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Openers - nobody really standing out at the minute for the second
opening spot. I'd assume it goes to Hayden on the grounds that he
played the last test.

middle order - Langer, Ponting and Steve Waugh have to be in the team.
That leaves 3 names fighting for the last spot. Martyn, Mark Waugh and
Symonds. Symonds has just hit a match winning 100, Martyn has hit a
100 and Mark has made a 50.
Wouldn't suprise me to see them leave Mark in for a couple of tests as
a placeholder - if he fails he's out and they'll have more to pick
from Symonds and Martyn.
I'd rather see one of Martyn or Symonds and think that Symonds is more
likely to make a go of it at test level. OTOH Martyn got the nod in NZ
and averaged about 60, so it'd be tough to leave him out.

spinner. I'd assume that the side for the first test will have 3
quicks as it's in Brisbane. That leaves 1 spot for a spinner. Miller
or MacGill?
MacGill would be my pick but the selectors have picked Miller ahead of
him before

It's going to be be interesting to see what ways they go...

regards
          Colin Mcleod
snip etc
regards Miller how many lefthanders are there in the windies team again

Hayden will open with Slater.
Martyn will miss out.
MacGill is in front of Miller but Miller is likely 12th.
Gillespie will play instead of Fleming.

Kindest Regards,
Matthew.
ICQ 1444514

Kindest Regards,
Matthew.
ICQ 1444514

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:Wouldn't suprise me to see them leave Mark in for a couple of tests as
:a placeholder - if he fails he's out and they'll have more to pick
:from Symonds and Martyn.
:I'd rather see one of Martyn or Symonds and think that Symonds is more
:likely to make a go of it at test level. OTOH Martyn got the nod in NZ
:and averaged about 60, so it'd be tough to leave him out.

I'd rather see Symonds. This last 100 is more proof that he has matured
enough to be chosen. IMHO he should be chosen primarily for the longevity
aspect. If we get him in now he and Ponting will form the backbone of the
middle order for perhaps 10 years if we're lucky. Plus Symonds is a batsman
who can't be left to wither on the vine like so many of our others in
recent history.

:spinner. I'd assume that the side for the first test will have 3
:quicks as it's in Brisbane. That leaves 1 spot for a spinner. Miller
:or MacGill?
:MacGill would be my pick but the selectors have picked Miller ahead of
:him before

The left handers in the WI make it likely that Miller will be chosen. He
also did a good job in the Shield match.

--
Ian Galbraith

"To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings
kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that
Hamlet is so much paper and ink. For a shilling the Bruddersford United
AFC offered you conflict and art." - J.B. Priestley

(Of course, just who *will* be captaining NSW at the pointy end of the
season is open to speculation.  If SL makes the ODI squad then he will
be in India and miss four vital matches including both home and away
against Queensland.  I might have a word to the schedulers about this
...)

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Cheers

John

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Cheers,

Mike
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1969 - most recent previous England series win over WI
1966 - most recent previous England innings victory over WI
1957 - most recent previous series v WI in which England won three matches
Will the same lengths of time have to pass before these things recur?