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    Warne’s little jab

    By Scott 2 years ago, mid-December Leave a comment on this post

    The whole debate about the English team selection and who is responsible for it is music to Australian ears, and Shane Warne must be finding the possible conflict between captain and coach to be an especially sweet tune.

    In his Times column, Warne has obviously backed Flintoff against his old foe Fletcher.

    A few of the England players stayed with us until the early hours. I think the spirit of 2005 lives on. I feel for Andrew Flintoff at the moment as he’s copping some unnecessary flak. It was the right choice to make him captain and I’m not sure if he’s getting the side he wants.

    As a captain, you should get the players you want in the XI. If you’re looking around the field at 5pm and you’re not going to bowl a guy, then he shouldn’t be in your side. Having said that, England’s selection issues don’t really interest me, to be honest. To go 2-0 up in Adelaide was our aim at the start of the second Test, but a win for either side looked highly unlikely on the fourth day.

    That sort of support is like when the Chairman of a football club issues a press release expressing full support of the manager. Warne might be pals with the likes of Flintoff off the field but that won’t stop him playing any head games necessary to win back the Ashes.

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    4 Responses to “Warne’s little jab”

  • Kathy wrote:
    December 9th, 2006 at 11.18 am

    Oh yeah, I think Warnie is definitely playing head games. Just trying to stir things up.

  • Elliott wrote:
    December 11th, 2006 at 4.07 am

    While we are talking about Englands selection problems, anyone seen the results from Englands latest tour match on Cricinfo?

    And England XI includind both Chris Read and Geriant Jones, and Giles and Panser played Western Australia at the W.A.C.A ground, the venue for the 3rd test.

    Geriant Jones was put up the order at number 3 in order to prove that he is a better batsman than read. Geriant Jones made a first ball duck while Chris Read finshed the game unbeaten on 59!!! And Jones is the one in the test team because his batting is better?!?!?!?!?
    And Read was the one that took the gloves claiming 3 catches.

    Now to Giles. Western Australias innings lasted for 97.3 overs. Only 8 of wwhich were bowled by Ashley Giles. No wickets for 33 runs going at 4.12 per and over.
    Monty on the other hand got through 25 overs (over 1/4 of the innings.) claiming one wicket for 69 going at 2.76!!!

    Maybey this signals Englandes intent to play Monty and Read in the thrid test. Or maybey they are just giving them plenty of oppertunitys on the tour games so that they can’t complain about not playing much in the tour.
    But at the end of the day everyone in the world knows that thoose two should be in the XI for the third test!

  • Elliott wrote:
    December 11th, 2006 at 4.10 am

    Forgot the Link to the scorcard :(

    http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/engine/match/249221.html

  • Andy wrote:
    December 11th, 2006 at 2.08 pm

    I have just read that one of Duncan Fletcher’s team of ‘advisors’ during the current Ashes tour is Geraint Jones. Can someone explain to me how a player who is not, or should not be, certain of his place can be a selection advisor!
    It just underlines the amateurish way this Ashes tour has been organised. No wonder Chris Read is spitting feathers!

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