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rf_fozzy May 2015 9:56pm, 11 May 2015 6,877 posts	0 rf_fozzy Joe Root doesn't play for Yorkshire much these days. He did used to open, but that was after Joe Sayers retired and before Alex Lees came on the scene. Beginning and end of last season (where we won the championship by the way, he batted at 3,4, 5 depending on who else was in the team. His best position is in the middle order. Lyth is the best opener in England at the moment. To take him to the WI and not play him was a travesty. My understanding is that Broad actually bowled well in the west indies, because he's stopped trying to be a 90mph "enforcer" (which he never was) and instead bowls with decent control. Forget his batting - it's irrelevant. To sound like Geoffrey, you need to take 20 wickets to win a test match, having a no 10 who can bat a bit is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things. As for the X-factor of Pietersen. Don't care. Think we've got enough x-factor in Ballance, Bell and Root, combined with Buttler, Ali, Stokes. That's more than enough.
SPR May 2015 10:41pm, 11 May 2015 20,091 posts	0 SPR Seems he's been told his England career is over: bbc.co.uk Guess he'll be off to the IPL again soon.
57.5 Degrees of Pain May 2015 10:55pm, 11 May 2015 2,359 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Didn't he ditch the IPL as the bid for his services was so low? It does seem like Surrey like him and he likes them which has been rare in his career, probably the best place for him.
57.5 Degrees of Pain May 2015 11:05pm, 11 May 2015 2,360 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain An important question for the Yorkshire watchers: who is being groomed to take over as England's leading curmudgeon? Messrs Trueman and Boycott have performed the role splendidly for the 40 or so years I have followed the game, while the south's top representative, Trevor Bailey, was never quite able to rise to the same heights.
rf_fozzy May 2015 11:45pm, 11 May 2015 6,878 posts	0 rf_fozzy Whilst he's still being a bit too exuberant at present, we have high hopes that vaughny still has time to reach some curmudgeonly heights. There have certainly been more signs since swanny joined in the team
paul the builder May 2015 7:53am, 12 May 2015 4,949 posts	0 paul the builder Surely it's the turn of the West Midlands - Bob Willis has been performing very impressively on sky for years now
The Teaboy May 2015 8:28am, 12 May 2015 12,821 posts	0 The Teaboy Botham is gradually getting more and more cantankerous with the passing years. Whether you like him or not, you have to love KP's timing. Who else would hit 326* just at the right moment in order to make his former captain look like a total tool. And if you think the man knows nothing, take a look at the segment he filmed for Sky with Mahela and Warne - best cricket analysis and breakdown I've seen for years.
The Teaboy May 2015 8:30am, 12 May 2015 12,822 posts	0 The Teaboy Fozz, I thought Broad was pretty ineffective in the Windies and Jimmy was carrying it. He spent most of the time trundling in and often didn't even break 80mph.
The Teaboy May 2015 8:33am, 12 May 2015 12,823 posts	0 The Teaboy Jordan and Stokes were much quicker and Jordan had some OK spells although Stokes just bowls hittable filth. Jordan still has that horrible staccato run up. He needs to go away and watch endless videos of Holding and Walsh - he has great natural athleticism, but its being ruined by his current method.
Doctor K May 2015 9:05am, 12 May 2015 3,486 posts	0 Doctor K The whole Pietersen thing has been a shambles and illiustrates the disarray the ECB have been in