England v South Africa - 5th and final ODI - Trent Bridge

[Titanic]

Leading the series 2-1, World Number One ODI team England have won the toss and will bat.

England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Jonny Bairstow, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Craig Kieswetter (wkt), 7 Samit Patel, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 James Tredwell, 10 James Anderson, 11 Jade Dernbach

South Africa 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Dean Elgar, 4 AB de Villiers (capt & wk), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Faf du Plessis, 7 Justin Ontong, 8 Wayne Parnell, 9 Robin Peterson, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Morne Morkel

 

[Titanic]

England have brought in Jonny Bairstow for the injured Jonathan Trott, and Chris Woakes replaces Steven Finn.

 

[Giraffe]

It still baffles me Matt Prior is not in the ODI squad. Should be there on batting alone, but having him as a wicketkeeper batsman is a great thing that is stupid to turn down.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It still baffles me Matt Prior is not in the ODI squad. Should be there on batting alone, but having him as a wicketkeeper batsman is a great thing that is stupid to turn down.

Kieswetter is a pretty good option as wicket-keeper batsman, to be fair, as evidenced by his THREE stumpings in the last ODI. Bairstow also capable of both roles.

Not that this precludes them from picking all three of them as batmen.

Prior should absolutely be in the ODI and the T20 squads.

 

[pasty]

Oops!

24/2

 

[CHAPPERS]

Well done Ravi.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

 

[Badger]

But I thought Ravi Bopara was the best batsman EVER.

 

[Marxo]

Oh dear Ravi! He was already under pressure. On the Prior question, I'm quite happy for him to be available for us but it's hard on him. It seems to me that when he was in the I day team they made him open most of the time but Kieswetter is allowed to lounge in the middle-order.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Ravi for captain

 

[bhafc99]

Interesting piece just today on the Prior/Kieswetter issue:

The Spin | The curious case of Matt Prior and Craig Kieswetter | Rob Smyth | Sport | guardian.co.uk

 

[Sussax]

When was the last time Cook scored 20+?

 

[Badger]

Cricinfo: "Steyn is given a blow and on comes Wayne Parnell"

If you didn't understand cricket terminology that might come across quite badly.

 

[MJsGhost]

Interesting piece just today on the Prior/Kieswetter issue:

The Spin | The curious case of Matt Prior and Craig Kieswetter | Rob Smyth | Sport | guardian.co.uk

I was going to post that too - a good read which does go some way to explain the extra considerations at hand. As much as I love having him available for Sussex, I do like to see him do well for England - in all forms of the game - so I'd personally have him in all 3 sides.

 

[simmo]

It still baffles me Matt Prior is not in the ODI squad. Should be there on batting alone, but having him as a wicketkeeper batsman is a great thing that is stupid to turn down.

It is nuts isn't it. He is a better keeper than Kieswetter, a better bat than Kieswetter and is the England man with the gloves in the most important phase of the international game.

He could and maybe should open the batting with Cook (as Matt likes the ball coming on to him with the field in) and let Bell come in at 4 in a middle order position that he is used to.

Still good for the Sharks.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Stupid shot from Bairstow. He had 30 overs to bat there.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Silly silly silly

 

[simmo]

Now we are going to see why they pick Kieswetter (or not).

 

[Badger]

Some fine BATFLIDDERY going on.

 

[Titanic]

99-5 (25.2 overs)

Ooops

Captain Cook c&b du Plessis 51