Not really sure what's happening to English cricket. We seem to be sliding into decline once more. After years of great work getting back on our feet we currently look as if we would struggle against Bangladesh.
On a damp track, for some reason, we choose to bat. Tough call. But one that suggested Freddie lacked confidence in our bowlers, rather than being confidence we could post a high score. And now at 127 for 5 that's not going to happen. Only Strauss has played a fairly decent innings. Runs are hard to come by (there was just a single boundary in Strauss' 50). Once again we are being kept on the square. If we were planning to avoid a whitewash this isn't the way to do it.
England have only made one change: that of Read in for Jones. Whilst I think this is the right choice for the wicketkeeper's role I do think that the Selectors have now put both men in an impossible position. Read is now playing in only his 3rd innings of the tour and suddenly he is in front of 98,000 people at the MCG and having to prove a point. Out now. Driving at something he shouldn't have. 3 runs. Not his fault. Not enough practice. Time for the selectors to say sorry. But they won't...they never admit they are wrong. Disappointing.
Botham has just said that KP should be batting at 4 and he is totally right. Once again KP is batting with the tail. And, in theory, he will be the last man standing again. He is ranked world number 3 batsman and should bat higher than Collingwood.
These guys are wasting everyone's time and should come home and cancel all further engagements until the management sort themselves out and actually start doing a decent job of managing this team.
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