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***Official*** South Africa in England
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Based on Broad's recent performances in the Test side I'd say he definitely is an allrounder. Consequently having both him and Flintoff in the side would appear to be a case of one too many.
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That's absollutely the case. England were outperformed pretty much from start to finish, you can't blame a ten-wicket loss with a full day still to play on picking the wrong bowler. The fact that selecting the right team would have been unlikely to make a difference doesn't take away from how disgracefully bad the selection was, though.
Scaly piscine
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Well it wouldn't have taken much to swing it, it was the 6th batsman between the two teams where the difference was made.
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And South Africa's superior batting in every other position bar 4. And their superior bowling. Wasn't the highest English player's score in either innings 60? England were absolutely destroyed, and I don't say that as a SA fan or England-hater, it's just what happened. Here's hoping for a much closer match next time round.
GIMH
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Yeah, in all honesty I see Goughy's point about how one partnership or fifer can make a huge difference (might have been a different thread) that being said we were so toothless with the bat it would have been hard to see one batsman making a difference as they'd have probably got stranded
Kweek
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but how can you justify dropping someone who is performing well...
thats how I look at it, at this point...
Yep. Like I said earlier in the thread, on current evidence Broad is a batting allrounder and Flintoff a bowling allrounder.
It odesn't make sense to include both in the tea, so they should give the nod to the one most needed to maintain team balance.
Performing well with the bat, yes, but he should be taking more wickets.
Scaly piscine
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Not really. Two guys made a century and otherwise the rest were as bad as England, obviously to make a century at 5/6 you need someone else to stay with you and that's what happened - if one of them goes early it changes things completely. Also SA got the better of the conditions, thanks in no small part to England's quick capitulation in the first innings. It wouldn't really have taken much to have swung that game towards an even contest, that's what happens in cricket.
Anyways
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7525319.stm
Him being 'rested' sounds suspiciously like he's going to be named in the squad tomorrow.
Manee
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You probably know this but he has been rested quite often throughout the season.
Marius
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He's more in the team for his bowling isn't he? And he's not doing anything with the ball, so maybe get somebody in who will. England mustn't fall into the trap of picking their bowlers on how well they can bat. Richard Illingworth vs Phil Tufnell anyone?
Scaly piscine
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Yes, from limited overs stuff. Before he was rested he'd played the previous 6 County Championship games.
FBU
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He's out of the 3rd Test.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/south_africa/7526071.stm
I guess Mr Nel will be playing.
