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Maybe they rate KP's offies more than Collywobble's trundlers? I don't know.
As for another batsman, maybe Ed Joyce at 6? I can see Warney making this guy look like a dunce. Let's see what it looks like:
Strauss
Cook
Shermanator
KP
Collywobble
Joyce
Flintoff
Read
Harmlesson
Monty
Hoggard
That team doesn't look remotely like taking 20 wickets (or even the last 10). Looks to be a very defensive team trying to go for a draw. I don't think they can afford to just go in with a four man bowling attack + some part-timers - they'd be putting too much pressure on Monty in his second Ashes Test (though you could argue there's not that much pressure left now). You've got Harmless who only fires once an innings a la Brett Lee, then you've got Mahmood/Anderson who's a pie thrower, then you've got a half-fit Freddie and Hoggard probably the most consistent of the lot. They can't go in with a 4 man attack. You win Tests by taking wickets, not scoring runs. It was their inability to take wickets that led to OZ posting 500-odd in the 2nd innings, including 160 in 20 overs or something.
[ 12-19-2006, 12:35 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]
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