Australia slapped in the face and India move up

[Implement]

Damn right there . Neither are England... or any UK country for that matter

[Smiddy]

Yeah but you think about it, India have a seriously passionate cricket nation, their back-up is immense compared to any other nation, if one player falls injured, another can come and fill it superbly. They're using there resources wisely, clearly.
Even if they did lose to SL today :rolleyes_
And Australia beat NZ today :rolleyes_

[Geraint]

Damn right there . Neither are England... or any UK country for that matter

You haven't been to the artificial ski-slope in Cardiff. Should see the kids go. We'll win a medal at the next winter Olympics.

[Implement]

England have mostly always got a good playing to come in also? were a very good cricketing nation when you take into context our weather and the population of our country. We always compete... (although not at the moment due to KP being an idiot and thinking about himself, tbh he's not English anyway - that's his problem, he's not passionate)

@Garient; hope your right there there's a skiing place in Birmingham (or around that area) to, called snow dome.

Would be good to see the Brits flying down them slopes kicking some German and Polish ***!!

[Smiddy]

England have mostly always got a good playing to come in also? were a very good cricketing nation when you take into context our weather and the population of our country. We always compete... (although not at the moment due to KP being an idiot and thinking about himself, tbh he's not English anyway - that's his problem, he's not passionate)

Haha dare you to say that to his face!
I wouldn't say we do, we're not even playing our strongest squad right now, Ian Bell? Nah; get Shah in.
Our bowling back-up is appalling, yeah we have the players, but they're not that good! Liam Plunkett, Sajid Mahmood, Graham Onions, "woo".
We need Robbie Joseph of Kent to replace Steve Harmison.
We need James Foster behind the stumps.
We need Adil Rashed in for Monty Panesar and batting at number 9!

[Implement]

I agree with you on the Ian Bell thing.
I agree with you on the James Foster thing to.

But KP is the problem with England atm, he doesn't play for the team (although he plays fantastic when he does) but could be even better and score the extra 20 runs which could make the difference in a test/one day match.

[Smiddy]

I agree with you on the Ian Bell thing.
I agree with you on the James Foster thing to.

But KP is the problem with England atm, he doesn't play for the team (although he plays fantastic when he does) but could be even better and score the extra 20 runs which could make the difference in a test/one day match.

Oh I agree with you, he tossed his wicket away in a blaze of adrenaline in that first innings. But England is not a one man team, there's no way we can always rely on KP to deliver the goods, there's a team of 8 decent batters who played in that match, and at least 5 did not deliver; the exceptions being KP, Freddie and Matt Prior (heaven forbid did I just say that?!), so it's harsh to criticise KP really.

[Implement]

Yeah I see what you're saying, Ali Cook and Andrew Strauss, aren't doing much either? and Strauss as captain? don't make me laugh?

He's terrible, as captain and as batsmen, they should give it to Cook, if he gets his batting up to scratch that is.

[Smiddy]

Yeah I see what you're saying, Ali Cook and Andrew Strauss, aren't doing much either? and Strauss as captain? don't make me laugh?

He's terrible, as captain and as batsmen, they should give it to Cook, if he gets his batting up to scratch that is.

Ironically Strauss was the best candidate at the time, he'd been a good run of form and seemed to be settled again, the added pressure has so far not helped him.
Cook's too young, I know that's a silly thing to say since Graeme Smith became SA captain aged 22, but Cook is a different character who does not need to immerse himself in that sort of position yet.
They should of stuck with KP, regardless of the situation.