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By Will 5 years ago, at the start of August Add your comment below
UPDATE: August 3, he’s been released to Durham. So Giles will play, and England field an unchanged team for the second Test
Paul Collingwood has been called up by England for the second Test, to increase their options.
David Graveney, the chairman of selectors, said: “It has been well documented that Birmingham has experienced unusually large amounts of rainfall in the last few days and this has put the ground authorities under extreme pressure. Having looked at the pitch it has been decided to add Collingwood to the squad so that England will have the maximum number of options available on match day.”
In other words: it’s been chucking it down, the pitch will do a lot, and they will need as many runs as possible (at the expense of Mr Giles, one presumes). More at Cricinfo.
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Good-oh. Usually a player who is added to a squad in this way makes the team. He’s our best fielder, isn’t he?
If we don’t have a good enough spinner, then don’t play one. The Windies didn’t for years and they didn’t do too badly – why shouldn’t Vaughan or Pietersen become as good a bowler as Viv Richards was – and off-spin is surely a better bet than slow left arm against left-handers?
Too true. I still don’t know about collingwood, though. It’s a shame they just didn’t have both Thorpe and KP to start with. Really, Harmison and Flintoff are all you need to do the main damage with the ball, so they should have had both. I think a true out and out batsman of Thorpes quality would be more useful than an all rounder like Collingwood. oh well, whats done is done!
Actually, I have somehow always looked favourably on this. I was perfectly alright with the ‘no panic button’ thing of retainging the squad, but if there were to be any changes, I’d think this is the best option- after all, Harmy and Flintoff can’t be expected to always do the job…
Anyone knows why Vaughan doesnt use himself as a bowler more often ? I mean some fitness issues or otherwise ?
I think this is a good call up and the Durham CCC all rounder will do well.
Does it feel as if the lead-up to the second Test has been a lot more subdued than the mad frenzy ahead of the first one?
Worma – I’ve always wondered this myself. Typically sides like Australia have always relied on 4 main bowlers with part timers filling in where necessary, like Mark Waugh and Border, and more recently Clarke.
It seems to me that Vaughan should develop his bowling further because he clearly has the talent but England, for some reason, have always shied away from it. Hick is a particular example, Atherton and Ramprakash less so.
I’m sure Vaughan would bowl more if he wasn’t captain.
Also, Sean’s point is borne out by the fact that the two teams of recent times that were/are a class apart = four top bowlers and seven top batsmen one of whom keeps wicket and one or two can bowl. No all rounder!
With modern fitness techniques, four bowlers if they are good enough can do the business – arguably a fifth front-line bowler is a vote of no confidence in the other four.
And if you think about it, a team without an all-rounder is likely to have better averages in both departments than one that includes one…
He’s been sent back (Collingwood) to Durham, so England will field an unchanged side tomorrow.
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