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Old 23-01-2007, 11:39 AM in reply to Collyisamackem's post starting "Trying to stabilise the innings,..."
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Originally Posted by Collyisamackem
Trying to stabilise the innings, perhaps? 10 is not good enough but we've seen from Fred that you can;t just come in when a stack of wickets has fallen and bludgeon your way out of trouble - notwitbstanding his excellent bowling (finally) today. He needs scores but to take one of our most experienced and all-round consistent performers over a number of years out of the side would do nothing.
Hey Colly! I wasn't suggesting he be dropped. However, 10 from 37 balls doesn't really hit the mark. That's a very slow scoring rate for someone who is capable of putting the ball into the gaps. He really has lost form since the earlier Tests.
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