tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251922.post1694979220648548027..comments2024-02-11T10:15:25.794+00:00Comments on Third Umpire: Time for a breatherTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09215417891130654291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37251922.post-41620454791168941152006-12-21T16:22:00.000+00:002006-12-21T16:22:00.000+00:00Prior keeps pretty well. No glaring errors of the ...Prior keeps pretty well. No glaring errors of the Jones of old mould. And he averaged 20 more than Read over the last year in first class cricket. Keeps to Mushy and Naved, plays for the team who won the championship and C&G Trophy. Pretty good credentials.<br /><br />In India,<br /><br />Prior played as an opener, scoring 22, 33, 37 (run out by Flintoff!), 14. He was then scheduled to come in at three but came in at five with twenty required and was out for 3 trying to finish it early. He also kept in this match and took two catches. (2 catches and 3 runs puts him on par with Jones' and Read's latest ODI performances!) In the final match he was moved again to three and got 2. Strauss (fellow opener) scored 0, 61, 7, 7, 74, 25.<br /><br />Previosuly in Pakistan: <br /><br />He played as a pinch hitting opener again and scored 45, 32, 2 (run out by Tres this time!), 6, 9. Tresco (fellow opener) scored 13, 16, 22, 23, 1.<br /><br />England were of course thumped in both series and Prior only kept in one match of the 11. His other game for England was in 2004 when he played down the order this time at seven in Zimbabwe and scored 35.<br /><br />His natural position is number 6 and he is not best used as an opening pinch hitter. He has not played one game in England yet, where you would expect averages to be higher! In LVCC1 he averaged 46.7 last year. In Pro40 Div 1 he averaged 35.75. Prior averages 20.00 in ODI's (12) with a high score of 45.<br /><br />Read incidentally averaged 27.41 in LVCC1 and scored 72 in his only Pro40 game. His latest ODI scores against Pakistan at home and at the Champs Trophy in India are 0, 30, 21no, 4, 2, 0, 4. Read averages 17.64 in ODI's (36) with a high score of 30no.Chrispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116768172493122694noreply@blogger.com