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Freddie 
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 Topic: Freddie - England Coach (The World Cup!)Posted: 05 May 2007 at 5:57pm |
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So after England's very successful tour of Bangladesh it's time to move onto the World Cup in this story, I promised new features and here are a list of the things you can look forward to in this story:
I'll be starting the story soon so please sit back, read, relax and enjoy and please give your views on this story, if people don't give their opinions on the story then I will discontinue it, I have already said that it's not encouraging for me writing a story when I think no-ones actually reading it. Also if you want to be picked for various tasks and jobs to do with this story then please leave your name here.
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PaulNixon1
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Posted: 05 May 2007 at 6:04pm |
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What do you mean by leave your name here?
Edited by PaulNixon1 - 05 May 2007 at 6:15pm |
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slogger72N/O
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Posted: 05 May 2007 at 7:54pm |
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I'll do something freddie
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MP12
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Posted: 05 May 2007 at 11:34pm |
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I'll do something as well.
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Freddie
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Posted: 06 May 2007 at 9:43am |
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England Selection Vacancy
England have been dealt a blow ahead of the Cricket World Cup when it was revealed that selector John Stevens (fictional name) has resigned his post, leaving a vacant position as an England selector. England coach Stephen D'Albiac is in a historical move offering a chance to a member on Cricket World to leave their day job to become an England selector. What you have to do for him is pick an 18-man World Cup squad out of the following players:
James Benning
Nick Compton
Ian Bell
Graeme Hick
Andrew Strauss
Jamie Dalrymple
Jeremy Snape
Stuart Law
Mark Ramprakash
Vikram Solanki
Geraint Jones
Martin Bicknell
Matt Prior
Ali Brown
John Crawley
Chris Read
Craig Spearman
Owais Shah
Darren Maddy
Chris Adams
Mark Ealham
Ashley Giles
Tim Bresnan
Anthony McGrath
Steven Davies
Kabir Ali
Ian Blackwell
Ronnie Irani
Robert Croft
James Foster
Glen Chapple
Andrew caddi£k
Darren Gough
Michael Yardy
Shaun Udal
Rikki Clarke
Stuart Broad
Rob Key
Ed Joyce
Dominic Cork
Alex Wharf
Alex Tudor
James Troughton
Jon Lewis
Chris Tremlett
Sajid Mahmood
Mohammad Akram
Ian Salisbury
James Anderson
Monty Panesar
Richard Johnson
Ravi Bopara
Matthew Hoggard
Ryan Sidebottom
Gareth Batty
James Kirtley
Michael Munday
Adil Rashid
Please PM me a squad of 18 players out of that list, whoever picks the squad most similar to mine will get the job of England selector, please PM me the squad, not post it in the thread.
Thanks
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MP12
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Posted: 06 May 2007 at 12:18pm |
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Sounds great! I hope I selected well!
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Freddie
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Posted: 06 May 2007 at 6:41pm |
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I only had one application for the job of selector and so the new England selector will be announced later, good luck to applicants, I will be giving you until 9am tomorrow to enter.
EDIT - I do realise I could've given people longer so I'm extending the time limit in which you have to enter for the chance to become an England selector. Edited by Freddie - 06 May 2007 at 7:36pm |
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slogger72N/O
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Posted: 06 May 2007 at 7:00pm |
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You could've given people more time to enter Freddie
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PaulNixon1
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Posted: 06 May 2007 at 8:34pm |
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Oh i get it! I'll Do something.
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Freddie
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 10:52am |
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England Selector Announced
Stephen D'Albiac has stunned the cricketing world by naming MP12 as a new selector for England. MP12, who has no previous professional or selection experience, won the right to become a selector after winning a competition to get the job.
Stephen D'Albiac had this to say on the matter:
'We don't just want to give the top candidates a job, but we also wanted people who had no experience professionally but were capable of doing the job to have a chance to take a crack at a cricketing career, and MP12 best suited that role. I wish him luck with the job and I look very much forward to working with him.
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MP12
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 11:53am |
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It's a honour to be chosen, I'll try my best!
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PaulNixon1
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 12:38pm |
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What other jobs are there?
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Freddie
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 12:43pm |
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England Announce Provisional Squad
England have today announced a provisional 30-man squad for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. England announced their squad just on time after coach Stephen D'Albiac and selectors David Graveney and MP12 spent a good few hours in the ECB headquarters deliberating and discussing over which 30 players would be picked.
