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Originally Posted by Tom Partis then we would be looking at a batting lineup of 1: Tres 2: Vaughan 3: Butch 4: Hussain 5: Thorpe 6: Strauss 7: Jones 8: Flintoff 9: Hoggard 10: Jones 11: Harmison
admittedly this is light on bowling, but english wickets in may are likely to produce a bowler dominated series, and if harmison et al maintain their form, this could easily be enough to knock over 20 wickets in a game. after this summer, strauss could replace hussain and we could bring back in pieterson with his "underrated off-spin" to bat at 6 and provide an extra bowling option. |
Tom, 4 seamers plus Trescothick, Butcher and Vaughan does not sound light on bowling to me!
An alternative to Strauss might be Collingwood, who would also be a bowler far more likely to take wickets on a May greentop than on an August shirtfront. It would certainly be a chance to see what Strauss can do though and the batting would be incredibly deep - Freddy at 8 would be quite something!
In the end it comes down to grit - who will be most likely grind out a score when the situation favours the bowlers against New Zealand?