Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:29 am  

is coming to Oz and playing grade cricket for Randwick-Petersham. Hurrah. oh monty monty, monty monty monty monty panesar!!!!!!!! http://inner-west-courier.whereilive.co ... ndy-petes/

is coming to Oz and playing grade cricket for Randwick-Petersham. Hurrah. oh monty monty, monty monty monty monty panesar!!!!!!!! http://inner-west-courier.whereilive.co ... ndy-petes/

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:12 pm  

When does their season end RB?

Odd that he's committed to club cricket in Australia when you would think he'd be in with a shout of making the England squad to UAE and Sri Lanka in the New Year.

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:21 pm  

decent enough county class bowler but overrated and over-hyped IMO

could be real Test clas if he had more variety in his repertoire,again IMO

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:24 pm  

Hasn't he got like 120 odd test wickets. He's quality and should be a firm fixture in the England squad for personality purposes if nothing else.

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:40 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Hasn't he got like 120 odd test wickets. He's quality and should be a firm fixture in the England squad for personality purposes if nothing else.

don't be silly !

it's results that count,not gimmicks etc

Swanns' average is miles better than than Panesar and rightly is the current England no.1

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:39 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote: When does their season end RB? Odd that he's committed to club cricket in Australia when you would think he'd be in with a shout of making the England squad to UAE and Sri Lanka in the New Year. here you are Andy have a good read: http://www.sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com. ... =RVFIXTURE

Andy Gilder wrote: When does their season end RB? Odd that he's committed to club cricket in Australia when you would think he'd be in with a shout of making the England squad to UAE and Sri Lanka in the New Year. here you are Andy have a good read: http://www.sydneygrade.nsw.cricket.com. ... =RVFIXTURE

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:02 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

don't be silly !

it's results that count,not gimmicks etc

Swanns' average is miles better than than Panesar and rightly is the current England no.1

I'm not suggesting he's as good as Swann, but as we're now good enough to carry a player, it would be fun for the viewer for it to be him.

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:49 pm  

I would take Tredwell with his better batting and more varied bowling attack than Monty - it's a results business and I think Monty was found out by the other test teams - I think Tredwell deserves another chance

problem is that the ECB are about as reliable as the RFL.....

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:00 pm  

If you want to go for youth Scott Borthwick could be the real deal - he can bat and is a genuine leggie with loads of potential - it would be great to see the selectors give him a chance despite his age and inexperience.

Re: Monty Panesar : Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:08 pm  

Panesar is actually the leading wicket taker in Division 1 this year (at least before the current round of matches) so given he was back up spinner on last winter's tour he certainly ought to be under very serious consideration for the next one! The Pakistan series in Abu Dhabi & Dubai (3 Tests) starts in mid-January, with Sri lanka (2 Tests) in late March / early April. I would think his deal with Randwick factors in a possible place on those tours during the second half of thier season. Division 1 bowling averages below batting averages on this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 432449.stm Gary Keedy and Samit Patel are the other most prominent spinners on the list if you ignore occasionals who've taken just a few wickets. It's a pity Adil Rashid seems to have gone backwards this year. I would think Scott Borthwick is a bit too green for a senior tour at present. Danny Briggs at Hants is the other spinner to have featured in Lions matches this summer so he's obviously in the selectors' thoughts too, but again he's pretty raw. Tredwell is the only notable contender in Division 2 as far as I can see, but he's an off spinner and if the selectors might want to use two spinners in Asia a left armer or a leggie would give more variety in tandem with Swann. I'll be surprised if the selectors ignore Panesar's wealth of experience, and think they'd be foolish to do so. He may have been overshadowed by Swann in recent times but he can still tie an end down without going for too many runs. I'd think about taking Patel as an all-rounder / spin option.

Panesar is actually the leading wicket taker in Division 1 this year (at least before the current round of matches) so given he was back up spinner on last winter's tour he certainly ought to be under very serious consideration for the next one! The Pakistan series in Abu Dhabi & Dubai (3 Tests) starts in mid-January, with Sri lanka (2 Tests) in late March / early April. I would think his deal with Randwick factors in a possible place on those tours during the second half of thier season. Division 1 bowling averages below batting averages on this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 432449.stm Gary Keedy and Samit Patel are the other most prominent spinners on the list if you ignore occasionals who've taken just a few wickets. It's a pity Adil Rashid seems to have gone backwards this year. I would think Scott Borthwick is a bit too green for a senior tour at present. Danny Briggs at Hants is the other spinner to have featured in Lions matches this summer so he's obviously in the selectors' thoughts too, but again he's pretty raw. Tredwell is the only notable contender in Division 2 as far as I can see, but he's an off spinner and if the selectors might want to use two spinners in Asia a left armer or a leggie would give more variety in tandem with Swann. I'll be surprised if the selectors ignore Panesar's wealth of experience, and think they'd be foolish to do so. He may have been overshadowed by Swann in recent times but he can still tie an end down without going for too many runs. I'd think about taking Patel as an all-rounder / spin option.