heart attacks galore :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
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heart attacks galore :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
I think Shoaib was better but Lee more respected for not being a deranged idiot. Good bowler. Good attitude. Good Indian.
Bopara's is in the squad to play the first Test on Thursday. He is expected to play his first test.
Cook
Strauss
Trott
Pietersen
??
Bopara
Prior
Swann
Broad
Anderson
Finn
Who bats at no.5?
I wouldn't play Bell. Should be getting some youngsters in the mix now. Too many players over 30. Out of the first 7, 5 batsman are 30 or over. They're going to face the same problem India did if they don't pull out a couple of batting prodigies from somewhere/SA.
Bell
Hes been in form
Bell and Bopara can still be really flakey and I don't really fully trust them but it's only going to be in ODIs that you see new guys emerging and then on to tests. Against the pub team sides firstly, hence why there is no Bairstow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Bell still has a good seven years of getting out tamely to Australia in tests yet.
It's better to have a surfeit of batsmen than bowlers, given the physical toll bowling takes and England have lots of them waiting. Bowling is India's main problem; they have Arpee waiting to play, England have Finn.
Also, Bresnan will play I am sure.
I'll be there on Friday :dance:
Hopefully it'll be sunny :unsure:
Me :pal:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18854974Quote:
India looks set to resume bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan after a gap of several years, with plans for Pakistani cricketers to tour India.
India's cricket board says three One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches have been planned for December.
Pakistan Cricket Board welcomed the proposal and said that millions of fans would be delighted.
The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan was in 2007-2008 when the Pakistani team visited India.
Cricketing ties were suspended after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, blamed on a Pakistan-based militant group.
Indian government approval is still needed for the series to go ahead but analysts say this is just a formality.
"It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the Pakistan cricket team for a short series in December 2012-January 2013," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a press release on Monday.
"The modalities will be worked out shortly," it added.
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla later told reporters that Chennai, Calcutta and Delhi will host the One Day Internationals.
The T20s will be played in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, he added.
Mr Shukla said the home minister and the external affairs minister both knew of the decision and were "totally fine with it".
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has welcomed the series with India in five years, reports AFP.
"The decision is great and we welcome it. It seems that millions of cricket fans have their wishes fulfilled," PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said in Lahore.
"We are still waiting for a BCCI invitation for the series, but it seems it will surely be held later this year," he added.
Correspondents say the proposal to resume cricketing ties is a sign of improving relations between the two countries.
Earlier this month, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Delhi and the two sides discussed their willingness to have more sporting contact between the two countries.
The South Asian rivals have played each other in the 2011 World Cup and Asia Cup in Bangladesh recently.
Greatest rivalry in cricket is back on :bow:
Sky's programme starts in a minute.
:popcorn:
Philander's record is outstanding.
It's raining. :bow: