We've won the toss and are batting. New Road is a beautiful ground, I spent a winter in Worcester a few years back and went to plenty of County Cricket there.
Australia side:
SR Watson,
CJL Rogers,
EJM Cowan,
MJ Clarke*,
PJ Hughes,
SPD Smith,
BJ Haddin†,
JP Faulkner,
RJ Harris,
JM Bird,
AC Agar
Worcestershire side:
NRD Compton,
MG Pardoe,
MM Ali,
DKH Mitchell*,
AN Kervezee,
TC Fell,
OB Cox†,
GM Andrew,
JD Shantry,
CAJ Morris,
CJ Russell
Rundown on the Worcestershire side for people who may not know them:
Compton - ECB Contracted sent to Worcs for practice.
Pardoe - Recently scored his maiden FC ton, but his average of 23 in 38 FC matches as a top order player says it all.
Ali - Quality batsman, useful part-time offies.
Mitchell - Quality batsman.
Kervezee - Dutch international. Good on his day, but is averaging less than 5 in the last 12 months in FC cricket,
Fell - Average of 16, but early days. However the fact he can't crack the Worcs firsts team as a regular with some of the numpties they pick ahead of him says it all.
Cox - Was relegated to second string keeper for former WA keeper Matt Johnson, who is terrible.
Andrew - Solid all-rounder. Famous for scoring a ton with the 'brick on a stick' bat.
Shantry - Solid first change bowler but will have to carry the attack here in the absence of Worcs best quick, Al Richardson, who is being rested.
Morris - Medium pace pie chucker.
Russell - Slightly above medium pace pie chucker.
They aren't playing a spinner (except Ali's part-time nude nuts) which is annoying given its our weakness and how much Swann will bowl this series.
There's also no real pace in the attack, Morris and Shantry are in the 125 region and Andrew and Russell are flat out at 130.
We should win this by 7,000,000,0000,000 runs.
