Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:59 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

Even a Red Rose aficionado like me can see that Rashid is light years ahead of Tredwell in every single aspect of playing cricket. Whether he makes a better brew than him or not is another matter.

An England tour wouldn't be an England tour without a charwallah - Rashid's had a couple of goes, but clearly the tea wasn't up to standard for the Test portion of this tour so they needed to draft in Shahzad.

Just a shame for Samit Patel that they're too scared to let him have a go in case he eats all the biscuits.

On a more serious note, England's treatment of Rashid has been pathetic IMO. Any other major cricketing nation would have had him in at least the ODI and T20 side on a regular basis by now, and in the Test side for occasions where two spinners were needed.

England got their fingers burned by picking Chris Schofield when he was nowhere near ready all those years ago and are stubbornly refusing to take a risk on another young leg spinner.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:43 pm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 388422.stm?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 388422.stm?

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:05 am  

Well then. 6-1. Good form ahead of the WC I see

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:15 am  

Conroy wrote:

Well then. 6-1. Good form ahead of the WC I see

It's all a ruse to get the odds on us winning it up
To be honest I couldn't care less if it had been 7-0, we got the main job done what feels like months ago!

As for the World Cup - there's no one, stand-out side for me, anyone could win it which should make it far more exciting and entertaining than the last few have been.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:17 am  

Conroy wrote:

Well then. 6-1. Good form ahead of the WC I see

Wouldn't worry too much about this recent series...Its been nothing more than a glorified net session for both sides.

I'm not saying we'll be any more competitive in the World Cup, but let's not forget before the last one, we had just won a One-Day comp in Oz, whilst the Aussies were looking awful....

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:19 am  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

It's all a ruse to get the odds on us winning it up
To be honest I couldn't care less if it had been 7-0, we got the main job done what feels like months ago!

As for the World Cup - there's no one, stand-out side for me, anyone could win it which should make it far more exciting and entertaining than the last few have been.

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Wouldn't worry too much about this recent series...Its been nothing more than a glorified net session for both sides.

I'm not saying we'll be any more competitive in the World Cup, but let's not forget before the last one, we had just won a One-Day comp in Oz, whilst the Aussies were looking awful....

Oh yeah, the Ashes was what mattered I agree, but would have been nice for SOME players to have got some form together

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:24 am  

Thats very true mate but players like Swann and Anderson both had nice little "rests" so we'll be fine going into the world cup!

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:04 am  

Conroy wrote:

Oh yeah, the Ashes was what mattered I agree, but would have been nice for SOME players to have got some form together

So you consider the 5 match snoreathon that is a test series more important than winning the world cup?

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:59 am  

PHIPPS wrote:

So you consider the 5 match snoreathon that is a test series more important than winning the world cup?

Look, you've already proved you're a bit out of your depth on this thread over the last few weeks. Try sticking to subjects a bit closer to your own intellectual level, if there are any.

Re: SUPER ENGLAND ASHES TOUR : Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:56 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

Look, you've already proved you're a bit out of your depth on this thread over the last few weeks. Try sticking to subjects a bit closer to your own intellectual level, if there are any.

*bang*

There goes my irony meter again.