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Your England ODI team for September

Hain averages 57 in LA cricket and has to be selected. I’d go:

Buttler
Duckett
Hain
Root
Brook (but needs runs)
Bethell
?
?
Rehan/Rashid
Archer
?
Potts

Fill in the blanks.
 

Iamme said:
Hain.... He has played... he is not one of the lads he is quiet he doesn't drink, he doesn't play golf.

Bethell will be in there he plays golf he drinks.

That team is picked for 2021??? We have moved on hopefully.

This team is like picking a cricket captain team on the playstation for 2021?
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Bethell, that's who I was forgetting, he'd be in for Ahmed/Jacks

As for Curran, this team needs balance and options, Curran can bat top 7 and bowl a few overs or all 10 if the pitch suits. Plus left arm brings something different
Nasser Butt-Head said:
I do hope we move on from Rashid now. As much as I love him and what he's done for English cricket and the wider South Asian community. His powers have been on the slide a while now.

Time to blood the next lot of spinners! Because it'll take a few before we land on another Rash.
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Rash is on borrowed time but think he plays a few more games to help a new spinner settle and you know, if he stays fit, what an option he would be for 2027
mackembhoy said:
OP not realised we have a JAMODI series against WI in May/June
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They kept mentioning september on comms, so they must have forgot about it too
Classic94 said:
Hain averages 57 in LA cricket and has to be selected. I’d go:

Buttler
Duckett
Hain
Root
Brook (but needs runs)
Bethell
?
?
Rehan/Rashid
Archer
?
Potts

Fill in the blanks.
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Like it
 
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Parkside said:
Their diet is immaterial but this ESPN summary makes you question Hain's omission and fuels conspiracy theories about the selection process.

Hain's 50-over form has been remarkable, marked by regular low-risk runs and the ability to rotate the strike against spin impressively in the middle overs, and his average - in the high 50s - has consistently been the best by an England player in List A history. In T20 cricket, he has been a mainstay of the Birmingham Bears side, but in an era of rich options for the national white-ball team, his England call-up has proven elusive.
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I am not against Hain been in the side in the slightest in fact would like to see it.

But the poster is just farcical, what does he think McCullum does ask Warwickshire or whoever whether he drinks or plays golf before selecting him!!!

It’s a ridiculous thing for him to say.

Conspiracy theories I find childish tbh.

Selectors pick sides to win games solely on that some they will get right and some wrong.

I think Hain should be given a chance and Cook for the test side.

But all this golf and drinking or not drinking is simply nonsense
 
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Voice of fair play said:
I am not against Hain been in the side in the slightest in fact would like to see it.

But the poster is just farcical, what does he think McCullum does ask Warwickshire or whoever whether he drinks or plays golf before selecting him!!!

It’s a ridiculous thing for him to say.

Conspiracy theories I find childish tbh.

Selectors pick sides to win games solely on that some they will get right and some wrong.

I think Hain should be given a chance and Cook for the test side.

But all this golf and drinking or not drinking is simply nonsense
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Do people genuinely think this is how elite level sport works some mad people about
 
Voice of fair play said:
I am not against Hain been in the side in the slightest in fact would like to see it.

But the poster is just farcical, what does he think McCullum does ask Warwickshire or whoever whether he drinks or plays golf before selecting him!!!

It’s a ridiculous thing for him to say.

Conspiracy theories I find childish tbh.

Selectors pick sides to win games solely on that some they will get right and some wrong.

I think Hain should be given a chance and Cook for the test side.

But all this golf and drinking or not drinking is simply nonsense
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It's yet another post to get a bite and you bite. There's an indisputable case for Hain's inclusion yet he's not. No logical reason for his exclusion so people make up reasons for it.
Recent performances suggest that neither selection nor practise are taken either professionally or seriously.
I'm not surprised in the slightest that it promotes cynicism or sarcasm.
chopsfc007 said:
Do people genuinely think this is how elite level sport works some mad people about
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White ball cricket is not operating at elite level with the England team.
 
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Parkside said:
It's yet another post to get a bite and you bite. There's an indisputable case for Hain's inclusion yet he's not. No logical reason for his exclusion so people make up reasons for it.
Recent performances suggest that neither selection nor practise are taken either professionally or seriously.
I'm not surprised in the slightest that it promotes cynicism or sarcasm.

White ball cricket is not operating at elite level with the England team.
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We are crap but thinking people get picked on who plays golf is ridiculous
 
Parkside said:
The real criticism should be directed at Key- he directs the overall show.
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As I’ve just read on BBC I think it was, he isn’t to blame for the downgrading of the domestic competition. He will though have to take the blame for things such as the obsession with pace over skill, the lack of death bowling options, lack of left handed batters & bowlers & the treatment and non selection of some players such as Dawson. Also the fact we had just as many wicket keepers as frontline bowlers. It’s downright incompetence from him and his set up.
 
Lumley End said:
As I’ve just read on BBC I think it was, he isn’t to blame for the downgrading of the domestic competition. He will though have to take the blame for things such as the obsession with pace over skill, the lack of death bowling options, lack of left handed batters & bowlers & the treatment and non selection of some players such as Dawson. Also the fact we had just as many wicket keepers as frontline bowlers. It’s downright incompetence from him and his set up.
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Dawson ISN'T international standard
 
Wouldn't mind seeing a big change and refresh. Still think there are lots of options. Leach and Hartley as spinners seem to have been forgotten but both have performed at internatioinal level. Add Ahnmed as another spin option.

Agree with others about Hain getting another chance. Would like to see Banton given a go.

Topley and Carse are good shouts and even Potts I'd consider.
 
Parkside said:
It's yet another post to get a bite and you bite. There's an indisputable case for Hain's inclusion yet he's not. No logical reason for his exclusion so people make up reasons for it.
Recent performances suggest that neither selection nor practise are taken either professionally or seriously.
I'm not surprised in the slightest that it promotes cynicism or sarcasm.

White ball cricket is not operating at elite level with the England team.
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It’s not the way I have ever looked at things in top level team sport.

Coaches/managers etc at any top level sport are under a lot of pressure to get results so simply pick the best team they think will win games.

I have always respected opinions on boards like this about who should be in certain teams be it football or cricket.

When it’s based of the merit of a player.

But I have never respected conspiracy theories like he only selected for England football team because he plays for certain club or not selected for England cricket team for drinking and golf.

Like I say people picking teams are under immense pressure to get results so simply pick a team that they think will win games.

Anything else I find nonsense
 
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