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Listed below are comments made by glitterandtrauma57 between Tuesday, 5th May 2009 and Monday, 10th August 2009.

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How England can win the Ashes 5:19pm on 10 Aug 2009 The attack depends on the conditions...if it looks like being a dustbowl then Adil Rashid or James Tredwell should come in to the side alongside Swann, NOT Monty Panesar, who has a bowling average of over 50 this first-class season.

If Anderson and Flintoff don't play then Sidebottom and Harmison should both play. Stuart Broad and Onions are also in contention

I'd bring Key in at 3 and leave Bell at 4...now is not the time for Trott to make his test debut as the batting is absolutely key (no pun intended) in this game as The Oval is a fantastic batting track. As a Surrey fan I hope Ramps doesnae get selected for obvious reasons.

So if everyone is fit and it's not a dustbowl then the team goes like this:

Strauss
Cook
Key
Bell
Collingwood
Prior
Flintoff
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Onions

If it is a dustbowl then Rashid comes in for Onions

If Flintoff isn't fit then Harmison comes in for him and if Anderson isn't fit Sidebottom comes in for him. If Flintoff is injured then Trott plays by default at 4, enabling Bell to play in his best position at 5.

Flintoff's fitness is very important...mainly because it gives balance to the side.
Aussies collapse to revitalised England 08:57am on 18 Jul 2009 No one seems to want to acknowledge the fact that England only got so many wickets yesterday because of the conditions.

If it had been sunny, as on the first day, and as it apparently will be today, then it would most probably have been a run fest!|
Ashes player ratings - First Test 7:22pm on 12 Jul 2009 Ponting didn't captain too badly...his fields were always inventive and he had plans for every bowler, sadly he had a bit too much faith in Mitchell Johnson but apart from that I think hs captaincy was excellent
How the Lions rated: second Test 5:50pm on 27 Jun 2009 I have to admit that Rees played very well today, especially as I think he's been pretty dreadful over the past year or so.

Shaw and Kearney were also excellent of course and the team should now focus on getting a deserved win next week
England World Twenty20 player ratings 11:16pm on 15 Jun 2009 I totally disagree with anyone who says Test Cricket will die out because of T20. The latest county cricket crowds for the T20 show that it's popularity is already lessening in the domestic game, and soon there will be massive overkill with the EPL.

Test cricket will always be the highest and best form of the game

James Foster and Bopara both deserve 8/10 for the tournament too.
Byrne allows Lions to focus on positives 8:55pm on 30 May 2009 Rees was dreadful!

I cannae understand the Blair bashing either. Yes, he wasnae anything special today but compared to many of the other Lions he was at least decent imo
Windies batsmen get first taste of Onions 9:39pm on 07 May 2009 So, you'd suggest the best batsman comes in at no.6?
No point crying 6:43pm on 07 May 2009 I hope you find a new club and continue the blog, which has been excellent every week.

All the best
Ashes preparation starts here 6:50pm on 05 May 2009 #50

I think it is very unfair to single out Robert Key as someone tried again and again, he was actually somewhat unlucky to be dropped in 2004 (the last time he was given a go) and deserved an opportunity a couple of seasons ago when on excellent form. He has been given very little chance in comparison to the likes of Bell, Cook, Collingwood and Vaughan.

I'm not saying that he deserves another chance here, I'm just saying it's unfair to single him out for criticism on that front
Ashes preparation starts here 6:42pm on 05 May 2009 To anyone who thinks Prior kept well in West Indies:

In the 5th test he conceded the greatest number of byes that any keeper in any test match in the history of the game has ever conceded.

His keeping is very shoddy, and while he deserves a little more time to improve his keeping, it is something that could cost England matches against Australia

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