ICC Champions Trophy 2009

[Hooper]

Is Dravid still playing ODI cricket? Bloody hell.

 

[Cricketman]

Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni
Dinesh Karthik
Harbhajan Singh
Sudeep Tyagi
Ishant Sharma
RP Singh

 

[SciD]

YP instead of Dinesh. Rest is fine.

 

[0601731]

Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni
Dinesh Karthik
Harbhajan Singh
Sudeep Tyagi
Ishant Sharma
RP Singh

sudip tyagi isn't in the squad.

 

[Leggie]

YP instead of Dinesh. Rest is fine.

Yeah Yusuf is more reliable than Karthik and more useful down at 7 than Karthik is. Sehwag being injured is a big blow, we won't have them explosive starts which we normally get with him opening.

IMO, the CT Line-up should be this:

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Gautam Gambhir
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Suresh Raina
6) MS Dhoni C+
7) Yusuf Pathan
8) Harbhajan Singh
9) Praveen Kumar
10) RP Singh (OB2)
11) Ishant Sharma (OB1)

I don't really have any faith in Nehra. I can see him getting smacked.

 

[Howsie]

Yeah Yusuf is more reliable than Karthik and more useful down at 7 than Karthik is. Sehwag being injured is a big blow, we won't have them explosive starts which we normally get with him opening.

IMO, the CT Line-up should be this:

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Gautam Gambhir
3) Rahul Dravid
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Suresh Raina
6) MS Dhoni C+
7) Yusuf Pathan
8) Harbhajan Singh
9) Praveen Kumar
10) RP Singh (OB2)
11) Ishant Sharma (OB1)

I don't really have any faith in Nehra. I can see him getting smacked.

It's still a very good team, although the bowling looks a tad weak.

 

[Leggie]

It's still a very good team, although the bowling looks a tad weak.

Yeah, our bowling is somewhat weak. RP Singh and Ishant Sharma are vulnerable to being smashed around. This is an area where we will miss Zaheer.

I think we should have give Chawla a go.

 

[SciD]

Where is Great Khali's cousin?

 

[Hooper]

I have absolutely no idea what team we will field, and this side is nothing like what we are going to get, but this is what I want:

Haddin
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Ferguson
Hopes
Johnson
Lee
Bracken
Hilfenhaus/Clark

Something like that but with a bit of a batting lineup mix up to fit team balance.

 

[aussie1st]

It probably will end up something like that. The bowling has the strike factor just a case of them getting it right when required. Batting probably lacks the big hitter to get us those massive scores.

 

[Hooper]

Yeah, we miss having Symonds' name in that middle order don't we?

Hopefully Hopes, Hussey and Ferguson can do some good lower order batting for us? We've got Johnson down there who can whack it a long was as well.

 

[Howsie]

What about the myth that is Cameron White

You guys still consider him a big hitter right?

 

[Hooper]

Lol, he can hit the ball, no doubt about that.

Its his spinners (?), that uhh, don't seem to spin at all. He is a terrible leg spin bowler.

 

[Howsie]

Not really. He's a powerful hitter for sure but he really hasn't done anything at the international level. Doesn't help that he has to come in most games and slog from the start though.

Yea his spin is terrible.

 

[Hooper]

He never comes in at a good time to use him well, batting wise. But when he has come in when we've needed a batsman to stay in for a bit yet keep the runs ticking over, he gets out cheaply.

And yeah, enough said about his spin.

Way overrated.