4th Ashes Test Match

[aussie1st]

Cutoff Date: December 26 @ 12:00 AM GMT

Squads
England
1. A Flintoff (captain)
2. AJ Strauss (vice-captain)
3. JM Anderson
4. IR Bell
5. PD Collingwood
6. AN Cook
7. JWM Dalrymple - added 16th December
8. SJ Harmison
9. MJ Hoggard
10. GO Jones (wicketkeeper)
11. EC Joyce - added 15th November
12. SI Mahmood
13. MS Panesar
14. KP Pietersen
15. LE Plunkett
16. CMW Read (wicketkeeper)

Australia
1. RT Ponting (captain)
2. SR Clark
3. MJ Clarke
4. AC Gilchrist (wicketkeeper)
5. ML Hayden
6. MEK Hussey
7. MG Johnson
8. JL Langer
9. B Lee
10. GD McGrath
11. A Symonds
12. AC Voges
13. SK Warne

 

[Abhas]

thanks for creating...
just wondering...who's voges???

 

[aussie1st]

Oh sorry he really shouldn't be in there as the Aussie squad of 12 was named a few days ago and he wasn't there.

 

[Smack]

favourite ground for ponting and hayden

 

[ZexyZahid]

I checked and Ponting's favourite ground in Australia is Sydney Cricket Ground, not Melbourne. But he has a healthy average of 75.25 there. Hayden's favourite ground is Brisbane Cricket Ground. And is the pitch in Melbourne a more spinning or fast bowling wicket?

 

[aussie1st]

More of a fast man track than spin. I never read much into a players favourite ground, his form usually is more than enough for me.

 

[ZexyZahid]

On cricinfo the start of the match is at 23:30 GMT, but the deadline is set on 0:00 GMT. But cricinfo has been wrong before. :

 

[ZexyZahid]

On BBC it's also written that the deadline is at 23:30 GMT, so I've changed it.

And the legendary Jones has been dropped and Read has been included. So if you somehow prefer him above Gilchrist you can select him.

 

[aussie1st]

Well game isn't starting until 12am GMT now so I've put it back
It's been a tough one picking this side with Harmy and Monty in good form.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Yeah, thanks for that. I didn't think of changing it.

Anyway England will bat first and that could mean changing of your tactics. But I will keep faith in the Australian team and will have just two English players.

And again Aussie1st and I got the same team. Difference is that I've got Lee and he Harmison. And also we've got the same captain and about the same three bonus players.

Also I dropped Flintoff for this match.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Some guy (or girl) named embi won the vBookie of who would have been the 700th wicket. He won 325 in vCash.

 

[aussie1st]

Yeah, thanks for that. I didn't think of changing it.

Anyway England will bat first and that could mean changing of your tactics. But I will keep faith in the Australian team and will have just two English players.

And again Aussie1st and I got the same team. Difference is that I've got Lee and he Harmison. And also we've got the same captain and about the same three bonus players.

Also I dropped Flintoff for this match.

What do you know Lee going much better now, although most of the wickets have been spread again. Flintoff again failed with the bat but never really thought about dropping him.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Flintoff has been worth dropping, since his form isn't great. Having Warne as captain would have been much better. Ponting have to score about a century to equal his points.

 

[aussie1st]

Flintoff doing alright so far, missing Langer seems to have paid off. Looks like Hussey and Clarke will be given a decent bat again.

 

[ZexyZahid]

My team is falling apart. Ponting, Hussey and Clarke are gone. Good thing is that they didn't get a duck.

And I dropped Flintoff and now he gets three wickets.