Well given the tactics going into the 3rd test was to pick Watson in place of Hughes because they where sure he could bowl as an all-rounder & he bowled that utter rubbish, the credibility of the team management should be in question.
Haha, AWTA so much.
Headingley is easily the strangest ground in England in that in bright sunshine it is as flat as any pitch going around and then when there's cloud cover or moisture in the air, the ball starts to move around all over the place. Over the past decade, teams have scored 500+ whilst teams have been dismissed for less than 150 in the same test match.
Ha, well its off my head ATM. Wasn't a sure statement.
That happened last summer against Saffa pretty much, gloomy Friday saw them swing us out, then they racked up what felt like a thousand
The SAJ took 4 wickets in this match. 3rd Test: England v Pakistan at Leeds, Aug 4-8, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com
So the ball takes into account the quality of the batsman before deciding whether to swing or not?aussie said:
Actually, they were stressing that it was as much a batting decision as a bowling one, and personally I think that even if it was a 100% batting decision you could at least make a case for it. And yeah, he definitely bowled rubbish, but he's not the only Aussie seamer this series that's started off with three overs of rubbish.
Yeah agree with the part about it would make sense if it was 100% about batting (which it couldn't have been). Watson has looked pretty damn good when I've seen him, a lot better than Hughes has.
Indeed, and lets just throw the fact that Murali averaged over 30 when he toured the WI only a year before against a similar batting side.
Ha & Mahmood is a swing bowler right?. Thats was a flat pitch hands down.
So. That doesn't mean it was a seamers deck, thats was just Hoggard utilizing the conditions in that innings.
Leeds was flat last year no question. Stop stats picking, Morkel aint no swing bowler come on now. England's 1st innings collapse was down to poor selection & batting.
I don't particularly like repeating myself but sometimes it's neccessary.
England won't always bat this badly against nothing spin as they have this series. In any case, Swann's First-Class career, like any lengthy career, is not summed-up by one single figure.
No i'm just saying a better team would have played Sidebottom better. It was just like @ Durham again this, if your technique is bad you will be awful over. Lendl Simmons woes is a perfect example.
Yeah, agree strongly. I don't think Flintoff will be fit so I'd be picking this:
Not really relevant to whether the ball swung or not though, is it?
As I say, if there were legions of quality bowlers banging in the figures like Hoggard still is despite the cosmetic effect he may convey, then his exclusion would make sense. When he's being overlooked for Darren Pattinson, Amjad Khan and Stuart Broad, it doesn't.
