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spindles · 12-06-2006, 04:03 PM

I think England lost it on the last day by choosing to occupy the crease rather than score runs. Both teams were in with a possibility of winning at the beginning of the day, but good bowling from Warne especially and negative batting from England turned the game Australia's way.

It goes to show the selections of Giles and Jones were both poor - basically picked to bolster the batting, but neither scored enough runs to warrant it. Huge blunder when you consider the impact Panesar (particularly) could've had in the last session. Except for Flintoff, the English bowling looked poor in the second innings and they seemed bereft of ideas on how to stop Australia from scoring the required runs.

I commented to a work mate that I though England declared without enough runs on the first innings given the flatness of the pitch and the amount of time that had passed...

Funnily enough questions are being raised about Australia's selection for Perth - while I don't expect a change, I'd be surprised if Martyn stays much longer if he fails again in Perth. Clarke has cemented his place with good innings in Brisbane and Adelaide and Clark has shown he is a good bowler who can genuinely stand up in this company. Really our bowling question mark is Lee, who has not looked particularly threatening in this series (actually his overall figures against England are atrocious...).

I was particularly surprised we didn't pick Macgill for the test just gone - in tandem with Warne he may have made a difference on the first day and definitely would've been useful on day 5.

12-06-2006, 04:03 PM	#14 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I think England lost it on the last day by choosing to occupy the crease rather than score runs. Both teams were in with a possibility of winning at the beginning of the day, but good bowling from Warne especially and negative batting from England turned the game Australia's way. It goes to show the selections of Giles and Jones were both poor - basically picked to bolster the batting, but neither scored enough runs to warrant it. Huge blunder when you consider the impact Panesar (particularly) could've had in the last session. Except for Flintoff, the English bowling looked poor in the second innings and they seemed bereft of ideas on how to stop Australia from scoring the required runs. I commented to a work mate that I though England declared without enough runs on the first innings given the flatness of the pitch and the amount of time that had passed... Funnily enough questions are being raised about Australia's selection for Perth - while I don't expect a change, I'd be surprised if Martyn stays much longer if he fails again in Perth. Clarke has cemented his place with good innings in Brisbane and Adelaide and Clark has shown he is a good bowler who can genuinely stand up in this company. Really our bowling question mark is Lee, who has not looked particularly threatening in this series (actually his overall figures against England are atrocious...). I was particularly surprised we didn't pick Macgill for the test just gone - in tandem with Warne he may have made a difference on the first day and definitely would've been useful on day 5. __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?