Good or bad?

[fcukcov]

As you may or may not know I follow cricket from a distance and dont pretned to be as big a fan as many on here but is this good or bad news? Do we really need him. Could be good for a solid half century but he wasnt that great at them before the injury was he?


What do you reckon?

vaughan back for boxing day test....

 

[Durham Fox]

Worth a place for his captaincy alone, get him back ASAP.

 

[Hazzman]

As you may or may not know I follow cricket from a distance and dont pretned to be as big a fan as many on here but is this good or bad news? Do we really need him. Could be good for a solid half century but he wasnt that great at them before the injury was he?


What do you reckon?

vaughan back for boxing day test....

Provided he comes back welll and form from the Academy matches I have no probelm. He's a decent captain to boot.

 

[MHS]

Get him back!

 

[Willlow]

Freddie would stay as Captain but it would be good for Vaughan to offer his experience

 

[CM]

Freddie would stay as Captain

I doubt it. Vaughan is still the England captain and its always been made quite clear that Fred was a stand-in and not the full time skipper.

I would risk playing Mick. Best captain in the world, Strauss isn't too bad but too defensive while Flintoff seems to be quite poor from what I've seen

Don't forget that although he hasn't been in great form with the bat in the past few years, the last time he was in australia he scored all those runs. I'd open with him, drop cook to three and leave Bell out.

 

[homer]

Out for a duck after only seven balls :icon_roll

 

[drummindefender]

by those standards he should walk in homer

 

[Hazzman]

I sounds like the bowling was sound for the Academy but what about the batting?

Western Australia were restricted to 218 in their innings, but that was soon put into context by England's woeful reply. The Academy side - from whom all further replacements for the Ashes series will be drawn - slumped to a woeful 5 for 12. Vaughan himself was caught behind by Christian Moir off the 29-year-old swing bowler, Darren Wates, a man who managed just four wickets in six matches in the Pura Cup last season.

 

[Willlow]

I doubt it. Vaughan is still the England captain and its always been made quite clear that Fred was a stand-in and not the full time skipper.

I would risk playing Mick. Best captain in the world, Strauss isn't too bad but too defensive while Flintoff seems to be quite poor from what I've seen

Don't forget that although he hasn't been in great form with the bat in the past few years, the last time he was in australia he scored all those runs. I'd open with him, drop cook to three and leave Bell out.

Im sure i heard on the radio that Flintoff had been made captain for the whole series and would remain captain even IF Vaughan returned. :icon_wink

 

[Brauny Blue]

For those that can remember:icon_roll Mike Brearley was pretty much a waste of space in Englands batting line-up, but his captaincy helped us win the Ashes in the ' Botham ' series. Also Freddie looks like he's got too much to handle and like Botham he may far better just playing rather than having the worry of captaincy as well. Imo if they can roll vaughan out onto the pitch then they should do it.

 

[Durham Fox]

For those that can remember:icon_roll Mike Brearley was pretty much a waste of space in Englands batting line-up, but his captaincy helped us win the Ashes in the ' Botham ' series. Also Freddie looks like he's got too much to handle and like Botham he may far better just playing rather than having the worry of captaincy as well. Imo if they can roll vaughan out onto the pitch then they should do it.

100% spot on BB