A team players on stand-by

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Apparently Big Dunc has puit Anderson and cook on stand by and pulled them from the A team do to our mounting injuries. You are going to get injuries to players who havent played for months - so with a a very short warm up, we;re into a test match with a side of cripples. Word is on the next tour, the first warm up match is against baggage handlers on the bloody runway !

[Vrock]

I think we'd need it RBLC. Seems like the new old age for cricketers should be 25!

I think England have made the right choice in getting cover up for the squad. Cook has shown he is on form after getting a century in the first game on the A tour. Anderson does bowl well against quality oposition, well he did against Pakistan in the ODI's. I don't think we'll need Anderson but with Vaughan and KP a doubt I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Cook.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by Richie Benauds Love Child

Apparently Big Dunc has puit Anderson and cook on stand by

What the **** is that all about? The form batsman on the A tour is Chris Read!

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Rachael

What the **** is that all about? The form batsman on the A tour is Chris Read!

Remember me saying to much cricket was being played?, well after this India tour, how long before the next series?.

Flintoff looks like a cabbage, well burned out.

As for Read - forget it, to play him makes sence, so he won't play, and a player of Read caliber should not be on an A tour in any case, he should be in India.

[Alison]

Originally Posted by Rachael

The form batsman on the A tour is Chris Read!

Having looked at the scorecards, I wouldn't have said there was a form batsman on the A tour, most of them seem to be in reasonable form.

[greg]

Originally Posted by Rachael

What the **** is that all about? The form batsman on the A tour is Chris Read!

The sensible option is to go for an opener seeing as Trescothick is going home and Vaughan is carrying the injury.Read is hardly a good option to open with Strauss is he?

[Vrock]

England are calling up a second batsmen from the "A team" to join the squad in India. Link here.

[Lemming]

Originally Posted by Rachael

...The form batsman on the A tour is Chris Read!

We've had this conversation 1,001 times on the forum. But I think 'batsman' is a word used too generously in Chris Read's case. He can score as many runs as he wants in first-class and 'A-Team' cricket, but I've seen him bat and know he'll never change my mind regarding his calibre. I'll be the first to say I was wrong when he starts scoring heavy test runs, but don't hold your breath!

[Andy Mellon]

I'm with you on this one Lemmo! Gareth Batty's scored almost as many runs as Chris Read on the A Tour. Does that mean he should be called up to open the batting in India? I don't think so somehow!

[Irish Left Armer]

Well Simon Jones just collapsed in the nets with a knee problem.

This is getting ridiculous now.