Australia vs England 2006 Second Test

[Octavius]

Stuart Clark strikes! Strauss fails again.

I think that Clark and Warne will remain the impact players, i wouldnt be upset if i had Warne as captain, but i am glad i have gone with Ponting.

 

[barmyarmy]

Ok, this is the FC thread. Match discussion should be taking place in the official thread.

 

[Octavius]

i am dubious about leaving out Bell, but i just couldnt find a place for him against the batters i needed to cover for Australia, plus i believe, Pietersen has such ability on this kind of track, that it will only be he who gives his wicket away, so there is no room for Bell, but i hope for the little fighters sake he has a good at bat.

Ok, this is the FC thread. Match discussion should be taking place in the official thread.

right and I am discussing my selections as they pertain to the match, what's wrong with that?

But i will happily take my discussions to the match thread, i just hope people do not get bitter when i refer to my match selections.

 

[barmyarmy]

But i will happily take my discussions to the match thread, i just hope people do not get bitter when i refer to my match selections.

I'm sure they'll survive if they do.

 

[Octavius]

Im glad you reminded me of the match thread because i do like to have my 2c worth! :P

 

[surendar]

Stuart Clark strikes! Strauss fails again.

ahhh... I trusted Strauss in my team once again in this test! But he failed! But i am happy that i didnt make him a bonus player!

 

[ZexyZahid]

I was thinking about Collingwood or Hussey. But I didn't want to risk it, since Hussey could suddenly score a century, like he did previous year. So far having Collingwood was the better, but not all is lost yet.

Stuart Clark is so far my best bowler and he is also my bonus player.

 

[Sureshot]

My Monty selection is paying off I see..

Batsman 1 Andrew Strauss
Batsman 2 Kevin Pietersen
Batsman 3 Ricky Ponting
Batsman 4 Justin Langer
Batsman 5 Mike Hussey
Wicket Keeper Adam Gilchrist
All-Rounder 1 Andrew Flintoff
Bowler 1 Shane Warne
Bowler 2 Monty Panesar
Bowler 3 Glenn McGrath
Bowler 4 Matthew Hoggard

Captain Shane Warne
Bonus 1 Ricky Ponting
Bonus 2 Justin Langer
Bonus 3 Kevin Pietersen
Bonus 4 Andrew Flintoff

 

[aussie1st]

Maybe keeping Brett Lee wasn't the right move or maybe even the Great McGrath although hard for me to drop McGrath. I did have Flintoff as my Bowler 1 with Hussey and Collingwood it looks like that was the way to go.

 

[y2j826]

Missed stuart clark but have collingwood in my team

 

[aussie1st]

Octavius has quite a good team now after Hayden went early so his punt on Martyn could well pay off although Warne didn't do much.

 

[surendar]

I kept on trusting Hayden.. He is my captain again in second this test too I wanted KP to be captain but i felt Hayden will comeback with a century!

No Collinghood also! KP just as a bonus player! My team collapsed again!

 

[ZexyZahid]

I don't have Collingwood in my team, but I do have Ponting as captain. Also having Hussey it seems it was a good choice.

And I dropped Hoggard and now he gets four wickets. :

 

[plympilgrim]

the best team looking at it so far would need to include pieterson, collingwood, ponting, hoggard, and clark as bonus playes n captain. you would also need hussey, flintoff and gilchrist?

 

[saurabh2185]

I have got Ricky Ponting (c), Mike Hussey, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (+), Stuart Clark, and I Bell but missed out on M Hoggard