England vs Sri Lanka - First Test :: Sponsored by Marcus Trescothick's Cricket Coach

[Octavius]

hoggard, plunkett, flintoff, panesar, mahmood

hopefully collingwood will not be needed.

 

[aussie1st]

Well I only have one SL batsmen so once he gets out the rest can go cheaply too Mahmood is the one I need taking wickets, and Flintoff. Most will have Hoggard so no point in him getting wickets.

 

[Octavius]

hehe i have Hoggard as a bonus player...heres hoping he makes a 50! while night watchman. That will give me an edge with him!

i really do feel that unless the ball starts swinging wildly, Petersen, Collingwood and Flintoff are going to leave SRL chasing 600+

not having Petersen & Collingwood will be my downfall, unless Strauss and Cook get another bat, or samaraweera and jayawardena get big scores to offset P & C.

whatever happens im glad the English test season has started and the coverage is by SKY TV (sorry to you domestic TV buffs), because we here in NZ are getting live to air coverage on our SKY service WOOHOO! :happy tonight im going to stay up and watch every ball!

 

[siddharth2002]

jayawardena has a terrific record at Lords...hope he doesnt poke holes in your team Sid

Lol my selection is a well thought-out one.

 

[y2j826]

Top 5 batsman from England Side in my team and hoggard is playing on 4th so count it as 6, and England too have good record playing in their country, so might be they can score some big total and then wipe out s. lanka cheaply with hoggard getting 8 wickets in a match, thats the way for me to be at top.

 

[saurabh2185]

"hoggard getting 8"

:laugh What this will gain for your team as most others have him as bonus player (including myself),
unless he is your team's captain.

 

[Abhas]

Batsman 1 Kevin Pietersen+
Batsman 2 Marcus Trescothick
Batsman 3 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Batsman 4 Paul Collingwood
Batsman 5 Mahela Jayawardene
Wicket Keeper Kumar Sangakkara+
All-Rounder 1 Andrew Flintoff (C)
Bowler 1 Matthew Hoggard+
Bowler 2 Muttiah Muralitharan+
Bowler 3 Liam Plunkett
Bowler 4 Chaminda Vaas

with this team, i'm not too sure of winning...

 

[Octavius]

:laugh What this will gain for your team as most others have him as bonus player (including myself),
unless he is your team's captain.

it will give me an advantage over those who dont have him as a bonus player...granted, that mightnt be many

most have flintoff as captain so it wont metter what he does..except to beat other players captains like trescothick.

anyone have a strange captain (to us it might seem strange )

 

[surendar]

oh... Pieterson is going on nicely... i m having him in my team!!!! :happy

 

[jdbais]

oh... Pieterson is going on nicely... i m having him in my team!!!! :happy

So do a lot of other people.

I have also noticed that a lot of people (including me) have Malinga in their teams. God knows why he isn't playing in this match.

 

[Abhas]

i had malinga in my team, but at the last moment swapped him with liam plunkett...
(thanks to cricinfo )

 

[jdbais]

I couldn't be bothered checking cricinfo. It appears it may cost me

 

[ZexyZahid]

Flintoff made some runs, but he declared. That's not good, since he is my captain. Hopefully he will grab some wickets for compensation.

 

[akira2291]

same here for me..
i have done only one thing wrong. i went for panesar instead of hoggard.
unlucky i changed it some hour before the registration finish

 

[ZexyZahid]

Mahmood got three wickets. Those who have him has an advantage.