After a great bowling performance I’m intrigued that England are batting again. Could have forced the follow-on but didn’t. Seems slightly strange. Perhaps Strauss expects the pitch to play better today than over the next couple. Either way, if England bat all today and then an hour into tomorrow they are likely to be 500+ ahead, with five-and-a-half sessions to bowl the Aussies out. I’m a bit of a traditionalist though when it comes to the follow-on, I’d have asked them to bat again.
July 18, 2009
England aim to bat Aussies out of game
Posted by thevillagecricketer under Ashes 2009, Australian cricket, England cricket team, cricket[2] Comments
July 18, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Same here. Follow on opportunity seemed really on. But maybe Strauss just wants to fill his boots against the Australian ‘attack’.
Johnson will be dropped for the next game I imagine. They can’t keep him in the team in this mess.
July 19, 2009 at 10:45 am
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