11 October 2007

Ramprakash for England

I'd have him like a shot, but then I've always been a huge fan, even when he left us for our rivals across the Thames (immediately after a benefit, but that was the Middlesex way then and he did have good reasons and it seems to have worked out well for him!).

I also think it would be a tremendous waste of talent if we didn't take him, he's a terrific player of spin and he'd add to the knowledge bank. Let Strauss have a rest and score his runs for his county for a time - he'll come good again certainly. And as for 'planning for the future' and 'backwards step' - nonsense. It's Test cricket, pick your best XI.

1 comment:

Ed said...

The problem is that he will have huge expectations placed on him. If he gets a good ball in his first game it could all go downhill from there.

I'm not against dropping Strauss (no-one "rests") with a view to him coming back in future a more confident player, but Shah and Bopara are next in line.

Ramps is really unfortunate not to start his career at a time when coaches and selectors showed greater faith in players - he could have been an all time great. But his time on the international stage has passed....