Sri Lanka in England 2011

God a wish Ten Doescate wanted to play for England. Would be so perfect in the ODI/T20 teams.
 
Dilshan is confirmed as being out of the Rose Bowl test. The weather forecast atm looks very poor, may not be a good first test to remember for the Hampshire CCC members!
 
WOW. That was very very unexpected to say the least.

I'm not surprised actually. As many have noted Prior would be in this England side on his batting alone let alone his keeping, which is pretty superb now.

Thinking back to how his keeping use to be its quite an incredible turn around, can't remember the last one he dropped to be honest.
 
Thinking back to how his keeping use to be its quite an incredible turn around, can't remember the last one he dropped to be honest.

Weird to think it was the time when England were in Sri Lanka when he produced his worst keeping performance ever and all these years later against the same team he's in some of the best keeping form of his life.

The results of the blog were unexpected to me because he seems to slide so far under the radar for his batting, yet always churns it out.
 
He had a tough test at Lord's, but I think how he performed with the gloves just shows how much he has come on, it's not an easy place to keep, especially when bowling from the Pavilion end.

He's what we've needed, I'm just massively disappointed he's not taken his ODI changes, that said, I think our ODI options are more than good enough. Davies and Kieswetter both fit the bill.

He's a very key part of the Test team now, and I'm chuffed for him and us, all those years trying to replace Stewart, Jones doing okay, but nothing that great, Read was a bit meh and Foster was even worse. From our biggest weakness, we've got a strong selection of keepers to choose from.
 
He had a tough test at Lord's, but I think how he performed with the gloves just shows how much he has come on, it's not an easy place to keep, especially when bowling from the Pavilion end.

He's what we've needed, I'm just massively disappointed he's not taken his ODI changes, that said, I think our ODI options are more than good enough. Davies and Kieswetter both fit the bill.

He's a very key part of the Test team now, and I'm chuffed for him and us, all those years trying to replace Stewart, Jones doing okay, but nothing that great, Read was a bit meh and Foster was even worse. From our biggest weakness, we've got a strong selection of keepers to choose from.

Bit harsh on Foster that. Foster is still the best pure glovesman in England & if circumstance where different with the England test side during the 2000s. Mainly involving Flintoff being a fully fit all-rounder playing ever test, they way Kallis does for S Africa.

England could have certainly had Foster as its main keeper batting @ # 8 in test even right now in Priors reemergence since 2009.
 
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WOW. That was very very unexpected to say the least.

So why didn't Prior make it to the ICC test team or ODI team even once.:lol:lol


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Whereas Dhoni has been ICC ODI player of the year in 2008 and 2009. And test captain of the team in 2009 and 2010.He was also in the ODI team in 2006.So Dhoni is all over prior if you go by ICC.
 
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Whereas Dhoni has been ICC ODI player of the year in 2008 and 2009. He was also in the ODI team in 2006.So Dhoni is all over prior if you go by ICC.

Cos Prior is a ████ ODI player.

I don't even know who you are, but you're clearly an Indian fan and I imagine the reason Dhoni has been is because he has far more influence in a side than Prior does.
 
Cos Prior is a ████ ODI player.

I don't even know who you are, but you're clearly an Indian fan and I imagine the reason Dhoni has been is because he has far more influence in a side than Prior does.

So why didn't he make it to the test team even once ?
 
Hang on, let me just go and ask Clive Lloyd, he's just next door.
 
So why didn't Prior make it to the ICC test team or ODI team even once.:lol:lol


2009 ICC Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010 ICC Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ICC Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ICC Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whereas Dhoni has been ICC ODI player of the year in 2008 and 2009. And test captain of the team in 2009 and 2010.He was also in the ODI team in 2006.So Dhoni is all over prior if you go by ICC.

There you go - yet again - launching into a rant, this time an irrelevant one about ODIs and team captaincy. If you read the article, you'd know it was talking about Tests (coincidentally what this thread is about atm) and wicketkeeper batting abilities (as was indicated by the title).

You know as well as I do (frankly I think we all do) that there are a lot of things the ICC is utterly crap at, and picking 'best of' teams is one of them. If you think the stats are wrong, correct them if you can. Because they paint a clear picture, and support the article's premise.
 
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There you go - yet again - launching into a rant, this time an irrelevant one about ODIs and team captaincy. If you read the article, you'd know it was talking about Tests (coincidentally what this thread is about atm) and wicketkeeper batting abilities (as was indicated by the title).

You know as well as I do (frankly I think we all do) that there are a lot of things the ICC is utterly crap at, and picking 'best of' teams is one of them. If you think the stats are wrong, correct them if you can. Because they paint a clear picture, and support the article's premise.

Prior against the best bowlers last decade.
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Dhoni
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So, even then Dhoni > Prior.

There is a reason Prior never got in the ICC TEST WORLD XI .
 
Another Indian fan who feels the need to de-rail every thread and create it to 'India vs everyone else.'
 

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