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Title: North Vs South
Post by: alexhilly1492 on December 17, 2016, 11:05:17 AM: Squads for the north vs South series in UAE announced

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Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Woodyspin on December 17, 2016, 11:11:47 AM: I feel the south might struggle
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Sam on December 17, 2016, 11:53:09 AM: No Sam Curran? Guess there's too many seam bowlers automatically qualifying from the South.
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Whispering Death on December 17, 2016, 11:53:36 AM: Quote from: Woodyspin on December 17, 2016, 11:11:47 AM
I feel the south might struggle
I was actually thinking the opposite!!
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: 19reading87 on December 17, 2016, 07:34:31 PM: Quote from: Whispering Death on December 17, 2016, 11:53:36 AM
I was actually thinking the opposite!!

I agree! South look much stronger than the north, who on truth, look weak
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Manormanic on December 17, 2016, 07:50:50 PM: North side could be stronger - odd that Alex Lees, Stephen Parry, Rikki Clarke etc not in there
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: uknsaunders on December 17, 2016, 08:11:03 PM: Gurney? That's a wind up surely? How is he going to get it off straight in the UAE?
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Manormanic on December 17, 2016, 09:20:36 PM: Not a chance - Wood and Bresnan might, as both reverse the ball, and Curran gets some decent swing so could move the new white ball a bit. But Gurney....nah.
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: cricketbadger on December 17, 2016, 10:02:26 PM: Far too easy for the North
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Loc1215 on December 17, 2016, 10:12:23 PM: Not quite sure why this is being played abroad,I guess it's to improve players skills in foreign conditions but I reckon this would get a decent crowd over here
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: ppccopener on December 17, 2016, 10:15:45 PM: Quote from: cricketbadger on December 17, 2016, 10:02:26 PM
Far too easy for the North

Foreign weather conditions for the North should even the match a bit then :)
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Manormanic on December 17, 2016, 10:39:06 PM: Quote from: Loc1215 on December 17, 2016, 10:12:23 PM
Not quite sure why this is being played abroad,I guess it's to improve players skills in foreign conditions but I reckon this would get a decent crowd over here

certainly would with Test players in, as a proper Test trial.

Hameed, Jennings, Root, Hain (Ballance?), Bairstow, Stokes, Bresnan, Buttler, Rashid, Wood, Broad (Jimmy rested to protect his body!)

vs

Cook, Gubbins, Bell-Drummond, Westley, Roy, Foakes, Dawson, Ansari, Curran T, Roland-Jones, Finn
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Whispering Death on December 18, 2016, 06:54:02 AM: Quote from: Manormanic on December 17, 2016, 10:39:06 PM
certainly would with Test players in, as a proper Test trial.

Hameed, Jennings, Root, Hain (Ballance?), Bairstow, Stokes, Bresnan, Buttler, Rashid, Wood, Broad (Jimmy rested to protect his body!)

vs

Cook, Gubbins, Bell-Drummond, Westley, Roy, Foakes, Dawson, Ansari, Curran T, Roland-Jones, Finn
Well those wouldn't be fair teams!!
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Manormanic on December 18, 2016, 09:08:36 AM: Quote from: Whispering Death on December 18, 2016, 06:54:02 AM
Well those wouldn't be fair teams!!

Aside from James Vince, I don't think I have missed anyone out. Indeed, there are more misses from the north side - no space for Hales, Patel, Barker, Lyth, Brooks...

I deliberately discounted the two leads leaving Durham for Surrey, purely for the timeline issue.
Title: Re: North Vs South
Post by: Manormanic on December 18, 2016, 09:09:11 AM: Ooh, controversial. No Moeen. Oh well.