WC2007: Super 8

Stuart Law is absolute quality. I wouldn't be ashamed to see him in the England squad. If he'd been English all his life then he'd have more than 1 Test cap.
 
My ideal one day team...

Trescothick
Prior
Strauss
KP
Collingwood
Bopara
Flintoff
Plunkett
Panesar
Anderson
Broad/Kirtley (I know he's old but he's got nous)
 
Why do all the England batsman bar Pietersen have such bad First-Class records? I'd expect atleast Strauss, Collingwood or Trescothick to average atleast over 45 & county cricket isn't the strongest domestic competition going round either.

Interesting article on England's OD captains. None of them are any good supposedly.

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/290732.html

You English have got to bat Pietersen at 3 regardless of whose in the side. His by far way superior then anyone in the country at batting and he could very well go down as England's best ever batsman when his career finishes. You can't afford to waste him.

Can Stuart Law even play for England?
 
wfdu_ben91 said:
Why do all the England batsman bar Pietersen have such bad First-Class records? I'd expect atleast Strauss, Collingwood or Trescothick to average atleast over 45 & county cricket isn't the strongest domestic competition going round either.
Pah, this shows the strength of county cricket. Take Trescothick, he mostly plays on a small ground and one of the best batting wickets in the country, and he averages 35. He plays in Tests against the best players in the world and averages 44. Coincidence? I think not.
 
Well Hussey's FC average of 54 is based on him averaging 80 in county cricket and 40 in Aus domestic cricket along side International cricket.

Why do you think we have so many players averaging in mid to high 40's who play county cricket but can't make it into the International side?
 
evertonfan said:
Who's your skipper Sureshot?

And Kirtley should be in the team. He is grossly underrated.


Strauss.

Kirtleys death bowling is better than any England bowler bar Flintoff.
 
Ireland went out cheaply against Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka seems to want to quickly end the match, although they already lost two quick wickets for 31 runs.
 
wfdu_ben91 said:
Why do all the England batsman bar Pietersen have such bad First-Class records? I'd expect atleast Strauss, Collingwood or Trescothick to average atleast over 45 & county cricket isn't the strongest domestic competition going round either.
MUFC1987 said:
Pah, this shows the strength of county cricket. Take Trescothick, he mostly plays on a small ground and one of the best batting wickets in the country, and he averages 35. He plays in Tests against the best players in the world and averages 44. Coincidence? I think not.
These guys must have superpowers, then.

David Hussey
3791 runs @ 59.23 for Nottinghamshire
2801 runs @ 42.43 for Victoria

Michael Di Venuto
7256 runs @ 49.02 for Derbyshire
1067 runs @ 41.03 for Sussex
9170 runs @ 40.04 for Tasmania

Martin Love
1739 runs @ 69.56 for Northamptonshire
2718 runs @ 57.82 for Durham
10287 runs @ 46.13 for Queensland

Murray Goodwin
8418 runs @ 53.27 for Sussex
4308 runs @ 41.02 for Western Australia

Cameron White
1190 runs @ 59.50 for Somerset
2405 runs @ 30.83 for Victoria

Phil Jaques
1148 runs @ 88.30 for Worcestershire
2477 runs @ 61.92 for Yorkshire
1409 runs @ 58.70 for Northamptonshire
3656 runs @ 46.27 for New South Wales

Stuart Law
8538 runs @ 58.88 for Essex
5864 runs @ 57.49 for Lancashire
9920 runs @ 43.13 for Queensland

Darren Lehmann
8871 runs @ 68.76 for Yorkshire
12070 runs @ 56.93 for South Australia
2098 runs @ 41.96 for Victoria

Brad Hodge
3043 runs @ 62.10 for Leicestershire
9509 runs @ 45.93 for Victoria

Mike Hussey
1074 runs @ 76.71 for Durham
5194 runs @ 78.69 for Northamptonshire
8006 runs @ 42.13 for Western Australia

Justin Langer
3968 runs @ 61.04 for Middlesex
9181 runs @ 51.57 for Western Australia
 

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