Ashes 2006 / 2007

[Beachy]

Looks like Shane Warne, the greatest bowler to play the game, will retire at the end of this Ashes series

[snapper.]

So who do you know, in the England squad, as mentioned earlier in this thread? (Chillie that is)

[snapper.]

I like Gooch, he seems to have a good eye for a player too, picking out Nasser Hussain and Cook before they became Test cricketers.
I'm interested by this one man, one team idea Dan. Didn't we try that with Raymond Illingworth? Granted he didn't have the players and he wasn't a very intelligent tactful fellow, his torade against Devon Malcolm proved that much.
Would your one man be responsible for coaching sessions too? Do we need someone removed from the coaching to make the decisions?

Gooch spotted Cook?????

[spud_gun]

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Flintoff = 29 (recently) potentially 3 Ashes series as a batsman, 2 as a bowler

Chilli you generally talk a lot of sense about cricket however i have to take issue with you about Flintoff.

Given the nature of the injury he suffered last year, ankle stress fracture, i think it's highly doubtful that Flintoff will ever return to being the type of bowler who helped knock Australia over in the 2005 ashes.

Gone are the 20 - 25 overs per innings bowler.

[ARIMAN]

Next Coach - should be Tom Moody

Done excellent job with the boys, made them an excellent test/one day unit.

He`ll bring back Trevor Penney with him, and also England need to get their TV analyst back from the ICC

Get another bowling coach (sorry Shine, your out) - get an old head - maybe Wasim or Walsh

England may have got stuffed in this series (predicatable) but wait for the future - England have more players coming through than Australia, plus they have more Kolpal style players (ie KP) around, and crucially in the next 10 years, they`ll be more Asian players playing for England

Just look at Rashid at Yorkshire and there is another offspinner who turns it ala Murali

[Shaggy]

Chilli you generally talk a lot of sense about cricket however i have to take issue with you about Flintoff.

Given the nature of the injury he suffered last year, ankle stress fracture, i think it's highly doubtful that Flintoff will ever return to being the type of bowler who helped knock Australia over in the 2005 ashes.

Gone are the 20 - 25 overs per innings bowler.

I've been thinking the same thing and frankly it's rather depressing.

[SouthAfricaRed]

Looks like Shane Warne, the greatest bowler to play the game, will retire at the end of this Ashes series

Will be sad to see him go, but it makes sense. He's not in the Running for the World Cup and you cant go out any higher than after regaining the ashes

[SouthAfricaRed]

England may have got stuffed in this series (predicatable) but wait for the future - England have more players coming through than Australia, plus they have more Kolpal style players (ie KP) around, and crucially in the next 10 years, they`ll be more Asian players playing for England

And you can expect a lot more "eligible" youngsters from South Africa, who've had enough of the selection policy over here

[Red Chilli]

Gooch spotted Cook?????

Yeah he recommended him to the selectors about 3 years ago.

[Red Chilli]

Chilli you generally talk a lot of sense about cricket however i have to take issue with you about Flintoff.

Given the nature of the injury he suffered last year, ankle stress fracture, i think it's highly doubtful that Flintoff will ever return to being the type of bowler who helped knock Australia over in the 2005 ashes.

Gone are the 20 - 25 overs per innings bowler.

I did say "potentially" which is sort of your point. If he can recover from this recent bout of injuries then, potentially, he may have 2 Ashes series as a bowler, he'd only be 33 and bowlers can go a lot longer these days. I agree with you though, I think he should concentrate on his battin now and be an occasional bowler. Sad but true.

[kopdan]

nobody like my england manager idea then?

[Red Chilli]

I said I liked it Dan, unless I'm a nobody

[kopdan]

i meant aside from you

[spud_gun]

Nobody interested in the 4th test

Went to bed when England were around 80 for 1.

Woke up this morning and they were 150ish all out. Doh!

Also missed Warne's 700th wicket.

The MCG is quite possibly one of the most intimidating sporting arenas on the planet.

[SouthAfricaRed]

Nobody interested in the 4th test

It's too painfull to discuss h: