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Originally Posted by EmpireUK
Not sure who could replace him though.
Its a bit of an awkward problem really because with only one test before australia they won't want to change much and with bell to come back they basically have their 7 batsmen they are planning to take to aus. If you are going to drop cook from the last test you have to drop him from the ashes squad in favour of whoever plays at lords imo and thats a big decision to take against a bloke who averages 43 after 58 tests.
I'd assume carberry was first in line given he was first reserve in bangladesh and averages 60 in the current county season. seemed to get tied down by the spinners in bangla but looking forward to aus shouldn;t be much of a problem given the scarcity of their spin bowlers.
others who have had good seasons are ashley lyth from yorkshire and hildreth from somerset. i doubt either of these are particularly close to the team as hildreth has the advantage of batting at taunton and before this season had had a number of average seassons and lyth is in the first year of consistent cricket. james taylor from leics has had a decent season but nothing spectacular and is still v. young. oh and ravi bopara but i really don't like him and i can;t see england recalling him for anything other than one dayers
im glad there have been none of the bring back Ramps pieces in the newspapers this year
of course for the ashes i assume going on current form bell comes in for cook with trott going up to opener.
if they wanted to be really adventurous they could pick a fifth bowler or second spinner such as rashid but i assume they;ve decided hes not good enough for international cricket so this isn;t likely to happen
Last edited by andy099; 08-18-2010 at 10:42 AM.