You decide. I’ve put a poll up to the right of this post. Who will it be? I added some English players to the list, more as a joke than anything else, but I have to say I was struggling to even think of names who might have been considered for it.
Inevitably it will be an Australian player, and the BBC has it tipped to be Stuart Clark. My gut feeling is that it will be Shane Warne, but only because as the retiring golden boy, the powers that be will feel obliged to choose him, irrespective of the snub …read more

If you visit any of the cricket forums at the moment, there are a number of common topics, man of them surrounding team selection. The discussion England’s side seems to be especially vociferous, mainly due to the sheer volume of question marks surrounding the side.
Will Flintoff be fit enough? (injuries)
Monty or Giles? (spinners)
Collingwood, Bell or Cook? (mid-order batsmen)
Tresco? (is his head screwed on?)
Read or Jones? (wicket keeper)
Mahmood or Anderson? (bowling)
Harmison? (see Tresco)
With some many possibilities, pre-empting Duncan Fletcher’s decision is nigh-on impossible. All I can do is say what I’d do, if I was in his shoes:
Tresco
Strauss
Bell
KP
Collingwood
Fred Flintoff
Read
Mahmood
Hoggard
Harmison
Panesar
I’d be really …read more