5th Test: England vs Australia at the Brit Oval

[King Pietersen]

flip this flip that, sean you need to settle the flip down man, your flipping everyone out with your constant flipping man. flipping hell.

flippin callum flippin ferguson in there you flippin reckon?

You trust Callum Ferguson to score more runs than Mike Hussey? A guy with a FC average of 35? Surely Dussey or your favourite, Brad Hodge would be better options?

 

[aussie1st]

Hussey will keep this spot in the team after this innings just like Hayden used to do for his last few years of his career

Hard to tell with our selectors, if he doesn't make a 100 I can see them dropping him as they need a scape goat, the reason hes under pressure is cause he hasn't made a 100 in ages so another 50 shouldn't change that.

 

[barmyarmy]

he should change his name to Mr Wicket

Fortunately Flintoff didn't Mr Wicket.

 

[Gilly Fan]

You trust Callum Ferguson to score more runs than Mike Hussey? A guy with a FC average of 35? Surely Dussey or your favourite, Brad Hodge would be better options?

Why replace an old guy with another old guy. It's not like West Indies and Pakistan are important series. Why not experiment and give some young guys a go.

 

[adthomp]

Fortunately Flintoff didn't Mr Wicket.

:laugh:laugh:laugh

 

[Hooper]

You trust Callum Ferguson to score more runs than Mike Hussey? A guy with a FC average of 35? Surely Dussey or your favourite, Brad Hodge would be better options?
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Oh no I've called out the stats whore?!

Sorry to unearth you but I don't want to be bombarded with stats... Just look up Michael Clarke's FC record before he got picked for the test team.

I just threw up any name btw, and don't even mention Brad Podge in the same sentence as Australian test team please.

flipin oath, man. fliping better than that flipin hack Mr Cricket.

flippin better off havin' flippin andrew ronald flippin mcdonald scaring childred at least at flippin number four.

 

[Raj_Aryan]

Hussey will keep this spot in the team after this innings just like Hayden used to do for his last few years of his career

Yes,certainly if he gets 70 odd or more than that,they will keep him,lets see...

 

[Chetan0304]

I feel sorry for Ponting

A Flintoff the king :hpraise

 

[Gilly Fan]

flippin better off havin' flippin andrew ronald flippin mcdonald scaring childred at least at flippin number four.

It's been a fliping great night for me. Lose to your flipin mob by 10 goals and then have the flipin Ashes wrenched away from us like this. flipin hell.

Alright, time to go sane again.

 

[Howsie]

Oh no I've called out the stats whore?!

:laugh

I couldn't help but laugh sorry KP.

Howsie added 1 Minutes and 15 Seconds later...

And Collingwodd put's Hussey down.

 

[King Pietersen]

Why replace an old guy with another old guy. It's not like West Indies and Pakistan are important series. Why not experiment and give some young guys a go.

Probably because the 'old' guy is scoring more runs. I don't consider 32 old either. David Hussey's scored runs consistently over the last few years. Ferguson's had 1 good season. Dussey's averaging 80 in the County Championship this year, and is a proven class player. I don't think you should be picking young players just for the sake of having a youngster in there. You then start to fall into the English trap of constantly working towards the future.

Hodge is 34, has a Test double hundred and is still scoring runs in Australia. Averaged over 60 last year, with a double hundred to his name. He's still a class act, irrespective of his age, and I'd back him to score more runs than Ferguson.

Collingwood's dropped 3 now, yet Trott's still not in there. Best slip fielder in CC according to Nick Knight and yet Collingwood's at slip. Ridiculous.

Meh, stats whore or not. I consider scoring runs quite important when picking a batsman to play Test cricket. Being young shouldn't bump him up the pecking order ahead of 2 guys that have been scoring big runs for years. Hardly whoring stats, just a sensible way of backing up an argument.

 

[aussie1st]

Collingwood dropped the Ashes Seriously though hes been pretty average at slip. And OMG these two want to run themselves out again.

 

[Raj_Aryan]

Even Lee will get a chance in ODI's..

 

[Hooper]

It's been a fliping great night for me. Lose to your flipin mob by 10 goals and then have the flipin Ashes wrenched away from us like this. flipin hell.

Alright, time to go sane again.

Sandilands>Hille

Hill>Lovett, Jetta, Nathan Lovett

End thread.

Hooper added 1 Minutes and 50 Seconds later...

Probably because the 'old' guy is scoring more runs. I don't consider 32 old either. David Hussey's scored runs consistently over the last few years. Ferguson's had 1 good season. Dussey's averaging 80 in the County Championship this year, and is a proven class player. I don't think you should be picking young players just for the sake of having a youngster in there. You then start to fall into the English trap of constantly working towards the future.

Hodge is 34, has a Test double hundred and is still scoring runs in Australia. Averaged over 60 last year, with a double hundred to his name. He's still a class act, irrespective of his age, and I'd back him to score more runs than Ferguson.

Collingwood's dropped 3 now, yet Trott's still not in there. Best slip fielder in CC according to Nick Knight and yet Collingwood's at slip. Ridiculous.

Meh, stats whore or not. I consider scoring runs quite important when picking a batsman to play Test cricket. Being young shouldn't bump him up the pecking order ahead of 2 guys that have been scoring big runs for years. Hardly whoring stats, just a sensible way of backing up an argument.

Podge is 34 and still doesn't know how to put on a pair of pants.

Is a tosser and the whole of Australian cricket know hes a tosser so no one likes him.

Collingwood drop, he really has lost the plot hasn't he? Worse then Ian Bell?

 

[Howsie]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they say Collingwood is standing a lot closer then normal?