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Old 05-11-2007, 11:35 PM in reply to Rachael's post starting "I'm still undecided on several..."
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I think, at present anyway, that the side Rach has selected is not too far off the mark. For what it's worth, my team would be:

Horton
Denly
Shah
Edwards
Bopara
Rashid
Foster
Bresnan
Swann
Broad
Tremlett

Both Bopara and Rashid, you'll notice. Unlike Ern, I think that Rashid is good enough to get in as a specialist bat - I don't see why both Bopara and Rashid cannot share a part-time bowler role for the sake of this side. After all, the England Test side has Collingwood for part-time seamers and Pietersen and occasionally Vaughan as part-time spin bowlers; all of whom are selected for their batting.

I've also picked both Edwards and Denly. This is mainly due to the fact (one that I've mentioned previously) that I honestly do not believe he's [Edwards] a genuine opening batsman, I think it's more down to the fact that Langer can't be bothered to open for Somerset.

Keeping-wise, I've opted for Foster, but would have absolutely no complaints should we select Ambrose instead; there isn't a lot between them.
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