In comes Piyush Chawla for some back up spin/allroundering/benchwarming. Allows a bit of variety in our attack for the spinning tracks. Code: Name Matches Runs Average Wickets Average 1. Azhar Ali 51 2904 34.16 8 41.75 2. Quinton de Kock 18 1492 55.26 67c, 4s 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan 28 1482 32.22 2 63.5 4. Ashwell Prince 62 4231 45.01 5. Paras Dogra 28 2065 62.57 6. Matt Prior 69 3181 37.87 195c, 15s 7. Rikki Clarke 46 1857 35.03 96 25.95 8. Tim Bresnan 34 883 24.53 118 28.75 9. Dale Steyn 30 419 14.96 144 22.58 10. David Masters 44 494 11.49 197 19.48 11. Simon Kerrigan 39 343 13.72 144 25.53 12. Luke Ronchi 24 1558 51.93 85c, 3s 13. Piyush Chawla 37 1789 38.06 107 41.65
Robin Bist provides the team with more firepower with the bat, and will enter the squad as team leader in dodgy suncream/facepaint. Code: Name Matches Runs Average Wickets Average 1. Azhar Ali 51 2904 34.16 8 41.75 2. Quinton de Kock 18 1492 55.26 67c, 4s 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan 28 1482 32.22 2 63.5 4. Ashwell Prince 62 4231 45.01 5. Paras Dogra 28 2065 62.57 6. Matt Prior 69 3181 37.87 195c, 15s 7. Rikki Clarke 46 1857 35.03 96 25.95 8. Tim Bresnan 34 883 24.53 118 28.75 9. Dale Steyn 30 419 14.96 144 22.58 10. David Masters 44 494 11.49 197 19.48 11. Simon Kerrigan 39 343 13.72 144 25.53 12. Luke Ronchi 24 1558 51.93 85c, 3s 13. Piyush Chawla 37 1789 38.06 107 41.65 14. Robin Bist 32 2512 55.82
Code: Name Matches Runs Average Wickets Average 1. Azhar Ali 51 2904 34.16 8 41.75 2. Quinton de Kock 18 1492 55.26 67c, 4s 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan 28 1482 32.22 2 63.5 4. Ashwell Prince 62 4231 45.01 5. Paras Dogra 28 2065 62.57 6. Matt Prior 69 3181 37.87 195c, 15s 7. Rikki Clarke 46 1857 35.03 96 25.95 8. Tim Bresnan 34 883 24.53 118 28.75 9. Dale Steyn 30 419 14.96 144 22.58 10. David Masters 44 494 11.49 197 19.48 11. Simon Kerrigan 39 343 13.72 144 25.53 12. Luke Ronchi 24 1558 51.93 85c, 3s 13. Piyush Chawla 37 1789 38.06 107 41.65 14. Robin Bist 32 2512 55.82 15. Eoin Morgan 22 923 28.84 16. Jalaj Saxena 32 1726 39.22 84 30.79
Yeah you do have four seamers in your first eleven already which stems the need for like-for-like replacements a bit. I think the Saxena pick was fine due to this; the Morgan pick wasn't really needed with Bist and Ronchi already there though. You still have two picks left to fix up the balance of your reserves anyway.
We could probably do with another seamer and an opener or something like that. But we should be fine to pick those up in the remaining rounds.
Matt Coles comes in as the reserve seamer, and is also a handy lower order batsman. Code: Name Matches Runs Average Wickets Average 1. Azhar Ali 51 2904 34.16 8 41.75 2. Quinton de Kock 18 1492 55.26 67c, 4s 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan 28 1482 32.22 2 63.5 4. Ashwell Prince 62 4231 45.01 5. Paras Dogra 28 2065 62.57 6. Matt Prior 69 3181 37.87 195c, 15s 7. Rikki Clarke 46 1857 35.03 96 25.95 8. Tim Bresnan 34 883 24.53 118 28.75 9. Dale Steyn 30 419 14.96 144 22.58 10. David Masters 44 494 11.49 197 19.48 11. Simon Kerrigan 39 343 13.72 144 25.53 12. Luke Ronchi 24 1558 51.93 85c, 3s 13. Piyush Chawla 37 1789 38.06 107 41.65 14. Robin Bist 32 2512 55.82 15. Eoin Morgan 22 923 28.84 16. Jalaj Saxena 32 1726 39.22 84 30.79 17. Matt Coles 39 888 21.14 125 27.31
Chris Wright the last man in. Updated stats from 2010/11 - present Code: Name Matches Runs Average Wickets Average 1. Azhar Ali 51 2904 34.16 8 41.75 2. Quinton de Kock 20 1541 49.71 68c, 4st 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan 28 1482 32.22 2 63.5 4. Ashwell Prince 64 4300 43.87 5. Paras Dogra 33 2569 61.16 6. Matt Prior 69 3181 37.87 195c, 15s 7. Rikki Clarke 46 1857 35.03 96 25.95 8. Tim Bresnan 34 883 24.53 118 28.75 9. Dale Steyn 32 433 14.93 155 22.58 10. David Masters 44 494 11.49 197 19.48 11. Simon Kerrigan 42 345 13.26 155 25.79 12. Luke Ronchi 35 2045 42.60 122c, 3s 13. Piyush Chawla 37 1789 38.06 107 41.65 14. Robin Bist 41 29966 53.92 15. Eoin Morgan 23 929 28.15 16. Jalaj Saxena 38 2058 39.57 93 31.52 17. Matt Coles 39 888 21.14 125 27.31 18. Chris Wright 35 472 16.27 128 27.15
Trial teams will probably involve Steyn sitting out as he's a certainty, want to give Ronchi, Saxena, Bist and the two seamers a go somewhere. Testing Clarke out as first change bowler might be useful too.
England 6 India 4 South Africa 4 Windies 1 Pakistan 1 Aus/NZ (Probably Oz) 1 Ireland 1 More accurate. :ninja:
