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Prince EWS

Global Moderator
The over analysis of the Pietersen wicket is becoming a bit farcical. It was the top spinner and he didn't pick it - fairly obvious, even though there is minimal difference between Chawla's toppie and his leggie (and that fact probably worked in his favour at the time, really).
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lots of turn for Powar. England will be regretting not picking Panesar for sure now.
I'm sick of hearing how not picking Panesar has been such a bad thing for England. Everyone seems to have forgotten that he's a crap ODI bowler, he's crap in the field and he's crap with the bat. If he'd have bowled at the times Tremlett did he could have hammered just as badly. Likely some other poor sod would have been stuck bowling at the tough times anyway with the field in or at the death and Panesar would have got 6-7 overs in at the cushy time and done nothing, gone for 5 an over easy as you like.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
First time I've actually had a really good look at Powar today and I'm liking it. He looks like a quality bowler, even if his batting is over-hyped and he can't run or catch. :p
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
I'm sick of hearing how not picking Panesar has been such a bad thing for England. Everyone seems to have forgotten that he's a crap ODI bowler, he's crap in the field and he's crap with the bat. If he'd have bowled at the times Tremlett did he could have hammered just as badly. Likely some other poor sod would have been stuck bowling at the tough times anyway with the field in or at the death and Panesar would have got 6-7 overs in at the cushy time and done nothing, gone for 5 an over easy as you like.
I think I said similar earlier about the Panesar omittion - I'm not a Panesar fanboy by any stretch and I probably wouldn't have played him either. However, in hindsight, given how much Tremlett got smashed and how much turn Powar has extracted, I'd be surprised if Panesar wouldn't have been a better pick. In hindsight of course.
 

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