This of course is not the final squad, as the players will have to be whittled down into an 18-man squad which will go to the Caribbean next month. The squad included some surprise inclusions, including Matthew Hoggard, Robert Key, Chris Tremlett and Rikki Clarke. Chris Read has also been announced as one of 3 potential wicket-keepers.
The captaincy has once again been given to Warwickshire's Ian Bell for the one-day game, with Andrew Strauss named as his deputy once more. There have also been some surprise ommisions from the squad, with players like Scott Newman and Liam Plunkett not being selected, and the likes of Will Jefferson and Tim Bresnan being selected ahead of them, 19-year old Craig Kieswetter has also been sensationally included as a wicket-keeper ahead of Matt Prior.
Here is the provisional 30-man squad:
Batsmen: Ian Bell (c), Andrew Strauss, Nick Compton, Ed Joyce, Robert Key, Michael Yardy, Will Jefferson, James Benning, Neil Dexter, Benjamin Hutton, Ravinder Bopara, Mal Loye, Owais Shah
Wicket-Keepers: Steven Davies, Chris Read, Craig Kieswetter
All-Rounders: Rikki Clarke, Jamie Dalrymple, Timothy Bresnan, Alex Loudon, Ian Blackwell
Bowlers: Jon Lewis, Chris Tremlett, Sajid Mahmood, James Anderson, Monty Panesar, Matthew Hoggard, Michael Munday, Adil Rashid, James Kirtley
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Freddie
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 12:44pm |
I will be giving out other jobs and things to do as the tournament and the story progresses.
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Freddie
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 5:20pm |
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England Squad Announced
England have announced their final squad for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies today, after a strenuous meeting between the three England selectors today, the final squad of 15 contains a few surprises as well as a few expectant inclusions.
Stephen D'Albiac, the England coach had this to say about the squad:
'We are very pleased to announce Ian Bell as our captain ahead of this World Cup, he captained the troops very well out in Bangladesh and we hope he can do the same out at the World Cup, we have included some surprises in the squad, we are pleased to welcome Matthew Hoggard back into the one-day setup for England, as well as Rikki Clarke and several others. We are a team looking towards the future and we can only hope that these men can put up a decent showing in the upcoming tournament and then show us what progress we need to make to ensure we have the best team in four years time'.
After being announced as England captain, Ian Bell had to say this on the matter:
'I am very glad to be appointed as captain again, and I will be putting my full intentions into playing well myself and to make sure that this tournament is a successful one for us.'
England are expected to go out of the tournament in the Super Eight stage of the World Cup, but it is hoped that if they play well, they can reach the semi-finals.
England World Cup Squad
Ian Bell (c)
James Anderson
James Benning
Ravi Bopara
Stuart Broad
Rikki Clarke
Nick Compton
Jamie Dalrymple
Steven Davies (wk)
Matthew Hoggard
Ed Joyce
Michael Munday
Monty Panesar
Adil Rashid
Andrew Strauss
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Freddie
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 5:35pm |
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Bookies Odds
With the start of the World Cup just 2 days away, here are the odds that the bookies are offering on the competition:
Australia - 7-4
South Africa - 2-1
New Zealand - 11-4
Pakistan - 4-1
Sri Lanka - 6-1
England - 8-1
West Indies - 8-1
India - 10-1
Bangladesh - 33-1
Zimbabwe - 50-1
Kenya - 66-1
Ireland - 150-1
Netherlands - 250-1
Scotland - 250-1
Canada - 500-1
Bermuda - 750-1
If you want to become very rich then head down to your local bookie and make a bet on the matches.
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Posted: 07 May 2007 at 6:48pm |
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MP12
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Posted: 08 May 2007 at 6:43am |
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Tell us if you are upset with the squads or think that someone we haven't included should be in the team.
Sri Lanka have good odd, although I'm still gonna put my money on England. *Literally speaking I cant and wont bet or else I will be accussed of match fixing! |
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MP12
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Posted: 12 May 2007 at 7:53am |
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So, when does the World Cup get under way?
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Freddie
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Posted: 12 May 2007 at 11:39am |
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Soon, I'm having exams at school at the moment so it may be a week or so until it starts properly.
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Posted: 03 June 2007 at 2:18pm |
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this is dead then?
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800 posts WOOT!!!!!!!
di£kinson is a cheating, lieing scumbag! |
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