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Old 31-10-2007, 12:36 AM in reply to Rachael's post starting "I'm coming around to Hildreth as my..."
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I would have no objections to Hildreth's inclusion over sales; after all Hildreth is more likely to earn an England call-up in future than Sales is.

Whilst I agree that the vast majority of the eligible seamers don't cut the mustard (so to speak), there's something about picking only two specialist seamers that screams "no" at me. When was the last time an international team won anything with just two real seamers?
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