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Old 06-02-2005, 11:33 AM in reply to Occasional Fan's post starting "Hats off to Herschelle Gibbs for a..."
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England opted to field first...but why?

OF,

I've not been seeing this match, but when I saw the scoreline a few moments ago at crick info, my impression by reading the scoreline (which at that stage read 255-4 in 48 overs with a Gibbs 100) that it must be a good pitch to bat on, and then, a read closely and also read this:

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Originally Posted by Cricinfo Ball by Ball Commentary
England won the toss and elected to field first
I wonder what the wisdom behind that was? The old theory has hit it that in one-days bat first and put runs on the board is the best possible way to go about it.