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**Official** Group A Discussion

MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Fantastic innings, well played.

The bowling does look pretty ordinary on a flat pitch with no swing. We're counting on getting good bowling conditions with this set up.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Howe_zat said:
Stand by it being unnecessary though.

If a middle-order batsman can't back himself to help make seven an over for 10 overs while a batsman's in on a hundred, what are they there for?
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Well it wasn't necessary but there wasn't anything to lose either so as I said at the time, I liked the move. If he got out, he got out - then Mathews could come in anyway. He wasn't just going to soak up dot balls; he's surprisingly hard to actually bowl dot balls to in general. Given he had nothing to lose it took a lot of pressure out of what was going to be a tense chase in a big game.
 
Stapel

Stapel

International Regular
Howe_zat said:
Stand by it being unnecessary though.

If a middle-order batsman can't back himself to help make seven an over for 10 overs while a batsman's in on a hundred, what are they there for?
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I guess it was a (succesful) gamble to work on the net run rate. Might possibly become a factor.
 
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