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Listed below are comments made by muzzy121 between Tuesday, 16th June 2009 and Tuesday, 16th June 2009.

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England World Twenty20 player ratings 5:07pm on 16 Jun 2009 Woah - i know Flintoff has done poorly with the bat but surely he has got to be in the team through his bowling - his ferocious batting if it ever comes off has to get him into the team - even have him down at 9 or 10 in the order - surely he gets in over Anderson, Sidebottom who cant hold a bat.
Just saw someone mention Samit Patel - needs to be more athletic in the field/ basically look like an international as oppsed to Ramesh Powars brother but i'd have him in the team...

England 20/20 Champions for 2010

Bopara (capt)
Prior
Pietersen
Shah/Du Plesis
Patel
Flintoff
Napier
Mascrenas
Broad
Foster (wkt)
Swann
England World Twenty20 player ratings 2:48pm on 16 Jun 2009 Actually the bottom low order still doesnt pack enough punch - id take out one of the bowlers from Anderson, Rashid and Swann (probably Anderson at this juncture) and put in someone who can hit the ball far- probably a batsman - someone like treschothick - in that mould.

Can anyone name county players with reputations to hit a the ball far.
Du Plesis for Lancashire perhaps?
England World Twenty20 player ratings 2:46pm on 16 Jun 2009 excuse grammatical errors - grrr
England World Twenty20 player ratings 2:45pm on 16 Jun 2009 Fair point Teffers- I see you still dont have Flintoff in your team - overlooked or just dont rate him ?

Bopara
Pietersen
Prior
Foster (wkt)
Flintoff
Mascarenhas
Napier
Broad
Swann
Rashid
Anderson

Would that team just be too light batting wise? I'd-

Dont forget we just need one partership where two batsman bat for 6-8 overs- i.e Piertsen and Bopara to bat properly in the first 6 hours and with the fielding restrictions we should be off to a good start. Then you have Prior to come in - foster next to nurdle the strike over to the big hitters who just keep coming really hard at the opposition.
Lots of bowling options and lots of good fielders

What do you think
England World Twenty20 player ratings 1:43pm on 16 Jun 2009 I agree with the last post- England were disgraceful in this tournament!
You cannot be soft and mince your words - if we are to learn then the right lessons need to be learnt.
You didnt need to be einstein to work out what you need for a 20/20 team - when you look back on this England team in years to come it will be a disgraceful team to have selected considering what you need to be successful in this format.

The team selection stinks of 'old school' when especially in 20/20 cricket its all about being innovative, dynamic and moving with the times - especially hard to take because we do have the players in county cricket but they are never given an opportunity because the selectors dont rate anyone unless your over 28 and have played on the county circuit for at least 10 years.

We need to be bold and blood younger players in the team - look at Parnell for SA, Pakistan have a history of doing this and India with the likes of Sharma who has played for the past two years.

England as always have been light years behind the others and thats why we always struggle.
England World Twenty20 player ratings 1:10pm on 16 Jun 2009 Future England 20/20

Bopara
Mustard
Pitersen
Shah/Morgan
OPEN (Batsman who can hit it big)
Flintoff
Mascrenhas
Napier
Broad
Swann
Rashid
England World Twenty20 player ratings 00:33am on 16 Jun 2009 The dynamics of the team were all wrong - you could tell a mile off that the players that were selected were not for for 20/20 and to actually win the tournament - you have got to be having a laugh -

This England team wouldnt even be able to top the associate nations groups - as the Dutch proved by beating them so why all the hype -

In twenty over cricket - partnerships, as in any form of cricket are crucial but so is the ability to hit boundaries and 6's - after all - each batsman only need to be able to bat 2 overs.
Big hitters down the order need to come in abundance - we had none as the game against the Windies proved -

Therefore i give the team the following marks -

England Selectors = 3
Having Collingwood as skipper penalised the team - he had to be an automatic choice when someone inspirational -for example KP would have have galvanised the team. Ravi Bopara, albeit inexperienced should have been considered aswell as this wouldve have looked to the future.
It was a poorly selected squad with limited options -

Collingwood - 2
A very bad captain - though not his fault, did the best he could!
Picked the wrong bowlers for the dutch game at the crucial stages/ very regimented in his decision making and fielding positions when 20/20 is all about innovation.
Batting was woeful - needed a big hitter in his place but became an automatic pick because of his captaincy.
55 runs in 5 innings is disappointing to say the least. He had no big scoring shits and was limited in his strokeplay. Could not even 'nurdle' the ball around to get a half decent score.

Luke Wright - 6
Did well in his opening role i thought - gave it a smack or got out early which got KP to the crease.
His physique isnt the biggest and his shot making ability against the better is a bit suspect but i think definitely players in his mould must make it above the likes of Collingwood.
His bowling was very handy -arguably performed better with the ball.

Ravi Bopara 7
Ive given him 8 because he performed well and got some good starts.
You cant succeed everytime but had a great range of strokes and showed why he did well in the IPL.
Wasn't back to bowl when i think having options in this form of the game is vital to eek out an over or two.

KP 8
Agreed - the 'gun' player - the more he plays the better he will become -
shouldve have been the skipper and shouldve bowled a few more overs- anyhow- nothing really to be said about KP - we know how reliant England are on him and

Shah - 4
Didnt really get going - had a few good starts but didnt kick on in the manner i thought he would.
Scoring rate didnt pick up and i agree he did have a lot of dot balls.
His fielding is very poor as was his running between the wickets is woeful.

James Foster- 6
Excellent with the gloves.
Batting wise - how did England select him Prior or Mustard above him >???just did not make sense especially Mustard who is renowned for hitting a long ball.

Dimi Maschrenhas - 6
Economical with the ball and kept things under control for England.
Batting wise - alot was expected of him -too much batting wise i think - but for the last couple of overs or so - he is the type of players who can hit a long ball.

Graeme Swann - 6
Did well with the ball - every team in 20/20 needs two spinners(at least one specliast) and filled in very well.
Also can bat pretty well apparently but didnt look like he could smack it big

Adil Rashid - 6
Good experience for him coming through the ranks - has a lot of variety and control - one for the future. Apparently a good batsman too - though doubt if he could hit it long for this format in the game.

Sidebottom - 6
Did pretty well when selected. Even gott the ball up at 90m

Broad - 7
Did ok with the ball - needs to learn from Parnell, Gul and co that bowling at the stumps will get you wickets!!!
Batting looked ok - needs to develop more shots and we could have a top all rounder developing for all forms of the game.
Fielding needs to improve (last over against the dutch)

Anderson - 6
Didnt hit the heights like I thought he would. But did ok for England considering.

Key /Morgan - 4
Both didnt grab limited opportunities and looking at other teams and what we were lacking - both werent what we needed.

Napier -
One great inning against some country side was too much emphasis on our 'saviour' who was unproven -

however a middle late order of Napier, Wright, Maschrenhas, Mustard has more firepower for 20/20 than Collingwood, Foster, Swann,Broad...its easy to say now but teams with the ability to have players who can score 20+ overs really can turn a game.

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