Thread: "England have massive chance of retaining Ashes" -- Sydney Morning Herald
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Old 13-08-2006, 05:43 PM in reply to Beny's post starting "I'd see the chance to rest our players..."
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I think the rest will do the Australian's alot of good. The series is too tight to call although home advantage may just swing it.
A lot depends how McGrath bowls, the rest will have done him good. With McGrath and Warne bowling well it sets the platform that they didn't have last time round.
Personally I would open up with Gilchrist and Langer. Hoggard needs to be take out of the attack. They targeted Giles last time this failed because he bowls this negative leg side line. For me Hoggard has to be the one they target his pace is hitable he hasn't bowled well recently and last time he went down under he got smashed all over the place.
Yes I know he has improved but if I targeted anyone it would be him.
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