(12-06-2017, 10:55 PM)laj link Wrote:Don't take up captaincy, as it won't be a strength.

You'd have no idea how they felt. They bowled 76 overs is pretty significant so they are not going to be that fresh. You think they a robots? What if they were a bit flat and went for 400-450, then they have a tricky chase, possibly under lights. We led by 215 so even a crap score was even going to put the game out of their reach, which happened. Then we had fresh bowlers go out and roll them for 233. Meant we won easily. Your way would be to put possibly England back in the and make us potentially chase, my way we won easily. So why the hell would you want to make them follow-on. There's absolutely no reason for it. Never a reason to make a side follow on. Barring time and weather factor you couldn't find one good reason.

Remember too these bowlers are injury prone, have to play a 5 Test series. What if a few of them had to bowl another 25, even 30 overs, that's suddenly alot in a row. You might want to smash them but others don't.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-07/hindsight-only-weapon-as-ashes-captains-cop-misplaced-criticism/9233744?section=sport