January 12th - 1st T20i England vs Australia @ Adelaide

[Ollie_H]

England return to the ground where they won the 2nd Test breaking all the records and they return with another record to break too.

Australia (probable) 1 David Warner, 2 Shane Watson, 3 Aaron Finch, 4 David Hussey, 5 Cameron White (capt), 6 Steven Smith, 7 Tim Paine (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Steve O'Keefe, 10 Brett Lee, 11 Shaun Tait.

England (probable) 1 Ian Bell, 2 Steven Davies (wk), 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Paul Collingwood (capt), 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Luke Wright, 7 Michael Yardy, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Ajmal Shahzad, 11 Chris Tremlett.

Australia v England, 1st T20: England target Twenty20 record | Cricket News | Australia v England | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[aussie1st]

Didn't realize we picked 4 openers for that side. Don't really like the idea of Paine at 7, he is definitely better off opening. I'd rearrange the lineup to be

Paine
Warner
Watson
Dussey
White
Finch
Smith
O'Keefe
Pattinson (May as well give him a game)
Lee
Tait

 

[Left_Hander]

I agree with Pattinson playing. We might as well give some experience.

If Paine and Warner opened the batting on the Adelaide Oval in particular, that would be very exciting!

 

[War]

Didn't realize we picked 4 openers for that side. Don't really like the idea of Paine at 7, he is definitely better off opening. I'd rearrange the lineup to be

Paine
Warner
Watson
Dussey
White
Finch
Smith
O'Keefe
Pattinson (May as well give him a game)
Lee
Tait

Ye but then Finch is better suited to opening, so if you do that you are potential creating a next problem.

Plus Paine ability to translate domestic T20 batting to T20i is still up in the air. Which is why all this knee-jerk talk of him being "the next skipper" is just dumb.

If they wanted to look @ another keeper for T20 just for the moment instead of Haddin. Wade should have been picked instead of Paine.

 

[aussie1st]

If I were to choose between Finch and Paine at 6/7 I'd take Finch, he has the ability to hit out. Watson is the other option but no way they would put him down there so with what we have selected Finch is better off down there.

 

[Covvy]

We really need Timmy to open for us, he won't be really efficient anywhere else.

 

[Themer]

Plus Paine ability to translate domestic T20 batting to T20i is still up in the air.

And Finch's, who's never played a single international match, isn't?

 

[aussie1st]

We really need Timmy to open for us, he won't be really efficient anywhere else.

Agree his previous 2 innings has shown hes no where near as comfortable down at 7 or 8.

 

[angryangy]

You have to question the rest of the team if the effectiveness of your number 7 or 8 is a real issue.

 

[Owzat]

England (probable) 1 Ian Bell, 2 Steven Davies (wk), 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Paul Collingwood (capt), 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Luke Wright, 7 Michael Yardy, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Ajmal Shahzad, 11 Chris Tremlett.

When is someone in the selectors going to look at that side and realise it contains only FOUR specialist batsmen!?!?! (if they count Wright they ain't wright in the head)

I can get on ok with Shahzad, Tremlett, Bresnan and Swann but do we need Wright (at all), Yardy AND Collingwood? It's a long but not that strong a lower order, starts at six and might all be out by quarter past.

Bring in an extra batsman for Wright, simples. If any of the main five bowlers proves expensive, frankly in T20s you're unlikely to undo the damage and bringing other part-timers on for 1-3 overs is unlikely to work any better or they'd be one of the main five. Trott has an SR of 95.83 in T20s, averaging 23.00 so far (7 T20s), and can bowl. Lumb has an SR of 141.24 from the same number of T20s, I'm guessing he won't open and his average is a bit lower. There is no form of cricket where I'd go in with less than five specialist batsmen, not with such modest at best lower order batsmen like Wright, Yardy, Bresnan and Swann who can bat a bit, but in a high pressure run set/chase.......................?

 

[Punk_Sk8r]

what time does this actually start in the uk? shouldn't it be on by now?

 

[aussie1st]

Starts in 20 minutes time.

 

[ZexyZahid]

The England starting line up is announced. It's not difficult to predict the Australian line up. Hopefully White will bat at number four.

Chris Woakes is going to make his debut.

Bell is probably going to open again. If he is succesfull continuosly England should try him opening in ODI's.

 

[aussie1st]

Paine at 3 hmmm, Watson would make a better one. And no James Pattinson, I'm guessing he will get a game in the next match.

 

[Roofrom50]

Pattison will make his debut in Melbourne in the next 20/20 contest.