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Ernest

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Originally Posted by Rachael

Wait and see how the English attack fares before passing judgement Ernest: my suspicion is that Lewis' ability to send down a steady diet of cutters

Fair enough - but Lewis I had forgotten about him, no not on this pitch his BHP is far to low.

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Originally Posted by Rachael

The Aussies really did mess up by leaving out MacGill: he should have played ahead of Lee.

You could be right - though Warne did not get much joy, MacGill is a different matter, he can be expensive, but does get wickets.
By the same token - I think England if they fail to bowl Australia out twice, will regret not picking Mahmood.

flanflinger

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Originally Posted by Ernest

By the same token - I think England if they fail to bowl Australia out twice, will regret not picking Mahmood.

sorry Ern, if they fail to win they will regret not picking Panesar, sadly your faith in Mahmood, at this stage in his career, is very mis-guided.

flanflinger

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Originally Posted by Rachael

my suspicion is that Lewis' ability to send down a steady diet of cutters (in the manner of Gough or Cairns) will be sorely missed... a

Not when you have Hoggard in the team

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Originally Posted by BBC

But Hoggard scrambled the seam and bowled off-cutters to supplement his occasional swing as he leap-frogged Darren Gough in England's list of highest wicket-takers.

The fact is that Lewis would work in the team, if you didn't have Hoggard!!

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