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[SLC]

Exactly, Should be been Thorpe and kp, no ball!

[jamielsn15]

Absolutely it should have been Thorpe, although the desired result was achieved.  Vaughan I recall at the time wanted as many players with 'baggage' from losing to the Aussies out.  Bell was unproven, but so was KP, so that was probably the overriding call on Thorpe.

Thorpe wasn't best pleased in his autobiography!

[ppccopener]

Thorpe had back problems if I remember correctly at the time(is that right?) and was coming to the end, but a high class player for us back then-got us out of the mire many times and faced down the West Indies bowlers, and the Aussies with success.
Best England player of spin since......hmmm I don't know, Gooch maybe.

they say sport is cyclical, Thorpe was replaced by a young KP, KP is replaced by a young Root...

[WalkingWicket37]

Thorpe had back problems if I remember correctly at the time(is that right?) and was coming to the end, but a high class player for us back then-got us out of the mire many times and faced down the West Indies bowlers, and the Aussies with success.
Best England player of spin since......hmmm I don't know, Gooch maybe.

they say sport is cyclical, Thorpe was replaced by a young KP, KP is replaced by a young Root...

But KP & Root played in the same team for ages?

[FattusCattus]

Crikey!! We're buggering up a decent lead here aren't we?  Two run outs in this innings - daft!!

[csnew]

Broad hasn't batted long enough recently to waste a review but today he's back to wasting one.
Surely it's time for Anderson to bat higher than him?

He still doesn't want to leave the crease!

[uknsaunders]

Crikey!! We're buggering up a decent lead here aren't we?  Two run outs in this innings - daft!!

It's complete dross. Loads of time left in the game and no need to be silly when Root is batting wonderfully well. The middle lower order ought to get a right earful. 132 lead when you were 30 ahead and only 3 down on a featherbed against an average attack is very poor. It also opens the game up for the Windies, anything over 300 gives them something to bowl at on the last day. Let's hope Jimmy hangs around for an hour and nudges us up to 160-170 at least.

[ppccopener]

it may be the best thing for the match.....it needs to move forward as it's been slow. The windies are not pressing the game at all

this way there is more chance of a result...and we need to win

[ppccopener]

But KP & Root played in the same team for ages?

yes you are right,they did for a while. I was thinking more long term.but yes,not an instant change over like Thorpe 2004 and KP 2005

[uknsaunders]

Sums it up, what an idiot. Why didn't batsman 6-11 activate a brain cell (Jordan excluded). Root could of taken the lead to 250 plus just after lunch and left 4.5 sessions to bowl them.

[The_Bird]

Well that was ridiculous from Anderson, Root is rightly fuming with him.

[Manormanic]

anyone else notice that our two best players have been the Yorkshire lads...

...even more reason to wonder why four more of em are sitting on the bench!

[Gerry SA]

anyone else notice that our two best players have been the Yorkshire lads...

...even more reason to wonder why four more of em are sitting on the bench!

Harare's in Yorkshire now is it?

[Manormanic]

Harare's in Yorkshire now is it?

Hehehe Balance was created outta Sheffield Steel - did nowt before he came to us!

(actually even that's not entirely true, but if the Yarpies can claim Imran Tahir and the Aussies Fawad Alam, both of whom emigrated in their 30s, then we'll have the lad who arrived as a 13 year old)

[ProCricketer1982]

Broad bowling gas