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*Official* England in West Indies

wpdavid

wpdavid

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Flintoff given his last throw of the dice. At his best, you'd expect him to snaffle Ramdin in no time, but this smacks of desperation to me.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Five wickets is a huge ask in one session unless you have at least one truly world class bowler, which we don't. Those arguing that Strauss should have enforced the follow-on are looking spot on tbf.
 
ozone

ozone

First Class Debutant
wpdavid said:
Five wickets is a huge ask in one session unless you have at least one truly world class bowler, which we don't. Those arguing that Strauss should have enforced the follow-on are looking spot on tbf.
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TBH, they are 5 lower order wickets, so we shouldn't struggle to knock over Powell, Edwards and Benn if we can get there. And I would defend the decision of Strauss, at that stage he had his two tall, hit-the-deck seamers injured (those who were anticipated to do the most damage) so you can't blame him for wanting to give them a bit of time.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
ozone said:
TBH, they are 5 lower order wickets, so we shouldn't struggle to knock over Powell, Edwards and Benn if we can get there. And I would defend the decision of Strauss, at that stage he had his two tall, hit-the-deck seamers injured (those who were anticipated to do the most damage) so you can't blame him for wanting to give them a bit of time.
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It was my view at the time too - although Fred was never going to recover, Harmy might have benefited from a rest. As would the others. However, if WI survive the last howevermany overs, it'll have been the wrong call.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
wpdavid said:
It was my view at the time too - although Fred was never going to recover, Harmy might have benefited from a rest. As would the others. However, if WI survive the last howevermany overs, it'll have been the wrong call.
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I can understand why Strauss didn't enforce the follow-on. I didn't really agree with it, but given the fitness of Flintoff and Harmison, I can see the logic.

The manner in which England batted and the time they batted on for was certainly worthy of criticism though, for mine, and I'm known for being pretty conservative with these things.
 
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