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Old 07-06-2007, 02:46 PM in reply to greg's post starting "I think that the England camp are..."
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I'll take 300+ now, if the pitch has as much in as you guys are suggesting then this could be a lower-scoring game than I had envisaged. Well done to the Windies bowlers but this is not good enough from England.
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This is the first real test for Prior, would be good to see how he reacts when some pressure is on. Coming in with loads of runs on the board and a demoralised attack was no Test. Let's see how he reacts to a proper test of his batting skills.
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He's doing well at the moment alongside Bell, 23 off 44 as the pair move towards the 50 partnership. Bell is on 35 and the score is 210/5. We need to avoid losing any wickets until close and if we do that I think we will be in a much stronger position than we were at tea.
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Old 07-06-2007, 04:25 PM in reply to Collyisamackem's post starting "He's doing well at the moment alongside..."
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Bell gets his 50,if we keep up the scoring rate we will have around 300 at the close and that is a workable total on this pitch.
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Greg,

And one of the bowler he is facing is Edwards, inaccurate yes, but he bowls at 90MPH+

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FH Edwards 23runs 40balls faced 57.50 runs per ball

Not bad for a guy who can't play pace bowlers... on a green surface as well...
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Old 07-06-2007, 04:45 PM in reply to flanflinger's post starting "Greg, And one of the bowler he is..."
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Not bad for a guy who can't play pace bowlers... on a green surface as well...
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Ha - but Edwards is not accurate, Bell will get my support when he has faced the India tea,, and averaged 50, faced up to Bond and averaged over 40.

But then he has to face Clarke - Lee and Tait in 2009, and if he averages over 40 - I will admit he can play a bit.

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Ha - but Edwards is not accurate, Bell will get my support when he has faced the India tea,, and averaged 50, faced up to Bond and averaged over 40.
Yes but your argument was that he couldn't play pace.. Edwards has pace (but not much more) yet he seems to have played him better than any other bowler.

If he Bond and Lee well (which I am certain he will as he matures), but Tait, he too must come under the Edwards banner as quick but erratic?? If he can play Edwards he can play Tait?
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Yes but your argument was that he couldn't play pace.. Edwards has pace (but not much more) yet he seems to have played him better than any other bowler.
Genuine pace that is accurate takes some playing, Edwards does have pace - but bowling short and or wide gives a batsman more time to react.

I would like to see Bell play Tait in a Test, or Lee - how would he cope with the accurate Flintoff bowling at 90MPH I wonder?.
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I would like to see Bell play Tait in a Test, or Lee - how would he cope with the accurate Flintoff bowling at 90MPH I wonder?.
Probably a lot better than you give him credit for!!

By all account Edwards was bowling inaccurately but was making an impact, and Bell played him better than most, so why not give the guy credit for it?

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But then suddenly came the statement of aggression that had the game had feared was never going to be voiced. It was delivered by Fidel Edwards, a diminutive slingshot with an action not dissimilar to Sri Lanka's man of the moment, Lasith Malinga. He was raw, he was rapid, he leaked runs by the gallon. And until he detonated Liam Plunkett's middle stump with the ball of the day shortly before the close, Edwards didn't even get his name among the wickets. But what he did do was inject some urgency into the day - and the series.
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvw...ry/297253.html

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When Fidel Edwards let it go at full tilt, he was a real handful. Some deliveries flew alarmingly past the batsmen's noses - it was just like the West Indies of old - but there was no-one else at the other end to sustain the pressure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2007/..._batsmen.shtml
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