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2013 ashes will begin at Trent bridge. And after the 5 tests are over, there will be a few months gap before England have to go to Australia to play the 2013/14 Ashes. So England and Australia have to play 10 tests against eqchother in a row. That's quite cool. In fact I think this should be a regular thing. In a four match series, play 2 tests home - quick changeover - a couple of tests away. You know it makes sense.
England have a thing that retiring from ODIs means you aren't eligible for T20s either.
Pietersen's not been great in ODIs for a while, but they took too long to realise he should have opened the batting. Could either see him piling on the Test runs now or packing it in altogether soon enough. He's a maverick. Hope he sticks around. England's top 6 is the most boring in the history of cricket.
I'm a fan of textbook tekkers but I agree you need a bit of flair. KP is probably the only batsman with a good batting style. Bell is ok. Trott, Cook and Strauss are prolific but robotic.
Efficient and mechanical. As a great man once said, I wouldn't pay to watch them. Though I do have tickets for a day of the Lord's Test this summer so let's hope it's South Africa batting (insert England&SA banta here). Without wanting to go all Simon Cowell, KP does have the x-factor that the other boring farts lack. He will do stuff like charge a spinner for all six balls of an over rather than bail out with a leg-side nudge after three. A hundred of his will invariably contain the whole repertoire of shots. The others are the same batsman x 5, except Trott, that **** is in a league of his own.
Anderson dropped
Finn will come in to the team
Gayle is back for the West Indies :bow:
Misses the test series for money and comes back for the ODIs. Fuck him. Sir Viv must be turning in his grave.
Apparently England's contracts pay the most. Surprised by that - would've thought the Injuns got paid the highest. ECB pay well over 6 figures. After chamakh's contract, Morgan must be the biggest waste of money in sport.
I think Winston Bogarde would have something to say about that.
Probably "shut up and give me my 40k".
3rd Test tomorrow
Who comes in for Anderson?
Will Broad be rested?