Back in November we looked at England’s potential squad – the definites, possibles, maybes, and no-ways – and it looked pretty rosy, pretty balanced. Fast forward three months and it has a whole different, far more worrying appearance…
The excitement starts now… 17.00 BST sees the draw made for the groups in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. England could end up with New Zealand, Algeria, and Greece – or we could get Australia, Ivory Coast, and Portugal…
England have a 20/20 game against South Africa tomorrow – my two-penneth worth on the England side: Bell Prior Peiterson (Can’t spell his name for some reason) Shah Bopara Collingwood Flintoff Swann Broad Harmison Anderson Batting down to 9, 4 genuine bowlers plus Swann and Collingwood (and perhaps Peiterson) – gives us a decent chance. [...]
