Nixon sucks

[Moss]

Possibly irrelevant, but Nixon seems to be everywhere at the moment.

Giving interviews on behalf of "the boys", talking about Vaughan's knee, revelling amongst the crowd after the finals victory.

He seems to have replaced Geraint Jones as the man who is pushed forward to talk to the press at any given opportunity.

If you take out his 49, what would his series average have been?

[first change]

Originally Posted by Moss

If you take out his 49, what would his series average have been?

6.87.

And, if you consider that, in that 49:
1. He scored much too slowly until the game was dead and buried.
2. He was dropped twice.
3. He should have been given out caught behind ...

Then his 49 is pretty irrelevant.

There was a piece on him on Sky Sports News this am - going on about how easily he had fitted into the side. What?! He's been useless. If you add a truly pathetic dropped catch into the mix, I struggle to see how he can be considered for the world cup.

[Notts Exile]

Originally Posted by first change

I struggle to see how he can be considered for the world cup.

He won't just be considered. His name is inked in already, indelibly so.

It's a sad state of affairs that sees us selecting someone on his ability to make noise behind the stumps. That appears to be the case. The fact that England have carried off some silverware with him behind the stumps suggests to some that it's been a successful experiment.

[Trescothick]

What is G O Jones average in his latest 10 ODI's, I bet its not half bad!! He should possibly be the pick for the world cup or maybe Read. No1 else should even be considered.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by Trescothick

No1 else should even be considered.

IF the stats are to be believed, then Australia are currently the best ODI team in the world.
If that is so, it is possible that against worse teams our under performing 'keeping allrounder will actually score some runs.

That is, assuming the upper order don't bat throughout each game.

This is, of course, the problem with playing undersnuff double centurians against rubbishy attacks this summer.
He will naturally, or at least he should, score hods of runs. However, against the rubbishy attacks of the summer, it could be possible to blood more useful youngsters, like say: Ed Joyce in the middle order. But no, I'm afraid we're stuck with Jacques Kallis' unlikely successor as the most boring* Test all-rounder on the planet.

* see Bob Woolmer's instructions for bowling at fast scoring batsmen at the height of their powers.

[Moss]

Yet again Read will be left out.
Nixon isn't even a name for the future - he's a temporary stop gap while they work out who to have as their keeper.

I hope Read enjoyed his wasted trip to Australia!

[Vrock]

Originally Posted by Moss

I hope Read enjoyed his wasted trip to Australia!

I bet he did, being given the opportunity to work with Nixon on his 'shouting behind the stumps' ability...

I can't see Nixon going further than the end of this English summer, if not the World Cup (before he gets dropped for the long term 'keeper anyway).

[darksideofthemoon]

Nixon and Loye both hoping to get into the Test team.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by Moss

I hope Read enjoyed his wasted trip to Australia!

Yes, here's another thing that makes me cross; David Graveney saying that everyone who said that Fletcher should be sacked over the player's performance on tour should get down on bended knee and hand him the most tremendous apology.

WHY? England lost the Ashes five nil, the biggest defeat in (what was it) eighty years(?) Fletcher made two appallingly questionable selection decisions. And they just won a one day tournament which in the grand scheme of things is not frightfully important.

And we have to apologise to him.

Ok, ok, ok, I understand we haven't beaten Australia over there for fourteen years and Australia practically never lose their World Series but... the World Cup begins next month. By and large Australia have tuned up reasonably well, without overly stretching themselves (unlike the holders of the William Webb Ellis trophy) and they have to play another three match tournament against their neighbours across the Tasman sea (or whatever it's called) and so big deal we beat them. We've got two warm up matches in Bermuda or somewhere.

It is said that France are not overly concerned about the Six Nations this year as they are about to host the World Cup. Who is to say that Australia, in the light of another three matches v. their sworn enemies and an eventual defence of the cricket World Cup, were all that bothered by the final of the Tri-series?

No, no, no, I have a very big stick with which to beat Duncan Fletcher, and Tri-series or no, I shall continue to beat him bodily until he disappears into the ether.

I don't think I want Bob Woolmer though... perhaps Tom Moody is more the sort of thing we're looking for.
Don't know about that. My jury is out.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by darksideofthemoon

Nixon and Loye both hoping to get into the Test team.

And neither will.

One assumes the next Test eleven will look something like this: Strauss, Cook, Bell, Pietersen, Vaughan, Collingwood, (Duncan's next favourite 'keeper) Flintoff, Plunkett, Panesar, Hoggard.

Though I expect I have one too many batsmen there. I think it would be daft to drop Cook.
Perhaps Vaughan will open instead of Strauss. Another daft idea. Can't help thinking it might be between Bell and Collingwood, with Collingwood getting the nod on the back of his one day international performances.

Another classic daft decision.

Still it's only the West Indies, if Collingwood can score 400 against Australia, he should manage about seven thousand against the West Indies.

Where's Don Talon when you need him?