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<blockquote data-quote="NZL Fan" data-source="post: 649">Just my thoughts on the English team.........Batting is pretty strong, with a good mix of young and old. Have a wicketkeeper who is more then capable with the bat, and a highly prized allrounder. The real difference between the two teams was the ability of the two middle orders - Englands far outscoring ours, in what was expected to be our strong point........Wicketkeeping was a little rugged at times, mixed in with some excellent catches.Should be around for a while yet. Bowling wise Harmison is world class, with Flintoff a game breaker. Jones impressed me in the first test. However the rest are pretty ordinary, and finding a good spinner is a must, if this team wants to compete with the likes of the Aussies. Were only tested by the NZL top order, who did pretty well against them. With the strength of other teams further down the batting order (and at the top) they could have well been spanked for 500 runs + by better sides. This would be my only concern for the Poms, they would be as toothless as NZL were if Harmison was to be injured for any length of time.......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NZL Fan, post: 649"] Just my thoughts on the English team......... Batting is pretty strong, with a good mix of young and old. Have a wicketkeeper who is more then capable with the bat, and a highly prized allrounder. The real difference between the two teams was the ability of the two middle orders - Englands far outscoring ours, in what was expected to be our strong point........ Wicketkeeping was a little rugged at times, mixed in with some excellent catches. Should be around for a while yet. Bowling wise Harmison is world class, with Flintoff a game breaker. Jones impressed me in the first test. However the rest are pretty ordinary, and finding a good spinner is a must, if this team wants to compete with the likes of the Aussies. Were only tested by the NZL top order, who did pretty well against them. With the strength of other teams further down the batting order (and at the top) they could have well been spanked for 500 runs + by better sides. This would be my only concern for the Poms, they would be as toothless as NZL were if Harmison was to be injured for any length of time....... [/QUOTE]

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