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[Manormanic]

Carberry is an odd one in that he was a marmite selection when he went to Bangladesh despite three or four successive seasons of good, solid run scoring and a number of Daddy hundreds in the Championship, but was then dropped and cast aside straight away.

I suspect his inability to fly long distance rules him out now, but he will go down as one of those guys who were unlucky to play when they did.

[19reading87]

Really?  Because they've shown so much mental weakness in the past haven't they!

Wow.... Just wow!!!

[Manormanic]

I'm not risk averse, but you do need to minimise it and I can totally understand if England's management are reluctant to pick both Root and Bairstow due to inexperience. 

...but happy to pick to pick Bell despite his proven cowardice?

[alba caerulea]

Just clicked on this to see CKs sexy new M&H kit and all I saw were the ramblings of a bitter Yorkshireman

Bell will be at number 5 for the foreseeable future. End of story

[justnotcricket86]

...but happy to pick to pick Bell despite his proven cowardice?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has Belly tried to have a crack at your misuss? Or perhaps he spilt a drink on you in a bar somewhere...



Where's JP when you need him

[jamielsn15]

...but happy to pick to pick Bell despite his proven cowardice?

Split debate on here suggests anything but conclusively proven.  Hey - Flower, Gooch, Giles, KP and Cook like him! 

Bell will be at number 5 for the foreseeable future. End of story

Agree.  Manormanic, there's your opp to have the last word.  Now; what's this about Kieswetter's new kit?

[justnotcricket86]

I do like the look of the new MH bags...the big boy (T1) I think looks very much like the Adidas England bags

[Manormanic]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has Belly tried to have a crack at your misuss? Or perhaps he spilt a drink on you in a bar somewhere...

The other half refers to him as "rat boy" so I reckon I'm safe there...now if Cooky had a pop I might be in trouble!

[joeylough]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/387572.html

This innings with Colly helped england gain a draw.

[tushar sehgal]

I think apples are so much better than oranges, unless turned into a juice then oranges are better than apples....its all opinions

now lets see some kit pics

[PedalsMcgrew]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/387572.html

This innings with Colly helped england gain a draw.

Fair enough! But find another 1 or 2?.....In 83 tests I shouldn't imagine it would be too hard...........or would it?

[Manormanic]

Fair enough! But find another 1 or 2?.....In 83 tests I shouldn't imagine it would be too hard...........or would it?

at the risk of having a very reasonable point and strong argument derailed by weight of posts on the subject, I have to agree with you here.  I also recall the awful shot that Bell got out to in that very innings, which was hardly commensurate with a batsman trying to save a test!

[Nickauger]

After facing more balls than Collingwood lol. I agree however, that Bell is pea-hearted more often than lion-hearted!

[tim2000s]

So... We have established that more of the more vocal contributors to the forum dislike Bell than like Bell, in this and many other topics.

Now, has anyone actually got any pictures of some saffa with his new M&H kit?

[Manormanic]

Errrr, nope - we might have stayed on track if we had!