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Old 25-12-2006, 07:03 AM   #1546 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by James90
Did anyone else think the inclusion of Mahmood ahead of Anderson was a bit dodgy? I know that hindsight's a wonderful thing but really I never rated Saj and Anderson had just gunned it in a tour match. Having said that they'll probably stick with Saj for Melbourne.
It was Saj's batting that convinced Dunc, IMHO. It was clearly Fletcher who gave him the green light because it was painfully obvious that Fred didn't fancy Saj at all.

With that in mind I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Dalrymple come in for Saj. Melbourne supposed to be playing slow & low, so unlikely to suit Mahmood's sort of bowling.
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