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Originally posted by YMFB
I agree TP, our batsmen were not good it was probabaly a bad decision to put the aussies in first - lets hope for a competative rest of series and test series. Sky sports said that the previous highest 10th wicket partnership against Australia was by Angus Fraser & Phil Tufnell ! I would have liked to have seen that asked on question of sport ! |
Maybe a little harsh on Trescothick. Australia has been batting ok but our fielding and bowling has been poor. We couldn't even defend 252 against Bangladesh. Tresco was trying to put pressure on what has been the weakest part of our game. Fair enough. Hindsight is 20/20 as always though.
When we're playing really well, we'll sometimes go into bat first (if we win the toss, if not the opposition will put you in anyway) and try and put a big total together regardless of the conditions. Put the pressure on the opposition batsmen with guys like the miserly McGrath bowling at them and our good fielding. It's the way they like to play, confident and attacking.
Good luck in the rest of the games.