England Test team of the decade

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England Test team of the decade

Post by tiger76 » Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:33 am

So one for the cricket connoisseurs now. :)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/50821752

Some easy picks,but the bowlers were tough to balance.

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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by Burnley1989 » Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:00 pm

Surely can’t leave out KP or Flintoff

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Re: England Test team of the decade

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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:20 pm

Burnley1989 wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:00 pm
Surely can’t leave out KP or Flintoff
Flintoff retiring in 2009 has probably counted against him.

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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:21 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:33 am
So one for the cricket connoisseurs now. :)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/50821752

Some easy picks,but the bowlers were tough to balance.

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Moeen over Swann?

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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by tiger76 » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:36 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:21 pm
Moeen over Swann?
Mo on form would offer more with both bat and ball,Mo's got 5 test centuries to his name,Swann's a great bowler but offers nowt with the bat,

Depends on the conditions,on a spinning track you'd probably pick both and leave out one of the seamers,most likely Finn,horses for courses,

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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by Buxtonclaret » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:36 pm

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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by MrMeeseeks » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:00 pm

Hard to leave out The Sledgehammer of Eternal Justice but all the others were pretty easy choices.
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Re: England Test team of the decade

Post by Burnley1989 » Sat Dec 21, 2019 8:37 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:20 pm
Flintoff retiring in 2009 has probably counted against him.
Hadn’t realised but did suspect it would be close.

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