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[mp07]

need to create a support group for DRS on facebook or twitter

[cricketrob]

Good to see woakes in the wickets, should be good for the World Cup after the long run if ODI practice he will surely get.

[smilley792]

Been waiting patiently to watch hales bat, and now it rains. And gotta go out soon. Bet I miss this innings now. Doh

[The Palmist]

Raina, great hundred but should of been given lbw to Tredwell. Drs would of completely changed the course of this game.

could have should have would have

DRS would have changed the course of many games not just this one.

[The Palmist]

need to create a support group for DRS on facebook or twitter

please do so, it may stop DRS hijacking every other topic

[smilley792]

Well this is rubbish.

The new guy only one that's looked like scoring, and the old guard there to "occupy" have failed miserably.

Roy Vince's and Taylor needed!

[The Palmist]

Change in support staff and supervision of Shastri seem to be working for India.

[Sam]

My current world cup squad.

Hales
Bell
Morgan*
Taylor
Root
Buttler
Bopara
Woakes/Broad
Tredwell
Anderson
Finn/Broad

Ballance
Vince/Roy
Ali
Bairstow
Broad/Finn/Woakes
Gurney/Stokes
Jordan

[uknsaunders]

England absolutely rubbish. India haven't put a foot wrong but even so it's been a terrible batting effort.

[Buzz]

Cook and Moores are in total denial.

[uknsaunders]

Hales
Lumb
Wright
Bopara
Morgan
Butler
Woakes
Broad
Finn
Tredwell
Anderson

[Gerry SA]

That was a good laugh today.

Nick 'the moron' Knight "English can win the World Cup". Dream on pal.

On Australian/New Zealand pitches unless England select a fast bowler(eg Finn) their middle paced dobbers(Anderson, Woakes, Stokes and Jordan) will be like a charity attack.

Broad and Finn are vital for England just to not be embarrassed.

Buttler isn't a number 6. He's a slogger not a batsmen.

James Taylor should be in the side.

[Sam]

My opinions :

-Thought Woakes looked quite good today, saw him for the first time live in white ball cricket at T20 finals day and he looked very good, impressed me considering my original impression was he was only suited to test cricket.

-Jordan could be so much more effective with a proper run up, I reckon he could get consistently bowling at/very near 90mph if it was reworked along with his grip as was pointed out on sky.

-Still think Bopara should be in the side, he's a class performer and I think his variations can easily make him work with Root to be the 5th bowlers.

-Stokes just seems a bit out touch with international cricket at the moment.

There's a lot of players who could/should be in the side right now I  think Gerry, just a struggle to fit them all in. Disagree with you about Buttler however, Jordan is what I would call a slogger, Buttler's just naturally aggressive.

[Buzz]

Woakes did pretty well in the ODI's he played in Australia - I think he is going to be a decent player.

Currently I think that stokes is short of the form needed to play - and I think that Bell and Cook have shown what they can do - and what is needed is much more.

Swann and Vaughan are right - although I am not sure who is in the best team.

If you go on form, I would be picking...

Hales
Roy/Vince
Ballance
Taylor
Morgan
Bopara
Buttler
Woakes
Broad
Treadwell
Anderson
Finn

Then I realised there were 12 people in the team... and I haven't picked Vince either. Or Root. Or Jordan. Or Stokes and for me it is still a bowler short.

so the question is who gets dropped?? Ballance is the easy answer - however I think if you have two stroke makers up front means you need a safe pair of hands at 3 - I also am sure he has a 5th gear. Taylor could bat at 3 - but it is a big ask for him

[Sam]

Morgan could come in at 3 I think, believe he does it for Middlesex in t20, not to sure about ODers. Of course the other option is Bopara as 5th bowler.

Edit : Or Bopara at 3