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[Colesy]

All rides one Flintoff's fitness and the balance of the team.

[strokeplayer]

alot of you will disagree with me here

at the moment , i wouldent be picking pietersen , he is in no form whatsoever , and if that was anyone else they would be dropped , he is purely being picked on his reputation and england are praying he finds some form soon.......how longs it gunnah go on before they finally drop him...or are they just all waiting for him to find form...

[Colesy]

I strongly agree with you, he's in my team cos I'm not a selector. If he gets no runs in Bangladesh I'd want him dropped.

[niceonechoppy]

Theyre waiting for him to find form, its more a mental thing more than anything, he needs to stop trying to bully teams with his ego and do it with his bat instead.

[Colesy]

Watching his 112 or something against New Zealand he was awesome, he played straight down the ground (something he doesn't do now). He waited for the ball more and looked to time the ball rather than smash it everywhere. switch hits weren't bad either. I have no doubt he will find form if he plays proper shots and not sweeps from the wicket cut and left some outside off.

[petehosk]

I would try out a team such as:

1. Trott
2. Kieswetter
3. Swann
4. Lumb (Give KP time to regain his form away from International pressure - and T20 is the worst format to let someone take their time)
5. Collingwood
6. Morgan
7. Wright
8. Flintoff
9. Broad
10. Rashid
11. Anderson

I would maybe have Wright out and Bresnan in, depending on their form?
But Bresnan would be a reasonable option if Flintoff were injured!?
This would ensure that we having batting all the way down, plus ample bowling combinations too!

[strokeplayer]

lumb number 1

trott number 4

otherwise petey , i agree with you again chap !

[slogger02]

you want a quick scoring explosive batsmen at 4, so not trott..
id put shah in instead of KP personally. get kieswetter in and keep prior to as a batsman.  they can fight for the gloves.
my changes - shah in for KP, kieswetter in for Trott.

[Colesy]

Carberry instead of Trott?

[strokeplayer]

trego ?

[petehosk]

I say sack the England selectors and we can be the panel instead?

[Colesy]

YES

[Mr Cricket]

At present, this i how i would like to see England in the 3 forms

Tests

1.Strauss
2.Trott
3.Pietersen
4.Carberry
5.Collingwood
6.Prior
7.Swann
8.Broad
9.Anderson
10.Onions
11.Sidebottom

ODIs

1.Strauss
2.Lumb
3.Pietersen
4.Carberry
5.Morgan
6.Collingwood
7.Prior
8.Swann
9.Broad
10.Anderson
11.Onions

T20

1.Kieswetter
2.Wright
3.Pietersen
4.Morgan
5.Collingwood
6.Swann
7.Trego
8.Napier
9.Broad
10.Anderson
11.Onions

[Colesy]

I wouldn't have Pietersen at 3, Cook would be in there and so would Flintoff (limited overs)

[Mr Cricket]

sorry i dont rate cook whatsoever, and flintoff will be injured on and off so i think its best to leave him out until he can prove his fitness over a few months