Next England Debutant?

[luckyluke]

Broad. Can't see any of the batsmen being dropped anytime soon, and our bowlers are always breaking down.

[GloriousGloucesters]

Will continue to go with Broad although Bopara might be in with a shout if he tours this winter and one of the middle-order batsmen gets injured.

[cabinboy]

Assuming the same XI play for the rest of the India series, I'd say you're looking at a spinner getting capped in Sri Lanka. Rashid must be favourite, followed by Keedy or Swann.

[Aidan11]

Phil Mustard

[Rey]

Originally Posted by Aidan11

Phil Mustard

In the same match as Graham Onions, hopefully

[Jon Wallflower]

Originally Posted by °Rey de España°

In the same match as Graham Onions, hopefully

And Luke Hotdog.

[Aidan11]

We could also get thet Berger from Namibia.

[Michelle Fivefer]

Pity Banger is unlikely to return to the England side.

[luckyluke]

If only to relieve the bumbling Strauss at first slip.

[Aidan11]

and opening bat

[Greatbatch]

Originally Posted by Michelle Fivefer

Pity Banger is unlikely to return to the England side.

Well there is actually an Australian player called Lloyd Mash who was opening the batting for the Victorian team recently. Maybe they could form an opening partnership of Banger & Mash.

[Chin Music]

Originally Posted by Greatbatch

Well there is actually an Australian player called Lloyd Mash who was opening the batting for the Victorian team recently. Maybe they could form an opening partnership of Banger & Mash.

There was a bloke called Lavender who played Aussie state cricket a few years ago. Pity he never played for WA alongside the great DK Lillee.

[Greatbatch]

Originally Posted by Chin Music

There was a bloke called Lavender who played Aussie state cricket a few years ago. Pity he never played for WA alongside the great DK Lillee.

Yes Mark Lavender was a batsmen that played for WA back in the 1990's. Its also a pity he didn't ever play with the Flower brothers from Zimbabwe at the Rose Bowl.

Unfortunately though Lavenders career was nipped in the bud before it really blossomed.

[1000yardstare]

And it was Bopara.

Well we have Mustard, Broad and Swann so I guess the next is Swann.

Since Fletcher -
598 CJ Adams South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1999/00
599 GM Hamilton South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1999/00
600 MP Vaughan South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1999/00
601 CP Schofield England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, 2000
602 MJ Hoggard England v West Indies at Lord's, 2000
603 ME Trescothick England v West Indies at Manchester, 2000
604 RJ Sidebottom England v Pakistan at Lord's, 2001
605 IJ Ward England v Pakistan at Lord's, 2001
606 U Afzaal England v Australia at Birmingham, 2001
607 J Ormond England v Australia at The Oval, 2001
608 RKJ Dawson India v England at Mohali, 2001/02
609 JS Foster India v England at Mohali, 2001/02
610 SP Jones England v India at Lord's, 2002
611 SJ Harmison England v India at Nottingham, 2002
612 RWT Key England v India at Nottingham, 2002
613 JM Anderson England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, 2003
614 A McGrath England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, 2003
615 RL Johnson England v Zimbabwe at Chester-le-Street, 2003
616 RJ Kirtley England v South Africa at Nottingham, 2003
617 ET Smith England v South Africa at Nottingham, 2003
618 Kabir Ali England v South Africa at Leeds, 2003
619 GJ Batty Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, 2003/04
620 R Clarke Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, 2003/04
621 MJ Saggers Bangladesh v England at Chittagong (MAA), 2003/04
622 PD Collingwood Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 2003/04
623 GO Jones West Indies v England at St John's, 2003/04
624 AJ Strauss England v New Zealand at Lord's, 2004
625 IR Bell England v West Indies at The Oval, 2004
626 KP Pietersen England v Australia at Lord's, 2005
627 SD Udal Pakistan v England at Multan, 2005/06
628 LE Plunkett Pakistan v England at Lahore, 2005/06
629 ID Blackwell India v England at Nagpur, 2005/06
630 AN Cook India v England at Nagpur, 2005/06
631 MS Panesar India v England at Nagpur, 2005/06
632 OA Shah India v England at Mumbai, 2005/06
633 SI Mahmood England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, 2006
634 J Lewis England v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 2006
635 MJ Prior England v West Indies at Lord's, 2007
636 CT Tremlett England v India at Lord's, 2007

[Minor Maggie]

Did you really mean to highlight Strauss? He isn't in the squad!

