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Old 25-01-2007, 06:37 AM in reply to Vrock's post starting "I really do feel sorry for Shivnarine..."
Wanderer Wanderer is offline
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Chanderpaul's knock last night made me want to pull my hair out on more than 2 occasions.

1. If he KNEW how to bat with the tail-enders, the Windies would have won.

2. If he did not run 2 of his colleagues out, the Windies would have won (oh yes, BOTH run-outs were his fault!)
You don't run your fellow batsmen out because you think you are better than them. He sold his partners out and did nothing to make up for it.

3. If he paced his innings well enough, he would have known exactly when to start pressing on the accelerator, and THAT would have made the need to play foolish shots at the end complete unnecessary.

Windies SHOULD have won this one. India did not win it, the Windies lost it.
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