WAT England A 2006 selectors wanted

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If you wish to participate as a selector to choose the WAT England A 2006 please register your interest in the poll. The selection thread will be started at the end of the domestic first-class season which ends on Sepember 23.

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County Championship Division One, 2006 - Most Matches

Name                 Mat   Runs    Ave     W    Ave    Ct  St  Dis  Team

JHK Adams             12    946  52.55     0    -      12   -   12  HANTS
NRD Compton           12    936  46.80     1 103.00     5   -    5  MIDDX
ET Smith              12    796  36.18     1  60.00    11   -   11  MIDDX  WAT MJ Lumb               12    739  38.89     0    -       8   -    8  YORKS
MA Carberry           12    733  36.65     0    -       7   -    7  HANTS
MJ Chilton            12    605  31.84     2  26.00    10   -   10  LANCS
CD Hopkinson          12    600  27.27     0    -       8   -    8  SUSSEX
AD Mascarenhas        12    402  22.33    35  23.02     4   -    4  HANTS  WAT OA Shah               11    757  36.04     0    -      11   -   11  MIDDX  WAT GJ Muchall            11    676  33.80     0    -       7   -    7  DURHAM
P Mustard             11    552  29.05     -    -      49   1   50  DURHAM
GP Swann              11    448  29.86    21  47.38     3   -    3  NOTTS
G Onions              11    182  13.00    45  26.51     1   -    1  DURHAM
TC Smith              11    105  10.50    27  32.59    14   -   14  LANCS
MH Yardy 10    793  49.56     2  69.50     7   -    7  SUSSEX  ENG A MJ Prior              10    731  45.68     -    -      25   6   31  SUSSEX  ENG ODI JWM Dalrymple         10    557  32.76    24  39.54     3   -    3  MIDDX  ENG A/ODI LJ Wright             10    313  22.35    14  36.71     6   -    6  SUSSEX
JE Anyon              10     60   5.45    27  35.29     3   -    3  WARWICKS
JTA Bruce             10     48   9.60    26  30.69     2   -    2  HANTS
EC Joyce               9    936  58.50     0    -       8   -    8  MIDDX  WAT LD Sutton              9    401  44.55     -    -      30   2   32  LANCS
JJ Sayers              9    400  28.57     0    -       5   -    5  YORKS
JO Troughton           9    364  22.75     7  48.00     3   -    3  WARWICKS
AGR Loudon             9    336  22.40    21  38.38     6   -    6  WARWICKS  ENG A/ODI TT Bresnan             9    246  20.50    27  29.07     4   -    4  YORKS  ENG A/ODI RJ Sidebottom          9    182  18.20    22  35.22     3   -    3  NOTTS  WAT IJ Westwood            8    450  30.00     0    -       4   -    4  WARWICKS
MA Wagh                8    386  25.73     -    -       1   -    1  WARWICKS
BJM Scott              8    195  15.00     -    -      22   1   23  MIDDX
PJ Franks              8    171  15.54     9  64.66     -   -    -  NOTTS
RKJ Dawson             8    127  10.58     8  87.62     2   -    2  YORKS
BL Hutton              7    270  24.54     2  72.50    13   -   13  MIDDX  WAT WR Smith               7    218  19.81     -    -       3   -    3  NOTTS
CE Shreck              7     10   2.50    38  24.71     3   -    3  NOTTS
GJ Pratt               6    193  19.30     -    -       7   -    7  DURHAM
MJ Wood                6    177  17.70     -    -       6   -    6  YORKS
CT Peploe              6    107  13.37     7  66.00     -   -    -  MIDDX
SJ Cook                6     63   7.87    12  45.50     -   -    -  KENT
OJ Newby               6     50  10.00    16  28.93     -   -    -  LANCS
CT Tremlett            6     48   9.60    24  22.20     -   -    -  HANTS  WAT

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County Championship Division Two, 2006 - Most Matches

