What works for the Aussies might not work quite the same for England though.
Not easily rectified, but what if part of the issue is a wider, cultural difference between KP and the rest of the squad? If you dropped him into the Aussie team, would the (stereotype warning!), tougher, more brash...
A bold statement to make seeing as Cook has 10+ years to keep improving (though I fully agree that he will have to be some player to do it)
Remember this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4208162.stm
Good point, but it's seems to have been policy for a while (before the Flower era) to make a 'keeper out of a batsman, rather than a batsman out of a 'keeper.
I personally would have preferred a decent wicket keeper in the squad instead of one of the seamers, but if the tour had turned out...
I'd agree with every bit of that apart from #2.
I have it from a reliable sauce (family member) that Prior is looking at a last big pay day in the IPL, which would mean retiring from the England set-up. It's certainly not a done deal apparently - it will all depend upon a number of variables -...
For all but the squad and England management, this whole topic is subject to rumour, inference (at best) and plain old speculation, but there is enough consistency in the rumours to suggest that KP’s presence unsettles others in the team.
I certainly don’t have any inside info, but don’t think...