England Wicketkeeper

[Tin basher]

but Australia have got an Englishman in theirs DT_Xtremez_31:

Okay who's the turncoat? ::/:

Hey Hey England win again well played Collingwood and the lads 1-0 to the mother country. DT_Xtremez_28: DT_Xtremez_28: Things are looking up hopefully.

 

[POB]

And another win! And I thought that the keeper played very well. Unfortunately an excess of beer and loads of friendly Kiwis means that I can't actually remember that much of it!


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[TrickyTree]

Mmmm, it was pretty flippin' good, yes indeed it was, even if we did have to rely on the dreaded Duckworth-Lewis! And our trophy's bigger than theirs!

But I'll tell you what......I'll swap any number of ODI victories, yes, even World Cups, for England to be holding the Ashes.

 

[goldenballs mkII]

New coach has gone with Prior and Nixon for his first squad.
Poor old Read, must feel like he's not in the clique!DT_Xtremez_09:

 

[Tin basher]

What about this lot

What about this lot

New coach has gone with Prior and Nixon for his first squad. Poor old Read, must feel like he's not in the clique!

Taken from the BBC Sport website

"However, neither Nixon nor Prior has produced his best form at the start of the season, while the likes of Tim Ambrose, David Nash, James Pipe and Nic Pothas have plundered runs. Russell puts their good form down to the fact that county keepers are more aware than ever that "runs gets you noticed by selectors". However, Nixon and Prior's selection does not point to that - the former has not scored more than 45 in his three innings for Leicestershire this season, while Prior averages 14.8 in five Championship innings. Both Stewart and Russell are impressed by Australia-born Ambrose who scored 251 not out for Warwickshire against Worcestershire last week."

So, it seems that neither Alex Stewart or Jack Russell can agree who should get the nod? Its a tricky one to see who should be top of the tree.

 

[goldenballs mkII]

well prior is now 'in possesion' its fair to say!

 

[vim_fuego]

You've got to be more than a little excited by Priors debut...Perhaps he's not debuting against the best of West Indian attacks but he still looks very impressive all the same...A few selectors may feel a little silly now for overlooking him for all this time...

 

[TrickyTree]

I'm very impressed with Matt Prior, I'd say he's already done enough to keep the gloves for the rest of the summer now. I feel desperately for Chris Read, he was never given a fair chance and they'll be some mutterings in the Trent Bridge pavilion this week in the games against Essex and Derbyshire but I don't think anyone can feel let down by Prior.

It's frustrating though, we are a flippin good Test match team. Why can we not play one-day cricket very well?

 

[fergo]

Think Prior must lay the rest of this series at leat.

Off Topic If England seriously want o be number 1 team in the world i think they need to come more of a team. KP showed the other day with, his ton, his good side but it looked as if he started competing wth prior, to "out hit" him. Cant see the Aussies doing that, for them its all about the team for them.

 

[Northern Monkey]

I was at the West Indies test (as a steward - cheers easy!). Prior looked in very good nick and was the most aggressive in the first innings.
He holed out in the second after hitting two consecutive sixes and at a point when England were trying to smash a few quick runs. He's done his self no harm.