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the official ECB press conference live on Sky Sorts News, not just one of my rumours
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blimey colly gone aswell, well thats pietersen for the one day and did'nt the chairman of selectors state he prefers one captain for both sides? or someone in the hierchy (sp?) did anyway
Because he's not?
How many runs has he got in this series?
The team needs a good clear out. Bring some youngsters in.
Seemed like a nice guy but never really had enough fiery agressiveness about him to be a captain in my opinion. Don't know him personally but thats how he seemed. England too me always seem a little too gentlemanly to win anything....Pieterson is a bit better at the passion and competitive agression, but he's a bit of a loose cannon too...Can't think of anyone who is worthy of being captain at the moment - someone will get appointed but no-one deserves it....
Kevin Pietersen will be made captain of both Test team and One day team
That is a prediction worthy of Mon Oncle Spielburg, probably with his usual result.
Again a throw away one line, but sod it, going to pick up on this.
You say clear the team out and bring the youngsters in, what youngsters would these be? Having watched a lot of county cricket in the last few years, there are not a huge amount of youngsters out there ready to make the step up. Broad has come in and people are raving about him, but he should not be near the England side until his bowling is up to it. Yes he has done well with the bat and his runs at 8 are a bonus, but ultimately he is in there to take wickets and he has not done that.
What England need to do is pick their best players, which they have not done this summer. I wonder how long Moores can hold on for, as he seems to be the McLaren of cricket. He got the job so the ECB could justify their structure and so they had to appoint from within, when they should have gone for Moody. Moores seems to still have the hump with Harmison over the New Zealand tour, when with the form he has shown, he should be in. Sidebottom looks to be carrying an injury, so really Jones should come in for him at the Oval. Gibson has improved Anderson, but for the Oval I do think that Hoggard should probably come in for him. Do you see Doug, so youngsters in the fast bowling department being mentioned. Plunkett has not licked on, Onions has not done as much this season as expected and Saj still leaks.
Keeping wise, well if England are not going to pick their best keeper (which they should do for the India tour as he played in the ICL and it would really piss the India Cricket Board off), then really you have to go back to Prior, as he can bat at 6. Fosters batting is not good enough and Davies has not kicked on this year. Again Doug, we are going back to players who have been tried before, simply as there are not really the options of promising youngsters there. Hodd and Brown at Sussex seem to be the promising young keepers, but they are not playing as Prior is the man in form.
Now on to the batsmen. I guess for the Oval, Bell will move to 3 (presuming they go with 5 bowlers) and Collingwood will come in at 5, with Prior at 6. For options outside of the current batsmen, you are looking at Shah (nearly 30), Key (pushing 30) and maybe Bopara (mid 20’s). Again all players that England have looked at in the past. Once again there are no untried youngsters out there being mentioned.
Maybe for the next Ashes tour Rashid and Harris might have kicked on, however now there are not the youngsters there to throw in, so maybe back up the throw away comments?