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Yeah, that's me. I must admit I was pretty disappointed after the last test. Not such a great performance, not such a great result. But look what´s going on over in Mumbai at the moment. India are reeling. Jimmy Anderson is bowling well. Three wickets down. It looks like there's something in the pitch now. Can England level the series? That would be a great result. There's a long way to go. The Wall is still there and I guess he must be extra determined (if it's possible for Dravid to be any more determined than usual) after his horrendous misjudgement after winning the toss. What was he thinking?
I must admit that when I came out to the internet cafe I'm in, about an hour ago, I was going to write a bit more about England's batting, how they'd thrown it away again, how they should have made 500. Maybe the pitch is playing up a bit now, but even so it doesn't appear that the team have got out of their habit of not capitalising when given first use of a pitch. Congratulations to Strauss, of course (although I do wonder why he hadn't worked out not to be quite so aggressive some time ago - how to bat on the subcontinent is not a big secret) and to Owais Shah (is five consecutive batsmen scoring fifties in their first innings in tests a record?), but again, it seems, Pietersen won't learn, and Jones looks like a tailender. Pietersen must be pretty daft. If I were the management I'd be thinking about dropping him for the next home test, assuming that Trescothick and Vaughan play in it, just to let him know that his place is guaranteed. He does score quite a few runs, yes, but with his talent I'm sure he could score a lot more. I wonder how many of his dismissals in test cricket are self inflicted? A high proportion, I imagine. I like the look (or sound anyway) of Shah too. Then there's Cook. I still think that it might be worth trying Strauss at five, but then I still miss Graeme Thorpe.
22 overs left today at the time of writing. One or two more wickets would be good. I guess Hoggard will come back for a second spell soon. He and Flintoff will bowl the last few overs I imagine. Monty might bowl another wonder ball though before then.
I must admit that when I came out to the internet cafe I'm in, about an hour ago, I was going to write a bit more about England's batting, how they'd thrown it away again, how they should have made 500. Maybe the pitch is playing up a bit now, but even so it doesn't appear that the team have got out of their habit of not capitalising when given first use of a pitch. Congratulations to Strauss, of course (although I do wonder why he hadn't worked out not to be quite so aggressive some time ago - how to bat on the subcontinent is not a big secret) and to Owais Shah (is five consecutive batsmen scoring fifties in their first innings in tests a record?), but again, it seems, Pietersen won't learn, and Jones looks like a tailender. Pietersen must be pretty daft. If I were the management I'd be thinking about dropping him for the next home test, assuming that Trescothick and Vaughan play in it, just to let him know that his place is guaranteed. He does score quite a few runs, yes, but with his talent I'm sure he could score a lot more. I wonder how many of his dismissals in test cricket are self inflicted? A high proportion, I imagine. I like the look (or sound anyway) of Shah too. Then there's Cook. I still think that it might be worth trying Strauss at five, but then I still miss Graeme Thorpe.
22 overs left today at the time of writing. One or two more wickets would be good. I guess Hoggard will come back for a second spell soon. He and Flintoff will bowl the last few overs I imagine. Monty might bowl another wonder ball though before then.
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