You all talk of anderson in past tense or as cover, but this is the same bowler who won man of the series against india, not least for how he made tendulkur his bunny. He has much more potential than sidebottom along with more pace, yes he may be bit wayward but so is harmison, if england get a proper coach (not a half bit one like ottis gibson) then he can be tamed into the fast bowler he has always shown the potential to be. Futhermore tremlet has had chances to shine, but not once in his short international carer has he "come to the party" though i agree that broad is just a little bit raw, and showed that in sri lanka. I think the one person who needs to show himself this series is monty panaser he has hardely lived up to the high expectations england had for him this time last year, avereging 50 for his test wickets is hardely exceptable also swann has something that pansar does not have , and that is a ball that turns the other way, i think that he must develop one if he is to be a complete success. Though i think that after ducan fletchers autobiography it is true pansar is picked on personallity not actual preformances and though i disagree with fletcher in the respect that giles is better but i think swann should be given a chance.

One thing i dont understand about the selection of time ambrose is that he is not the most outstanding wicket keeper in the county championship and he averages less than prior (who also averages 40 in test cricket ) yes i agree that prior needed to be dropped because his clamamity james style keeping cost to many runs but i must say that ambrose is more than a suprise selection it is some what extraordinary.

On strauss i think that he should slot back into his opening spot on return because his batting against the spinners just isnt strong enough to bat in the middle order (not that in new zeland this would matter but still for practise sakes) and vaughan should go to three where he had an amount of success , though i think collingwood should move up to number 4 becuase pieterson has obiously had much more succes batting 5 than 4 as he has more runs on the board to allow him to be free flowing also collingwood is also the type of player who you want coming in at 10-2 with his gritty style of play. Finally with bell at 6 where he had his purple patch where he scored three consecutive hundreds (something he has now failed to do after making 6 consecutive test 50s). With ambrose at 7, then the seam attack of harmison hoggard and sidebottom and anderson (this just for new zeland where spin very rarely plays a huge part unless you are named daniel vettori) though normally you would leave sidebottom out for pansar.

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