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A thread to discuss cricket incase anyone else is a fan like me.

Silent Thunder wrote:
> England aren't offering much of a resistance.

Excuse me?

England aren't offering much of a resistance.

Well I haven't seen as much as I'd liked to have seen and it needs renaming at the moment to Ten10 :D

Phoenix beaten by the Foxes on Friday *sob* so I hope we do a helluva lot better tonight in the Roses match.

There is a Twenty20 World Cup. It starts September 11th. England are in the same group of the Aussies and Zimbabwe.

Yeah I think you're right, it's a shame because he's a smashing all rounder and captain. We've got Middlebrrok and Ten Doeschacte as all rounders though, so we should still be a real threat.

By the way, this is brilliant entertainment, I think it's great the commentators have been talking to the Yorkshire fielders via ear pieces as well. They should make the World Cup Twenty20.

Has Irani retired? I think I read somewhere that his knee injury has forced him to retire now instead of the end of the season.

Being an Essex boy, I think we'll win it this year. We've just bought Hollioake, and we've got Flower, Pettini, Cook, Irani, Kaneria, etc... Shame we lost Andy Flower.

Biggie Little Jr. wrote:
> The Question then is who goes when Flintoff returns? A batsmen or
> a bowler? Logically I think a batsmen will go as England seem to
> prefer a five pronged bowling attack, especially with the
> mis-firing of Harmison, the inconsistency of Plunkett, and of
> course England should be careful not to over-bowl Flintoff.
>
> Also, Hoggard has to return, so one of the bowlers will probably
> go, not to mention when Simon Jones makes his long awaited
> return, although I can't see that happening in this series, the
> same with Trescothick.
>
> When Hoggard and Flintoff are fit I think the England team
> should be something like:
>
> Strauss
> Cook
> Vaughan
> Pietersen
> Collingwood/Bell
> Flintoff
> Prior
> Sidebottom/Plunkett
> Hoggard
> Harmison
> Panesar
>
> I could see Bell being drop due to Collingwood also being a
> competent bowler. Not sure about Plunkett and Sidebottom, I
> think Sidebottom should stay after his performance in the second
> test and the fact he offers something different.
>
> However, If Trescothick comes back, I'd drop Collingwood (Or
> Bell) and have an England batting line up of:
>
> Trescothick
> Cook
> Vaughan
> Strauss
> Pietersen
>
> Even though I doubt Trescothick will come back, and if he does
> it's more likely top be for ODI's.

I stick by that team following the series, for the one-dayers i'd do a straight swap of Trescothick for Cook (Who doesn't play in the ODI's), Or Vaughan, i'm not sure if he's retiring??

All the Twenty20 is on Sky so :) - I've been to one Essex match every year, so i'll no doubt end up at a match.

Twenty20 is great. It's on almost every day over the summer, which is fantastic. I will have to go to a game one day.