bigfluffylemon wrote:Flintoff was a terrible captain, but he didn't have the best bowling resources at his disposal, as you point out. Jimmy was undercooked and struggled (it would be two more years before he matured into a high quality bowler, Mahmood was just terrible, Harmison blew hot and cold at the best of times and didn't tour well (on exceptional trip to the West Indies notwithstanding), and Freddie himself was unfit and burdened by captaincy (and perhaps the bottle as you suggest). Giles was also coming back from injury and should never have been picked, as it had been established at that point that Panesar was a better spinner (and he didn't do too badly under the circumstances on pitches that offered little to hit). Only Hoggy was actually reliable as a quick in that series.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:I thought Freddie bowled well in that series. Too much was expected of him.
England were unfortunate that the 05 side fell apart in a year.
bigfluffylemon wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:I thought Freddie bowled well in that series. Too much was expected of him.
England were unfortunate that the 05 side fell apart in a year.
Figuratively and in some cases literally. Things might have been different if Vaughan, Tresco and Simon Jones had been fit and able to play, (not least because Freddie would not have been captain) and Monty had been picked for Adelaide. I suspect England would still have lost, but we might not have been whitewashed.
Still, we'll never know.
Anyway, back on topic. No news of the Australia squad yet - seems they are waiting on Paine's fitness. For India Shaw has been in training again according to reports, but is unlikely for Perth. Should be back for Boxing Day though.
GarlicJam wrote:Some bad news for you though, Adi: both Ashwin and Rohit are out of the Perth test.
Ashwin has a side strain, and Rohit jarred his back on the last day.
GarlicJam wrote:and they have just told me that Aus are going with the same lineup as the Adelaide test.
GarlicJam wrote:the squad was picked for the first two tests, I don't think Renshaw was in the 14 was he? Who was there, Mitch3, Siddle, and ..?
Return to Live Cricket Matches
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 30 guests