may not be a bad idea having root at 6 for the test matches
i am a fan of carberry (brilliant fielder too) ..yes i know he dropped a couple in the one dayers but id look closely at e carberry/cook as an opening pair
I'm not convinced Carberry is a test player. ( that Australia A bowling line up was awful ) I'd rather see Root open with Cook.
Agree, the Aussies basically picked two seamers - Cutting and Copeland - who are nowhere near the Test squad and probably never will be.
The rest of the attack was absolutely rank spinners like Holland and "Millionaire" Maxwell - neither of whom will get near the Test side in this series.
Root will get exposed here as an opener so putting him at six is probably a good move.
Cook, Trott, Bell and KP are CRUCIAL in this series, if three of those four score big runs then England will win the series easily.
Pumped for this series. Tickets to the Perth and Melbourne tests. I hope Mitchell Johnson plays, it's been banded about over here to recall him. he cracks under the pressure of ashes cricket. If our top order fires, we'll do this comfortably.
"Mitchell Johnson injury scare" say SSN. Injured toe whilst bowling for Western Australia. Shaun Watson got a "low grade muscle strain in his left hamstring", but should be fit for first test on the 21st.
watching the highlights. though the bowling is mediocre at best and the spinners are hopeless, but for carberry he's playing well and he can only play against who he plays against. great bit of wisdom from me but it's a shame that this bowling attack is so poor, he needs a real test. by the looks of it that will only come by playing in the ashes itself. it's a bit of a gamble if he does get the nod to open the bat with cook but that's the only way he can prove himself.
If any of you ever get over for the cricket, their is a barmy army Xmas day bash on before the MCG test. My housemate @Eirik Bakke has done it. A blinding day he reckons! Slap up Xmas day lunch and drinks at the hotel that the Aussie team stays in and all the Christmas carols are reworded for the ashes. You've got 1200 fans singing away with some taunting the Aussie team thrown in for good measure! I'm looking forward to this as much as the game.
Don't take too much notice of these warm up games. The West Australian Chairmas Tema was essentially a third team. The Austrailan 'A' team is more like an Australian 'd' team........Shield games are currently being played.
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i am a fan of carberry (brilliant fielder too) ..yes i know he dropped a couple in the one dayers but id look closely at e carberry/cook as an opening pair
The rest of the attack was absolutely rank spinners like Holland and "Millionaire" Maxwell - neither of whom will get near the Test side in this series.
Root will get exposed here as an opener so putting him at six is probably a good move.
Cook, Trott, Bell and KP are CRUCIAL in this series, if three of those four score big runs then England will win the series easily.
Injured toe whilst bowling for Western Australia.
Shaun Watson got a "low grade muscle strain in his left hamstring", but should be fit for first test on the 21st.
it's a bit of a gamble if he does get the nod to open the bat with cook but that's the only way he can prove himself.
Slap up Xmas day lunch and drinks at the hotel that the Aussie team stays in and all the Christmas carols are reworded for the ashes. You've got 1200 fans singing away with some taunting the Aussie team thrown in for good measure! I'm looking forward to this as much as the game.
jealous.
a mate of mine is going over their for a couple of tests, have to find out if it's the boxing day one. if so I'll tell him about your xmas party.
If you go, let us know, we'll have a pint.
Kevin Pietersen to have scan & injection in his right knee after recurrence of an old injury.