View Single Post
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 18-12-2007, 08:33 PM in reply to Ninjaman's post starting "Actually it makes the case for picking..."
pie_chucker's Avatar
pie_chucker pie_chucker is offline
Moderator
Selector-World XI (1980 onwards)
(SA) Passed Colin Bland's 1669 Test runs
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Northumberland, England
My main national team: England
My other team/s: Durham, Newcastle United
Posts: 1,693
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninjaman View Post
... it makes the case for picking fit players.
England still havent learnt from this! It was clear watching Hoggard bowl he was holding back a bit. If thats the case it would have been better to have played Broad. I know the ball moved around lots first up but the extravagant swing didnt account for a single wicket.

I was nice to see Harmy bowl well again and prove a lot of people wrong. He is still the one bowler England cannot do without.

As for the situation of the match its nicely poised at the moment, if Sri Lanka get more than 275 England may well struggle, especially as they will have to bat last to possibly chase a difficult score to win.
__________________
Mark.
Reply With Quote