Best england test line up?

Question

Cook

Strauss WK

Vaughan

Bell

Pietersen

Collingwood

Bopara

Flintoff

Panesar

Hoggard

Harmison

Answer 1

Not Strauss at WK, need him to concentrate on his day job, imagine he's kept for two days then he's first up..too much to ask, and no, not Jones either! Not sure there,,sry:( Foster maybe?

Prefer Broad to Harmy, think Harmison is past his best now.

Answer 2

i don't care for england

india is the best

Answer 3

My lineup would be:

Cook

Strauss

Vaughan

Pietersen

Bell

Collingwood

Flintoff

Prior

Sidebottom

Hoggard

Panesar

Answer 4

all are good but i think harimison should be replaced by sidebottom

Answer 5

I don't agree with a few of your selections...Flintoff is past his best and Bopara hasn't done anything to merit selection. Harmison should be quickly forgotten about too. As to Strauss keeping wicket...strange.

I'd go for:

Vaughan

Strauss

Cook

Pietersen

Collingwood

Bell

Ambrose wkt

Broad

Sidebottom

Hoggard

Panesar

if you want 4 bowlers plus a few overs from Pieterson (who often spins it more than Panesar and should take his bowling more seriously). I certainly wouldn't have Cook and Strauss opening together, they put pressure on each other by scoring too slowly. That is where Trescothick is so missed...

If you wanted 5 specialist bowlers, then I'd pick:

Vaughan

Cook

Bell

Pieterson

Collingwood

Prior wkt

Rashid

Broad

Sidebottom

Hoggard

Panesar

They have to chuck Adil Rashid in at some point, and he is good enough to bat in the middle order, as is Broad - you could get a lot of runs out of this line-up. Rashid needs to play test cricket before next year's Ashes, and NZ at home is about as friendly as meaningful test matches can get. Prior may make mistakes behind the stumps, but I think he could hold down a place in the top 6 as a batsman alone.

Answer 6

Why is Pietersen batting so low on yours?.

If everyone was 100% fit.

My Team-

Alistair Cook

Andrew Strauss

Michael Vaughan

Kevin Pietersen

Ian Bell

Paul Collingwood

Matt Prior

Andrew Flintoff

Adil Rashid

Ryan Sidebottom

Simon Jones

12th man- Stuart Broad.

I would re-call Matt Prior, he is a superior batsmen to Ambrose, he would be the whole package if he improved his keeping. Panesar would be replaced by Adil Rashid who is close to him in bowling talent, and a much beter batsmen. Anderson would be replaced by Flintoff, because Flintoff is more consistent. Simon Jones would come back into the side for Broad.

My Team for the NZ series

Alistair Cook

Andrew Strauss

Michael Vaughan

Kevin Pietersen

Ian Bell

Paul Collingwood (if fit) (Shah if not)

Tim Ambrose

Stuart Broad

Ryan Sidebottom

Matthew Hoggard

Monty Panesar

Same team as the NZ series, but include Hoggard instead of Anderson, because simply Hoggard is a better and more consistent bowler

12th Man- Owais Shah