straw man
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Feeling ambivalent towards this match right now. We're still in a fantastic position and to finish up a win would be a great achievement, and really that should make me happy. However it's hard to get past yesterday's horrific batting.
On the follow-on, McCullum has already copped it from numerous people (cricinfo comments etc) for not enforcing, which I think is unfair - either way if things don't pan out as planned then people will point to the follow-on and say that was the reason, when actually we just were crap for a period and the opposition were better. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Personally I would lean firmly towards enforcing more often than not (including in the Dunedin test vs WI where enforcing didn't go well), even considering that we are over-reliant on two of our bowlers.
There still should be plenty in the pitch if our bowlers can extract it, so fingers crossed for early wickets.
On the follow-on, McCullum has already copped it from numerous people (cricinfo comments etc) for not enforcing, which I think is unfair - either way if things don't pan out as planned then people will point to the follow-on and say that was the reason, when actually we just were crap for a period and the opposition were better. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Personally I would lean firmly towards enforcing more often than not (including in the Dunedin test vs WI where enforcing didn't go well), even considering that we are over-reliant on two of our bowlers.
There still should be plenty in the pitch if our bowlers can extract it, so fingers crossed for early wickets.