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Chris Read hits hundred against Pakistan

By Will 2 years ago, at the start of July Leave a comment on this post

Chris Read pulling for four
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Chris Read has hit a hundred against the touring Pakistanis. I wonder whether Geraint Jones rather wishes he was playing for England A to get some practice. When bad light stopped play, Read was unbeaten on 120 (scorecard). Well done that man. I still think Jones will play in the Ashes, rightly or wrongly; the decision (I believe) has been made.

Read, at the very least, should play in the one-day side. On that thoughtful note, I’m off to drink London dry.

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2 Responses to “Chris Read hits hundred against Pakistan”

  • Alex Holland wrote:
    July 8th, 2006 at 10.41 am

    Personally, I think it should be the other way around - Read for the test side, Jones for the ODI side. Jones’ 2-runs-a-ball-30’s have been just the tonic for the ODI squad, but he’s hopeless at marshalling the tail in the Test side.

    A test squad with Cook, Collingwood and Read would have plenty of backbone to make up for the big hitters at the other end of the pitch. I’d also like to see England vary their batting order a bit - if Cook’s consolidating at one end, skip Collingwood for now and put Flintoff/Dalrymple on.

  • Wraye wrote:
    July 8th, 2006 at 12.26 pm

    I always liked the look of Read, never understood why he was replaced in the WIndies tour but I’m not that much against Jones as a lot of other bloggers. Mind you, have seen enough cricket to acknowledge past posts - keeping has to be a passion, not a duty call. I’d love to see Read back in the side.


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