Name                 Mat   Runs    Ave     W    Ave    Ct  St  Dis  Team

MJ Powell             12   1174  58.70     -    -       7   -    7  GLAM
APR Gidman            12    899  49.94    13  46.61     2   -    2  GLOUCS
SA Newman             12    859  45.21     -    -      11   -   11  SURREY  WAT SD Stubbings          12    835  41.75     -    -       8   -    8  DERBY
SC Moore              12    726  34.57     1 108.00     4   -    4  WORCS
SM Davies             12    693  36.47     -    -      43   3   46  WORCS
ML Pettini            12    663  31.57     -    -      12   -   12  ESSEX
PD Trego              12    596  29.80    19  50.78     5   -    5  SOMERSET
MA Wallace            12    579  32.16     -    -      31   1   32  GLAM  WAT SJ Adshead            12    557  32.76     -    -      38   1   39  GLOUCS
DJ Pipe               12    500  33.33     -    -      39   6   45  DERBY
JS Foster             12    464  33.14     -    -      47   2   49  ESSEX  WAT MJ Wood               12    464  21.09     -    -       8   -    8  SOMERSET
CM Gazzard            12    277  14.57     -    -      31   -   31  SOMERSET
SP Kirby              12     61   6.10    40  40.12     1   -    1  GLOUCS
R Clarke              11    970  64.66    18  41.00    12   -   12  SURREY  ENG A/ODI U Afzaal              11    841  49.47     5  48.00     2   -    2  NORTHANTS
DJG Sales             11    815  47.94     0    -      11   -   11  NORTHANTS
JK Maunders           11    722  40.11     1 120.00     8   -    8  LEICS
BM Shafayat           11    656  34.52     0    -      11   1   12  NORTHANTS
RS Bopara             11    651  38.29    12  52.66    10   -   10  ESSEX  ENG A DD Masters            11    168  14.00    23  43.65     2   -    2  LEICS
ID Hunter             11     96  13.71    29  38.17     6   -    6  DERBY
CG Taylor             10    524  27.57     2  85.00     7   -    7  GLOUCS
CR Taylor             10    508  29.88     -    -       8   -    8  DERBY
RE Watkins            10    421  23.38    16  41.75    10   -   10  GLAM
JC Hildreth           10    410  21.57     0    -       8   -    8  SOMERSET
RJ Sillence           10    355  23.66    19  36.26     4   -    4  WORCS
JD Middlebrook        10    318  26.50    22  53.77     3   -    3  ESSEX
SCJ Broad             10    185  16.81    38  30.52     3   -    3  LEICS  ENG A/ODI WJ Durston             9    577  36.06     6  37.66     9   -    9  SOMERSET
SD Peters              9    492  32.80     -    -       4   -    4  NORTHANTS
JL Sadler              9    434  39.45     -    -      10   -   10  LEICS
AV Suppiah             9    418  26.12     2 159.00     2   -    2  SOMERSET
TJ Phillips            9    273  22.75    23  46.86    11   -   11  ESSEX
DS Harrison            9    172  21.50    21  44.57     3   -    3  GLAM  WAT DA Cosker              9     83  13.83    28  40.42     6   -    6  GLAM
ND Doshi               9     22  22.00    33  27.18     3   -    3  SURREY
N Peng                 8    357  23.80     -    -      10   -   10  GLAM
MH Wessels             8    270  22.50     -    -      23   1   24  NORTHANTS
Kadeer Ali             7    588  42.00     0    -       4   -    4  GLOUCS
DD Cherry              7    337  24.07     -    -       4   -    4  GLAM
MA Hardinges           7    236  29.50    17  42.47     -   -    -  GLOUCS
AJ Tudor               7    184  23.00    21  39.76     1   -    1  ESSEX
Kabir Ali              7    133  13.30    29  26.58     -   -    -  WORCS  ENG A/ODI JGE Benning            6    318  35.33     3  67.00     3   -    3  SURREY
RA White               6    117  14.62     2  96.50     3   -    3  NORTHANTS

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Still four County matches to play before we start the WAT England A team selection process but I've posted the likely qualifiers from each Division to give you a chance to start thinking about your WAT team. I've bolded the players who have previously been selected in the WAT team. They have WAT after their club name. Other players who have played for England A or ODIs in the past 12 months have also been bolded and coloured. They have either ODI, ENG A or ENG A/ODI after their club name.

Unfortunately, Liam Plunkett has already played 6 Test matches and, therefore, is disqualified. However, Sajid Mahmood has only played 4 Test matches and will have played 5 Test matches at the end of the Pakistan series. So, he is qualified to be selected in the WAT Eng A team. Ian Blackwell, who missed much of the season due to a shoulder injury is also qualified for selection. He has played in a number of ODIs for England in the past 12 months.

[Rachael]

What's striking in these lists is how few division 1 players stand out. It's basically just Joyce, Prior, Yardy, Compton and Adams with the bat, Onions, Shreck and Tremlett with the ball and Mascarenhas, Dalrymple and Bresnan as all-rounders: that's enough for a side... but only just!

The div two crew is even thinner: arguably just Powell, Gidman, Newman, Clarke, Afzal, Sales, Kabir Ali, Broad and Doshi!

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I think the depth of talent at our disposal was severely effected by injuries to Vaughan, S Jones and Giles. Their replacements: Cook, Plunkett and Panesar would walk into this years WAT side but, alas, they have played too many Test matches to qualify even if those injured senior players return.

After a quick glance at the two lists, it seems the pace bowling could be Tremlett, Mahmood, Broad/Bresnan with Clarke providing support as the batting all-rounder. The spinner could be Doshi, Loudon or Dalrymple. The wicketkeeping looks to be a three-way contest between Wallace, Foster and Prior. The batting is wide open but Newman has had another great year and looks set to retain his WAT place. Mascarenhas has also had another great year and will be hard to dislodge as the bowling all-rounder.

[Rachael]

Mahmood? He's only played 4 county championship matches this year due to being away on international duties... where, aside from a single brief spell near ther beginning of the season and a few decent overs in the last match he's bowled downright abysmally, showing no promise whatsoever.

If you can count a guy's passable overs on one person's fingers and toes he really ought not to be in contention!

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Mahmood showed promise in the last match and if he has another good match at the Oval in the final match it's going to be hard to ignore him for a WAT spot.

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Rachael

where, aside from a single brief spell near ther beginning of the season and a few decent overs in the last match he's bowled downright abysmally, showing no promise whatsoever.

That's not fair or correct I think he bowled well on his debut - took a few wickets with what little cricket he has played he has shown promise.

I don't count the one dayers at all, even established players were poor.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by Ernest

That's not fair or correct I think he bowled well on his debut

Yup.. his first spell (was it 3 overs? 5 overs? I can't recall) was promising. The rest of the match he went AWOL. In Fact, he went AWOL for the rest of the series against Sri Lanka AND for the business end of the current series against Pakistan... only rolling up to do something vaguely redeeming (for which his figures flattered him) at Headingly.

I've nothing against him... but it's not so impressive a performance as to overshadow those of other candidates like Onions and Shrek: the selectors may well be right to say he has greater long term promise (time will tell) but it is far from clear that he's done more to deserve a current W-A-T 'A' team place.