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10-12-2006, 09:33 AM
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| A timely reminder from Chris Read.... Code: England XI 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR AJ Strauss b Heal 88 171 110 12 0 80.00 AN Cook retired out 106 215 171 14 0 61.98 GO Jones c North b Heal 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 EC Joyce c Marsh b Macdonald 73 109 97 9 0 75.25 CMW Read not out 59 129 107 5 2 55.14 AF Giles c Rogers b Edmondson 4 22 15 0 0 26.66 SI Mahmood not out 20 33 30 3 1 66.66 Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 3) 6 Total (5 wickets; 88 overs) 356 Last edited by Rachael : 10-12-2006 at 09:39 AM.  |
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| Read Read should have started in the side. Jones has shown nothing with the bat since he was dropped fair enough if he had scored heavily at the backend of the season or in the tour games but he hasnt, I cannot see Fletcher bringing him back in though for the last 3 tests Freddie wont allow his mate to be dropped |
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| Sambino, I could have written that post myself I agree with everything you've just said.
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| It's worth noting that Read actually has a notable history of keeping his head as senior colleagues lost theirs... and of doing exactly what was needed in the second innings at Galle. Neither of the following two innings did much for Read's average.. but both were exactly what was required at the time... and in their own way were worth far more than 70-80 runs in another context. The first comes from the second Test in Sri Lanka... batting fourth and desperately trying to save the Test and keep the series alive for the series decider: Code: England 2nd innings (target: 368 runs) R M B 4 6 ME Trescothick c Jayawardene b Vaas 14 45 31 2 0 *MP Vaughan c Dilshan b Muralitharan 105 448 333 11 0 MA Butcher st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 6 45 41 1 0 N Hussain c Sangakkara b Vaas 17 54 42 3 0 GP Thorpe c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 41 144 132 5 0 PD Collingwood c Jayawardene b Dharmasena 24 92 64 3 0 A Flintoff lbw b Muralitharan 19 41 36 2 0 +CMW Read not out 18 108 91 2 0 GJ Batty not out 25 87 74 4 0 Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 5) 16 Total (7 wickets, 140 overs, 536 mins) 285 DNB: AF Giles, RJ Kirtley. Code: England 1st innings R M B 4 6 ME Trescothick c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 70 119 98 13 0 *MP Vaughan c Jayawardene b Chandana 18 77 51 2 0 MA Butcher c Sangakkara b Fernando 23 49 50 3 0 N Hussain lbw b Vaas 8 49 35 1 0 GP Thorpe lbw b Muralitharan 13 47 39 1 0 A Flintoff c & b Muralitharan 77 136 109 10 4 GJ Batty c Atapattu b Chandana 14 98 101 1 0 +CMW Read not out 17 107 64 0 1 AF Giles run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara) 10 43 39 1 0 RJ Kirtley lbw b Vaas 1 10 9 0 0 JM Anderson lbw b Vaas 1 18 12 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 1) 13 Total (all out, 101 overs, 380 mins) 265 |
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| Pressure on Read Rod Marsh has written Read is always under pressure as Fletcher puts the unnessessary pressure on him to perform. He says its bang out of order to slag him off to make his case for Jones to be included. |
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| The Read batting situation is very reminiscent of the Ramprakash batting situation of a decade or so ago: the bar was set a lot higher with Ramps... who was given the impression he had to value his wicket as highly as Boycott whilst simultaneously dominating in the manner of Gower... but in both cases the handling by the management meant each innings has been approached knowing that there's almost nothing one could do to silence the critics inside one's own dressingroom! For a guy who has allowed his favourites to shine by ensuring there's no pressure on them to play for their place... Fletcher's been singularly short with the young 'keeper! |
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However had Ramp's played under this system where he was not playing for his place every game, then we might have seen different stats for Ramp's Test career. Fowler was the same, every match it seemed, could have been his last match - no wonder the England side was always under pressure. Hick is thee best example ever - that guy had class, but was always playing for his place. Rob key the so called "Flat Track Bully" - nowhere in sight, despite the flat tracking in Australia thus far, Fletchers handling of key must be on a par with his handling of Read. This post is not as off topic ass it may seem, it shows how man managment matters.
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| I don't think it matters one bit what Read does on this tour,Fletcher is too proud to admit his mistake and won't drop Jones. |
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| Jones for Read isn't one of biggest mistakes a coach would make. I don't think it should keep him awake at nights. 1. When Read had his chance recently nobody could claim he took it with both hands. 2. What other Test sides would be playing Read? None in the top three. By the way I would of played Read but its not a major point when reviewing recent performances.
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