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[ppccopener]

Can you imagine it
"You've won the toss, what are you going to do?"
"We're having a bat Nas, the wicket looks firm so should come into the bat nicely. It may start to act up a bit 2nd innings once it's de-frosted!"

that is funny !!!

woakes aint gonna be moving it much on a frosty!! the legend.

[dcullen8]

You mean to say woakes hasn't been putting in the hard yards to become a world class sub zero ice cricketer?
Drop him.

[ScottParko]

Google search seems to suggest it will be televised

"Preview followed by live coverage of the March 19th 2017 cricket match between North and South"

http://www.skysports.com/live-scores/cricket/north-v-south/18525

Doesn't particularly mean live video coverage. Looking through Sky Sports' what's on planner none of the matches are scheduled for showing.

[ScottParko]

I asked ECB on twitter who confirmed no live coverage. Streaming it on YouTube would've been a good idea, get it out to those without Sky.

[LcWoodward]

Anyone got the full squads again? its been that long since it was annouced.

[edge]

Woakes makes it into the top 10 ODI bowlers' ranking for the first time, charting at 9. Also no.8 on the allrounders list.

Get your bingo cards ready...

[ScottParko]

Squads for North v South series, March 2017

North squad: Keaton Jennings (Durham, capt), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire*), Sam Hain (Warwickshire), Joe Clarke (Worcestershire), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Jack Leaning (Yorkshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire*), Josh Poysden (Warwickshire), Graeme White (Northamptonshire*), Mark Wood (Durham), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Richard Gleeson (Northamptonshire), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire*)

South squad: James Vince (Hampshire, capt), Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent), Tom Alsop (Hampshire), Dawid Malan (Middlesex), Sam Northeast (Kent), Liam Dawson (Hampshire*), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Lewis Gregory (Somerset*), Tim Groenewald (Somerset*), Matt Coles (Kent*), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Mason Crane (Hampshire)

[Seniorplayer]

Woakes makes it into the top 10 ODI bowlers' ranking for the first time, charting at 9. Also no.8 on the allrounders list.

Get your bingo cards ready...

Will he still be there by the end of the UK  summer though with all the advantages That comes with it.
The  visiting weaken SA team should still be more of a test for England than what we have witnessed  in the last 18 months India apart that is where certain players were proven to be not good enough.

[ppccopener]

Will he still be there by the end of the UK  summer though with all the advantages That comes with it.
The  visiting weaken SA team should still be more of a test for England than what we have witnessed  in the last 18 months India apart that is where certain players were proven to be not good enough.

he will still be there because he is a high class cricketer and it's about time he got some credit.

[Seniorplayer]

he will still be there because he is a high class cricketer and it's about time he got some credit.

Does that hiigh class Incude  India in  India like others  in the England teams  before they are called high class Theres still a lot to prove against top national  sides in there own  backyard.

[alexhilly1492]

Does that hiigh class Incude  India in  India like others  in the England teams  before they are called high class Theres still a lot to prove against top national  sides in there own  backyard.

and we all say virat is top class and he has yet to prove himself in england... does that mean hes not top class? by your logic it does and i highly doubt that anyone will disagree that kohli is top class.....

[ppccopener]

Does that hiigh class Incude  India in  India like others  in the England teams  before they are called high class Theres still a lot to prove against top national  sides in there own  backyard.

we cant play India every week there's other national teams around the world. India away is about as hard as it gets.. as everyone else has found out. 1-1 in the aussie v india series would you back against India winning that series now?

your view is your view, respect that totally, but you are so wrong on Woakes it's scary.

If Woakes does not have a major role for us in the next 5 years test and one dayers, and takes over from jimmy i'll eat my bat

and i'll eat yours too. 

[Seniorplayer]

we cant play India every week there's other national teams around the world. India away is about as hard as it gets.. as everyone else has found out. 1-1 in the aussie v india series would you back against India winning that series now?

your view is your view, respect that totally, but you are so wrong on Woakes it's scary.

If Woakes does not have a major role for us in the next 5 years test and one dayers, and takes over from jimmy i'll eat my bat

and i'll eat yours too. 

Time will tell  chris will be 35 in 5 years heard it all on here though high class world class England's saviour the next Botham shouldnt really mention Botham had around 250 test wickets mainly against top sides at the same  age but there you go.

[ppccopener]

Time will tell  chris will be 35 in 5 years heard it all on here though high class world class England's saviour the next Botham shouldnt really mention Botham had around 250 test wickets mainly against top sides at the same  age but there you go.

please please please please and please again.......copy and paste who compared Woakes to Botham.............

ive never seen hide nor hare of that comparison on this forum.

I stand to be corrected....post it so we can read it ...  .

[edge]

please please please please and please again.......copy and paste who compared Woakes to Botham.............

ive never seen hide nor hare of that comparison on this forum.

I stand to be corrected....post it so we can read it ...  .

Stokes is by far the best we have and maybe already as good as Flintoff was, maybe could be as good as Botham.

Woakes is not in that category, but I would still have him in the side pretty much one of the first names. IMHO.