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Old 19-12-2007, 08:34 PM in reply to Scott-Wozniak's post starting "I could say a lot of things about the..."
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To be fair to the bowlers Scott had the fielding been remotely up to international standard Sri Lanka would have been knocked over for less than 250 and the game and series would still be on. Whatever the balance of the attack or the personnel involved if they have to take effectively take 13-14 wickets an innings and give players of the calibre of Mahela Jayawardene two innings (not forgetting of course the lucky dip element involved in every nick at Darryl Harper's end ) they've got absolutely no chance in these conditions. Yes they didn't bowl well and wasted a golden opportunity to exploit the extra life in the surface when compared to the previous two tests but they were yet again badly let down by their teammates and one can only hope that the new fielding coach Richard Halsall is something of a miracle worker. Failing that we could try going into a test match with at least the one genuine slip fielder .
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