Prior Dropped

england have dropped prior and are taking ambrose and mustard as their two wicket keepers for the new zealand tour. Tredwell has also been called up for the odi and t20.

Good news for Mustard Any other changes?

finaly he has been dropped

strauss is also back

England Test squad Michael Vaughan (capt), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Phil Mustard, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann.

England ODI squad Paul Collingwood (capt), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Phil Mustard, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright.

Glad to see strauss is back... the england test team should be
Strauss
Cook
Vaughn
Pieterson
Collingwood
Bell
Ambrose
Sidebottom
Panesar
Broad
Harmison
Id like to see shah get into the ODI team instead of bopra! Shah is very good at playing the ball into the gaps and deserves a chance in the team!

sorry danny! Glad mustard and strauss are in

yh did you see shah's one handed sweep for 4 against india? anyway did you hear that if there was a test tomorrow ambrose would be the keeper. but if mustard has a great odi series with the gloves and bat the he will take the gloves for the first test.

I prefer Mustard he seems a genuine batsmen from what ive seen of him, but them again its a huge step up from County level to Test Match standard.

i prefer mustard aswell good batsmen and wicketkeeper

http://englandsupportersblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/prior-out-strauss-in-england-announce.html

these would be my teams

Test:

Strauss
Cook
Vaughan
Pietersen
Bell
Shah
Mustard
Sidebottom
Harmison
Hoggard
Panesar

ODI:

Strauss
Mustard
Bell
Pietersen
Collingwood
Shah
Wright
Swann
Broad
Sidebottom
Anderson

I would have gone with Prior as he has not been that bad. If ECB wanted new blood in, they shouldnt have picked him in the first place.

I agree Armie! Prior was averaging 44 with the bat...why change him!
But I suppose we do need a keeper who can keep instead of being a batsman first and foremost

Prior's batting in the test matches has been good, England's third best batsman in the seires. But his keeping has not been up to international standards, he has simple dropped too many catches. The way I see it, is you want a keeper who can bat, not a batsman who keeps. You want your solid keeper who comes in at 7 and can bat a bit. The top 6 are the ones who should score the runs, we shouldn't have to reply on our number 7 to come and and blaze a 100. If we can get a really good keeper, who doesn't drop catches, and can come it at 7 and score 50 odd then we'd be sorted.

im glad that he is because he can have time to get his head back together and get back to form

Do u guys have an academy for cricket in england, because it would hepl u guys get better players earlier and might get u guys a better keeper. Thats the reason why australia have been so good because of the youth programs.

england have youth team up to Under 19's and and a development squad

ok
The devolment would be the 'A' team. eg. the second XI
And notice for the 15 years our academy has been around we have started winning a lot more than the 80's and very early 90's
Almost all of the current test and ODI squad have gone to our acedmy.

this link is what i meant..
http://cricket.com.au//default.aspx?s=structureandvision

I think i have heard people refer to our academy squad :S so i think we must have on!

ok

Leo wrote:I think i have heard people refer to our academy squad :S so i think we must have on!

yeah, there's the academy in Loughborough isn't there?

i play with mustards brother alan,
and phill sometimes used to come down with his dog and his wife.

Bring on the Mustard!