Right, I'm back! And, like England; bristling with confidence. For a while back there it got dark and I couldn't see the point. I was about to put my house on the market and move down under. But Uncle Tom Cobbley stopped me. Who is Uncle Tom? I haven't a clue but he has worked magic for England in these past two games.
Beating Oz by 92 runs was great. A good all round team effort. Joyce finally showed what he is made of and even Plunkett managed to bowl with confidence. Now usually moving into a must-win situation like we did against the Kiwi's England would flop. 270 was a good score. Defendable but not great. I'm surprised that NZ failed especially after skipper Fleming played so well. Virgil is a good captain who encourages intelligent cricket. He is the one man who can get the best from Flintoff - the run out on Taylor; Virgil throws the ball to Freddie who would normally hurl it as hard as possible at the stumps...instead he sprints against the batsman (who is already moving some) and knocks the bails off with ball still in hand. Intelligent cricket. And did you notice Freddie bowling late on. He bowled well back in the popping crease to prevent no-balls when the match was still balanced precariously. Only MV could get that type of cricket out of Freddie. Well done lads.
And now Stuart Broad is on the plane from India. About bloody time too!!!
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