0Engeland se beginspan 11 opgetel deur Michael Clarke

In 'n verfrissende openhartige onderhoud het die Australiese kaptein Michael Clarke aangekondig die Engelse begin 11 vir die eerste as-toets. Ons weet nie of dit goed is dat hy die span ken nie, maar die span wat hy gelys het, is die span wat ons self sou gekies het, so it could be just intel­li­gent guesswork.

If Eng­land had selec­ted Gra­ham Onions in their squad (soos hulle moes gedoen) we would have pre­ferred to see them play 5 bowl­ers, but Eng­land rarely pick 5 and they wont want to change a for­mula that has brought them a lot of suc­cess in the last few years. Most of the team picks itself (1 wick­et keep­er, 3 obvi­ous bowl­ers and 4 obvi­ous bats­men) sodat daar eintlik net 3 places to sort out. Giv­en that Eng­land con­sist­ently pick 4 bowl­ers we need to find 1 bowl­er and 2 bats­men. In all 3 gevalle die keuse lyk reguit-vorentoe.

1. kok
2. Carberry
3. Trott
4. Pieterson
5. klok
6. wortel
7. Pri­or (of Bairstow)
8. Broad
9. Swann
10. Anderson
11. Trem­lett

This is a pretty strong look­ing side, en Ek fancy hul kanse teen enige 11 the Aus­sies have to offer. So with that in mind, it’s time for my series pre­dic­tion. I’m going to go with 3–0 to Eng­land, although I would­n’t be all that sur­prised if the Aus­sies sneaked one. With that said, what do we expect the Aus­sie side to be?

1. Chris Rogers
2. David Warner
3. Shane Watson
4. Michael Clarke
5. Steve Smith
6. George Bailey
7. Brad Haddin
8. Mitchell John­son
9. Peter Siddle
10. Ryan Harris
11. Nathan Lyon

Soos ons vantevore gesê het, we’re not con­vinced by Shane Wat­son or Steve Smith as bats­men. George Bailey in unknown and unproven at test level. In the bowl­ing depart­ment Mitchell John­son does­n’t tend to bowl well against Eng­land and Nath­an Lyon would­n’t get near the Eng­land start­ing 11. 3 of the Aus­sie 6 bats­men are left-handed which is a bonus for Graeme Swann.