How long will it be before we have player number 650?

[1000yardstare]

Originally Posted by Minor Maggie

Did you really mean to highlight Strauss? He isn't in the squad!

How long will it be before we have player number 650?

Strauss has a contract.

Caps
1999 - 3
2000 - 3
2001 - 6
2002 - 3
2003 - 10
2004 - 3
2005 - 3
2006 - 6
2007 - 3

Say about 3 a year it should take 4 years.
I wonder how many of those with caps will return.

[Minor Maggie]

2003 was really a shocking year for debuts but then there were injuries to Caddick and Hoggard that summer. Only Anderson and Collingwood are still playing 4 years on which shows how desperate we were that summer!

[Michelle Fivefer]

Given Fletcher's famous ability to spot talent there are an awful lot of test rejects in that list.

[1000yardstare]

Then there are the ODIs
156 VS Solanki South Africa v England at Bloemfontein, 1999/00
157 GP Swann South Africa v England at Bloemfontein, 1999/00
158 ME Trescothick England v Zimbabwe at The Oval, 2000
159 PJ Franks England v West Indies at Nottingham, 2000
160 AP Grayson England v South Africa at Nairobi (Gym), 2000/01
161 MP Vaughan Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla, 2000/01
162 PD Collingwood England v Pakistan at Birmingham, 2001
163 OA Shah England v Australia at Bristol, 2001
164 JS Foster Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2001/02
165 MJ Hoggard Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2001/02
166 RJ Kirtley Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2001/02
167 JN Snape Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2001/02
168 RJ Sidebottom Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2001/02
169 AJ Tudor England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, 2002
170 ID Blackwell England v Zimbabwe at Colombo (RPS), 2002/03
171 GJ Batty Australia v England at Sydney, 2002/03
172 JM Anderson Australia v England at Melbourne, 2002/03
173 SJ Harmison England v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 2002/03
174 R Clarke England v Pakistan at Manchester, 2003
175 A McGrath England v Pakistan at Manchester, 2003
176 JO Troughton England v Pakistan at Manchester, 2003
177 RL Johnson England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, 2003
178 RWT Key England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, 2003
179 Kabir Ali England v Zimbabwe at Leeds, 2003
180 AJ Strauss Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla, 2003/04
181 GO Jones England v West Indies at Nottingham, 2004
182 SI Mahmood England v New Zealand at Bristol, 2004
183 AG Wharf England v India at Nottingham, 2004
184 IR Bell Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2004/05
185 KP Pietersen Zimbabwe v England at Harare, 2004/05
186 SP Jones Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo, 2004/05
187 MJ Prior Zimbabwe v England at Bulawayo, 2004/05
188 J Lewis England v Bangladesh at The Oval, 2005
189 CT Tremlett England v Bangladesh at Nottingham, 2005
190 LE Plunkett Pakistan v England at Lahore, 2005/06
191 G Chapple Ireland v England at Belfast, 2006
192 JWM Dalrymple Ireland v England at Belfast, 2006
193 EC Joyce Ireland v England at Belfast, 2006
194 TT Bresnan England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, 2006
195 AGR Loudon England v Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street, 2006
196 AN Cook England v Sri Lanka at Manchester, 2006
197 SCJ Broad England v Pakistan at Cardiff, 2006
198 MH Yardy England v Pakistan at Nottingham, 2006
199 PA Nixon Australia v England at Melbourne, 2006/07
200 MS Panesar Australia v England at Melbourne, 2006/07
201 MB Loye Australia v England at Brisbane, 2006/07
202 RS Bopara Australia v England at Sydney, 2006/07
203 AD Mascarenhas England v West Indies at Lord's, 2007
204 LJ Wright England v India at The Oval, 2007
205 P Mustard Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla, 2007/08

[GloriousGloucesters]

Originally Posted by Minor Maggie

How long will it be before we have player number 650?

Won't be too long before players start getting concerned about becoming number 666