Thread: WAT England 'A' 2007 - Bowlers
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Old 14-10-2007, 09:59 AM in reply to greg's post starting "Personally Rashid should be in this..."
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Originally Posted by greg View Post
My choices would be Broad,Tremlett,Kabir Ali and Swann.
Mine to... but I'd also include Rashid (either at 6 or or at 7).

If our "tail" were to be of batting muppets... a 21st century equivalent of Mullaly, Malcolm, Tuffers and Giddens... then that might be an issue... but Broad is a long term no 7 bat (albeit currently a potential Test no 8)... that Swann is a no 8 who could easily be a Test no 7... and that Tremlett would be more than capable of slotting in at 8 in the Test side (perhaps ahead of Hoggard, Harmison and Panesar).

Rashid brings a lot to the party... and with a batting average in the mid 40s as well as a stack of wickets to his name... he deserves to be penned in early.
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