England in South Africa

[squiz]

That games rigged though, you can win every race. Just bet on the horse with the worst odds

 

[barmyarmy]

In which case why is your high score only $10m?

 

[squiz]

I just dont want to take away the spotlight from whoevers first, thats all

 

[Stephen Bailey]

LOL.
Any excuse Squiz :
Anyway! Should Flintoff play as only a batsman if he can't bowl? Bearing in mind that the last time he did, he scored back to back centuries in the Natwest series.

 

[barmyarmy]

I'd play him and Collingwood and drop Key (assuming Butcher is still injured).

 

[andrew_nixon]

I'd be tempted to fly Pietersen over and throw him in at the deep end.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I would like to see Collingwod n the team as well

 

[andrew_nixon]

I'd be tempted to fly Pietersen over and throw him in at the deep end.

Or we could go for someone with a little more experience. See http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2005/JAN/150803_ENG_07JAN2005.html

 

[squiz]

Yeah, just take our rejects

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Interesting one, what I don't get is that he only had one test innings and didn't play more tests for Australia. Any Aussie theories on that one?

 

[brad352]

Because he was only a fill in for that game

 

[andrew_nixon]

Yeah, just take our rejects

Well we gave you Andrew Symonds, only fair that we take someone in exchange

 

[FishBowlMan]

Not an Australian view, but an English one...

Stuart Law was one of those players born at the wrong time / in the wrong country. He couldn't make it into the Aussie side as there were better batsmen currently performing well in their side. I would imagine (and this is purely going from seeing him play for Essex) he would have been an automatic first choice in almost any other test side.

If he does play for England, will he be another Graeme Hick? - a case of unfortunately 3 or 4 years too late and having to deal with another "future of the game" tag or some such rubbish.

 

[barmyarmy]

I think it would be a giant step backwards to pick a 36 year old - even for experience.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

His record speaks for itself, you don't average over 50 in first class cricket by fluke, nor do you score 107 50's and 68 100's by fluke. But it's true he's one of those unlucky one's, born at the wrong time among other things, although he did play over 50 ODI's.

I think it would be a giant step backwards to pick a 36 year old - even for experience.

True, 36 is maybe abit old to be making a International comeback, but remember Martin Bicknell