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Brendan

Brendan

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bignumber5 Wrote:

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> a new experience for me - not listening to tms,

> checked the scorecard on the bbc site then, on a

> seemingly pointless whim of timewasting, hit

> refresh... is jimmy anderson taking these wickets

> with precision bowling, or am I with my magic

> refresh button...?



Well we can?t take the chance so best you install yourself behind your computer for the duration of the series.

Brendan

Brendan

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Last night I also thought they would enforce the follow on but now the Met office says that today?s going to be relatively dry with some sunshine with the clouds returning tomorrow. So maybe they?ll want to come out today, get some runs on the board and then hope that conditions tomorrow and Monday allow them to skittle the Aussies again. Although enforcing the follow on will probably be the best option.


Oh I don?t know. I?m going to wait and see what they do and how it turns out, then come back, edit my post accordingly and say, ?I told you so? again.

Reg Smeeton

Reg Smeeton

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Strauss's fielding tactics this morning a complete mystery: Broad bowling short tosh and getting tonked, with no third man and a mid off. Inept. And no Flintoff.


However, given a lead of just 210, Strauss was absolutely right to enforce the follow-on. In these batsman friendly conditions, Australia could easily have been 60 for no wicket at lunch, and suddenly England would have begun to feel nervous. On top of that, with Broad looking extremely ordinary today, he needs time to regroup.

Reg Smeeton

Reg Smeeton

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The forecast is that we could lose as little as one hour or as much as five hours of today to rain. That makes Strauss' decision incredibly tough. My inclination would be to go in for 20 minutes, about five overs, and thrash, in the hope of putting on a quick 40 runs. If Philip Hughes has a bit of luck, Australia could easily be at 250 by close of play, but England have to take a small risk to have a decent chance of victory. Tomorrow's forecast is fine all day.

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