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Old 13-01-2013, 11:42 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wellAlbidarned View Post
This is pretty much what NZ does whenever we play 3 seamers and Vettori, and look how many draws we get. No point stacking the batting if the batsmen suck anyway, which would be the case if you were desperate enough to try this.
That's not a good example. NZ would play Vettori and say Boult and fill positions 8 and 9 with two hacks who bat, but can't bat properly to follow my example.

NZ aren't the best option as you'd probably have to say that the bowling is more likely to win them a test compared to the batting.
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