30 Good Men Wanted....No Timewasters

Here's the list:

Batsmen:
Ian Bell (Warks) Ok. Got to take him. Need to look at the top order.
Ravi Bopara (Essex) KP's replacement. Lot of talent but lacks experience. Here's his chance.
Alastair Cook (Essex) Good Choice. Needs to step up his S/R in ODIs.
Ed Joyce (Middx) Still waiting this guy to shine.
Mal Loye (Lancs) Can't doubt his ability but we've seen him before.
Kevin Pietersen (Hants) Spare rib anyone? Simply the most exciting bat in the world
Owais Shah (Middx) Another one I'm waiting to see perform at this level.
Vikram Solanki (Worcs) I like this guy. Gutsy.
Andrew Strauss (Middx) Time to step up to the plate matey.
Michael Vaughan (Yorks) St Virgil of Vaughan. Top drawer.

All-rounders:
Rikki Clarke (Surrey) Fair enough.
Paul Collingwood (Durham) Yes
Jamie Dalrymple (Middx) Maybe
Andrew Flintoff (Lancs) Yes
Matthew Hoggard (Yorks) Yes
Jon Lewis (Glos) No
Michael Yardy (Sussex) Maybe

Wicket-keepers:
Paul Nixon (Leics) No
Matt Prior (Sussex) Maybe
Chris Read (Notts) Yes

Bowlers:
James Anderson (Lancs) Wake up call.
Stuart Broad (Leics) He's the one.
Glen Chapple (Lancs) Maybe.
Ashley Giles (Warks) Hope he brings his zimmerframe.
Amjad Khan (Kent) Good choice
Sajid Mahmood (Lancs) We should perservere with this guy. Natural talent.
Graham Onions (Durham) Good County man....
Monty Panesar (Northants) Of Course.
Liam Plunkett (Durham) He is getting a nickname - Sicknote.
Chris Tremlett (Hants) This could work.

Here's my team selection for the opener against New Zealand on 16th March.

1. Strauss
2. Vaughan
3. Pietersen
4. Bell
5. Flintoff
6. Read
7. Collingwood
8. Bopara
9. Broad
10. Panesar
11. Hoggard

8 Batsmen, 1 Wicketkeeper & 6 Bowlers....team and a half!