-8 of their players are set in stone and for good reason. With the Australian team, sure 7-8 are set, but there isn't a general consensus as to why. I think this makes England favourites.

They've got IMO the best bowler in the world currently in Swann, plus they have three quicks that are tall and they (or at least they are saying they are) working on bounce, line and consistency rather than swing and length. Andersen won't be much out here, his bowling style doesn't really work outside of England, but Broad has the ability to be consistently quick and can land it on the right length. Finn and Tremlett are tall and consistent. Bresnan can get some more medium stuff through and tie down an end for a period of time, plus chip in with the batting. They might not all be super effective, but definitely more effective than the last lot they had out here.

Their batting is about par with Australia. If everyone was in form than no team in the world could match Australia, but obviously that isn't the case. I'm expecting big things from Ponting and Hussey if anything is to happen. As you say Pietersen is the only one out of form for England really, and he is really out of nick, but that's better than what seems to be a shoddily put together Australia team.

If you put this Australian team in England then England will win every time. All England has to overcome is the difference in conditions and they should have it in the bag, but that's a big ask. In fact 1987-88 was the last time they managed that, and I think they have the bowling to do it this time around.