Decent reason to bowl first these days.I'm hardly an expert in reading pitches, but it looks to me as if it'll do a bit early on then flatten out nicely.
Decent reason to bowl first these days.I'm hardly an expert in reading pitches, but it looks to me as if it'll do a bit early on then flatten out nicely.
That advantage is mostly neutered by having to bat last. If I were England, I'd want to be setting NZ a fourth-innings target again.Decent reason to bowl first these days.
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You should always aim to bat once, especially in a rain restricted game.That advantage is mostly neutered by having to bat last. If I were England, I'd want to be setting NZ a fourth-innings target again.
Yeah, the being up 1-0 part is the key. The risk of batting first and being rolled early.Thought the Sky pundits made a good point about it being the safe option, in a game which won't get the full five days due to weather, when you're 1-0.
Yeah, makes sense.Thought the Sky pundits made a good point about it being the safe option, in a game which won't get the full five days due to weather, when you're 1-0.