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well it's a weakened England side too remember.
Babydoll said:I am 100000% sure Australia will win... last year England's win was a miracle.
zepher25 said:i wonder who will be the Aussie crowds abused guy, last summer it was Andrea Nel, im thinking Flintoff
intedomine said:
It'll be Panasar cause he's a dodgy fielder, he's not white and he's got a "funny" asian name. Good luck to him, that's all I can say...
yertle-the-turtle said:
That's Darren Gough's career gone too, I think. Goodbye Dazzler.
yertle-the-turtle said:Graham Onions now into the side. Great name (and he plays in the same Durham team as Phil Mustard, you really can't make this stuff up) but apparently his Pro40 form is vastly inferior to his Championship form.
yertle-the-turtle said:England squad for Ashes tour: A Flintoff (captain, Lancashire, 62 Tests), A Strauss (Middlesex, 31 Tests), M Trescothick (Somerset, 76 Tests), A Cook (Essex, 9 Tests), K Pietersen (Hampshire, 18 Tests), I Bell (Warwickshire, 18 Tests), P Collingwood (Durham, 15 Tests), C Read (Nottinghamshire, 13 Tests), S Mahmood (Lancashire, 5 Tests), S Harmison (Durham, 45 Tests), M Hoggard (Yorkshire, 58 Tests), M Panesar (Northants, 10 Tests), G Jones (Kent, 31 Tests), A Giles (Warwickshire, 52 Tests), J Anderson (Lancashire, 13 Tests), L Plunkett (Durham, 6 Tests).
England squad for Champions Trophy: A Flintoff (captain, Lancashire), J Anderson (Lancashire), I Bell (Warwickshire), R Clarke (Surrey), P Collingwood (Durham), J Dalrymple (Middlesex), S Harmison (Durham), E Joyce (Middlesex), S Mahmood (Lancashire), J Lewis (Gloucestershire), K Pietersen (Hampshire), C Read (Nottinghamshire), A Strauss (Middlesex), M Yardy (Sussex).
Rather predictable, I guess. Anderson could play ahead of Mahmood if he's fit enough but I'll still take Monty over Giles (although a second spinner in Sydney may have been useful). Would have preferred Strauss as captain; simply because I think Flintoff's big guts performances always bring about a tendency to overbowl himself. Glad the selectors didn't listen to the Mark Ramprakash lot either.