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:saf: :wkb: Heinrich Klaasen (54-93 ODI band) 2,141 runs @ 43.69 (SR: 117.05, 4 centuries, best 174) and 58 dismissals (51 ct, 7 st) in 60 ODI matches 4,514 runs @ 42.99 (SR: 108.35, 8 centuries, best 174) and 155 dismissals (136 ct, 19 st) in 131 List A matches Klaasen at his best was one of...

As I understand it, he's a middling recreational player. I always got the impression that England's problem with him was that if he looks funny at the wrong item of food at lunch on Day One, he won't leave the toilet again until late on Day Five.

Shoaib Bashir is out of the series. It raises the interesting question of whether they'll shoehorn Jacob Bethell in, or just smash the button marked "Jack Leach"

When a game is that close, every single person on the losing team could find cause to blame themselves, and every single person on the winning team could find cause to claim credit for making the difference. At all levels of cricket it hurts more to lose one you could so nearly have won than it...

Zak Crawley has 3,129 Test runs @ 30.98 and 4,241 domestic first-class runs @ 32.70. Shaun Pollock has 3,781 Test runs @ 32.31 and 3,242 domestic first-class runs @ 38.14.

Time to make my late pick: :aus: :bwl: Ryan Harris (21-32 ODI band) 44 wickets @ 18.90 (econ: 4.84, 3 5WI, best 5/19) in 21 ODIs 123 wickets @ 27.59 (econ: 4.92, 4 5WI, best 5/19) in 85 List A matches Ryan Harris played almost his entire international career while he was at the absolute peak...

:zim: :bat: Tinashe Kamunhukamwe :aus: :ar: Steven Smith :os: :nzf: :bat: Kane Williamson :os: :ind: :bat: Virat Kohli :os: :zim: :bat: Craig Ervine :zim: :wk: Regis Chakabva :eng: :ar: Sam Curran* :local: :eng: :ar: Tom Curran* :local: :eng: :ar: Brydon Carse* :local: :zim: :ar: Tendai Chisoro...

:aus: :bat: David Warner :aus: :ar: Travis Head :eng: :bat: Jonny Bairstow :os: :eng: :bat: Sam Hain* :local: :saf: :ar: Aiden Markram :os: :aus: :wk: Matthew Wade :aus: :ar: Chris Green :afg: :ar: Rashid Khan :os: :aus: :ar: Pat Cummins :nzf: :bwl: Matt Henry :os: :aus: :bwl: Spencer Johnson

England (1) vs (1) New Zealand, 3rd Test at Edgbaston Desperate times mean that David Gower comes back into the side for the first time all year. He's a symbol of the Old England we were trying to move away from, but push has come to shove and we've gone back to the well. Battered...

England (1) vs (0) New Zealand, 2nd Test at Lord's Just one change then - it's a little bit of deckchair shuffling: Derek Pringle comes back into the side after Phil DeFreitas struggled for impact with the ball in the first Test. Okay, so we won't be hitting the button marked "Pringle"...

England vs New Zealand, 1st Test at Trent Bridge A few changes here from the West Indies Tests: Atherton comes back in as an opener and bit-part spinner, while his county teammate Fairbrother makes a comeback at Test level after smashing a triple-hundred. We start the season with a...

England Squad for the Home Series against New Zealand :eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c: :eng: :ar: Michael Atherton :eng: :bat: Rob Bailey :eng: :bat: Neil Fairbrother :eng: :bat: David Gower :eng: :bat: Nasser Hussain :eng: :bat: Allan Lamb :eng: :bat: Robin Smith :eng: :bat: Alec Stewart :eng...

I fully agree. He could've legitimately batted another full day and not created any issues for SA trying to win the game

After the first series of the new sim, this is what the Big Spreadsheet looks like. It will rarely if ever fit into a single screenshot again

West Indies (1) vs (0) England at Antigua Recreation Ground England must win this game, and it's resulted in a couple of changes: the Guyanese-born Leicestershire action man Chris Lewis makes his debut in the hope that he can seize the big moments in the game. Capel also comes back in for...

West Indies (1) vs (0) England - Fourth Test at Kensington Oval Disastrous news for England here: although he kept on batting at the time, a ball taken to the glove by Graham Gooch during his second-innings rearguard has resulted in a fracture. That means Allan Lamb as stand-in captain, and...

West Indies (0) vs (0) England - Third Test at Queen's Park Oval With Capel having been pretty ineffective in the first Test, England goes back to a four-man attack - but keeping a spinner in the side. Absolutely battered there, a desperately disappointing result. For a little while, it...

West Indies (0) vs (0) England - Second Test at Bourda Team management are very keen to get Allan Lamb back into the team, so Nasser Hussain is the unlucky player to miss out on selection. Unfortunately, the first four days of the game were abandoned due to rain. Failure to negotiate a...

West Indies vs England - First Test at Sabina Park We've gone with almost the real-life team here - however, I'm never comfortable selecting a four-man attack that comprises four seamers, so we are taking Eddie Hemmings in as the spinner, in place of the extra batter in Allan Lamb. There...

England Squad for the Tour of the West Indies :eng: :bat: Graham Gooch :c: :eng: :bat: Rob Bailey :eng: :bat: David Gower :eng: :bat: Nasser Hussain (uncapped - 1st) :eng: :bat: Allan Lamb :eng: :bat: Wayne Larkins :eng: :bat: Robin Smith :eng: :bat: Alec Stewart (uncapped - 1st) :eng: :ar...