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Second test match - England vs South Africa @ Headingly Carnegie
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Monsieur Leclerc
Café Rene. In disguise!
- Apr 24, 2006
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They should be back in the nets as soon as they are out. Not putting there feet up and having a cup of tea, unless they have really earned it. It is not as if Vaughan, Ambrose etc. are seeing much batting time as it is.
Scoffers
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If Anderson can get his highest test score, and bat for 80 balls, then why cant Strauss , Vaghan, Pietersen. Bell etc
I believe he is SOUTH AFRICAN, so I'm not surprised...
Flintoff, as I said BEFORE this test, has done NOTHING to justify his recall, and should now kindly piss off back to Lancashire to re-learn how to bat. Either that or bowl well enough in county cricket to actually justify his selection as just a bowler, ahead of Jones and Harmison who have each take A MILLION more wickets than him this season. If he does that then he can play as a bowler and bat like a KUNT at number 9. Twat.
I do believe the lyrics to "I've never met a nice south african" should be posted at this point in time.
He has never been a decent batsman in my opinion. Does not have the technique to stay around against decent bowlers in a match when really needed.
Slogger.
Nothing wrong with South Africans other than they thrash us at cricket and rugby. Tosspot.
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What are the rules of 'rugby tosspot'? Is it some homoerotic, rugger-bugger 'bonding' thing?
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I'm really pissed off about the team selections for this match. We're currently 285-9 and about to lose, but who the f*** decided Pattinson was the right pick??
The replacement selection for Sidebottom was a no-brainer - you bring back Hoggard on his home ground. The crowd would have given him a lift, it could have kick-strated his England career. Now he's obviously thinking his career is finished.
Stuart Broad is a handy bat but we're carrying him as a bowler. His contribution with the bat means he's worth perservering with but only if he's ably supported by 3 decent seamers. Pattinson does NOT meet this requirement. Neither Broad nor Pattinson have made much of an impact with the ball in this match.
I support the recall of Flintoff but am genuinely worried about the way Hoggard, Harmison and Jones are being treated, pre-Ashes. We have a dearth of quality bowlers and cannot afford to alienate what quality we do have.
The replacement selection for Sidebottom was a no-brainer - you bring back Hoggard on his home ground. The crowd would have given him a lift, it could have kick-strated his England career. Now he's obviously thinking his career is finished.
Stuart Broad is a handy bat but we're carrying him as a bowler. His contribution with the bat means he's worth perservering with but only if he's ably supported by 3 decent seamers. Pattinson does NOT meet this requirement. Neither Broad nor Pattinson have made much of an impact with the ball in this match.
I support the recall of Flintoff but am genuinely worried about the way Hoggard, Harmison and Jones are being treated, pre-Ashes. We have a dearth of quality bowlers and cannot afford to alienate what quality we do have.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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So where do England go from here? Where does this impending defeat leave Pattinson? Is it over for Hoggy? What's with the rift between Harmison and the selectors?
What a f***-up! Why can't we do what the Australians do, which is to identify who our best 16 players are, then stick with them for a series.
Clearly, if a bloke with a British passport can take 30 county wickets at a decent average he's in the frame. For f***'s sake, it took the likes of Jaques, Hussey, McGill, Gilchrist 5 f***ing years to get a sniff of a starting spot in their test side!
What a f***-up! Why can't we do what the Australians do, which is to identify who our best 16 players are, then stick with them for a series.
Clearly, if a bloke with a British passport can take 30 county wickets at a decent average he's in the frame. For f***'s sake, it took the likes of Jaques, Hussey, McGill, Gilchrist 5 f***ing years to get a sniff of a starting spot in their test side!
