Re: Cricket World Cup : Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:12 pm  

Asim wrote:

Pietersen flying home tomorrow according to the twittersphere.

Presumable Eoin Morgan will be sent for?

Yep. Confirmed today

Re: Cricket World Cup : Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:57 pm  

England replace a South African with an Irishman.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:25 pm  

Still stunned that we beat SA with that score!

Re: Cricket World Cup : Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:30 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

The injured Doug Bollinger has been replaced in the Aussie squad by Michael Hussey.

Call me cynical, but Bollinger hasn't actually played any cricket in which to pick up a serious injury and Hussey isn't actually a like for like replacement, is he??....

I'm not sure what Bollinger's injury is, and players do sustain injuries in training, but replacing a specialist fast bowler with a batsman who bowls back-up spin is just taking a liberty. They've effectively decided they want to alter the balance of their squad to give better options having already had a few games to assess the prevailing conditions.

Perhaps England should have replaced Pietersen with Rashid!

[John_D]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:50 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote: Perhaps England should have replaced Pietersen with Rashid! If Broad's injury is bad enough to rule him out, I'd hope for Rashid. Incidentally, I was only-half joking when I wrote this

Prince of Denmark wrote: Perhaps England should have replaced Pietersen with Rashid! If Broad's injury is bad enough to rule him out, I'd hope for Rashid. Incidentally, I was only-half joking when I wrote this

[John_D]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:51 am  

Road To Nowhere wrote:

And that surprises you?

Only insofar as it came against England and not in a semi-final

[John_D]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:54 pm  

Ross Taylor has ruined the figures of some pretty good bowlers. Destructive stuff, but only as he was given two lives on 0 by Granite Hands Akmal.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:20 pm  

John_D wrote: If Broad's injury is bad enough to rule him out, I'd hope for Rashid. Incidentally, I was only-half joking when I wrote this Broad is now out of the rest of the tournament according to the breaking news scrolling scross the bottom of the BBC News 24 screen. I've lost track of who is actually in the squad already or who is merely on standby. I'd have thought Chris Tremlett would be in line to replace Broad, as he did during the Ashes. Incidentally, it shouldn't be necessary to "repeatedly" slam Luke Wrights arm; in "Escape to Victory" Michael Caine promised Kevin O'Callaghan "a good clean break, son", which was duly administered with a single blow. (Although admittedly Wright may have stronger arms than O'Callaghan and perhaps Flower & Strauss aren't so adept at administering a relatively painless and repairable injury.) Yardy & Tredwell (plus Wright) in the same fifteen man squad for a six week tournament looks like an overabundance of "bits-and-pieces" players none of whom is a likely matchwinner with either suit. Rashid is a better all-rounder than any of them IMO. Continuting the "Escape to Victory " theme, let us not forget Mike Summerbee's confidence that "we can still win this game" when trailing by three goals at half time.

John_D wrote: If Broad's injury is bad enough to rule him out, I'd hope for Rashid. Incidentally, I was only-half joking when I wrote this Broad is now out of the rest of the tournament according to the breaking news scrolling scross the bottom of the BBC News 24 screen. I've lost track of who is actually in the squad already or who is merely on standby. I'd have thought Chris Tremlett would be in line to replace Broad, as he did during the Ashes. Incidentally, it shouldn't be necessary to "repeatedly" slam Luke Wrights arm; in "Escape to Victory" Michael Caine promised Kevin O'Callaghan "a good clean break, son", which was duly administered with a single blow. (Although admittedly Wright may have stronger arms than O'Callaghan and perhaps Flower & Strauss aren't so adept at administering a relatively painless and repairable injury.) Yardy & Tredwell (plus Wright) in the same fifteen man squad for a six week tournament looks like an overabundance of "bits-and-pieces" players none of whom is a likely matchwinner with either suit. Rashid is a better all-rounder than any of them IMO. Continuting the "Escape to Victory " theme, let us not forget Mike Summerbee's confidence that "we can still win this game" when trailing by three goals at half time.

[John_D]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:46 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

I'd have thought Chris Tremlett would be in line to replace Broad, as he did during the Ashes.

Indeed, and has been confirmed

Prince of Denmark wrote:

Incidentally, it shouldn't be necessary to "repeatedly" slam Luke Wrights arm; in "Escape to Victory" Michael Caine promised Kevin O'Callaghan "a good clean break, son", which was duly administered with a single blow.

Even if it went first time with a good, clean break, I'd keep slamming it on Wright's arm, just to make sure he never gets called up again. What is he for?

Re: Cricket World Cup : Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:29 pm  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

Continuting the "Escape to Victory " theme, let us not forget Mike Summerbee's confidence that "we can still win this game" when trailing by three goals at half time.

....One of the greatest films ever made, but wasn't it Russell Osman who uttered the famous 'But, we can win this....' line??.....