by finally able to catch the aus-eng test match on tv and what do I see?
Hoggard and Giles bowling to Ponting and Clarke!
Clarke is one of the best players of slow bowling in world cricket at
the moment- I can tell he is capable of hitting even Warne out of
attack. Ponting is ponting and that is that :)
But you can't help but wonder why Eng are resting their 2 best wicket
taking bowlers on Aussie pitches and instead play Hoggard(proven
tailend wicket specialist) and Giles who needs to be playing FC cricket
to gain rythm and such.
(getting slow-mo Martyn's wicket is good but nothing else).
It shows Eng coach does not know how to win non-dead-*** test
matches (in australia that is ). All he needed to do was play Panesar
and Mahamood and see aussies struggle at 317/9 by now.
oh well, Fletcher is always a few tests behind some of us in
strategizing.