(12-05-2017, 08:45 PM)laj link Wrote:I have no issues not enforcing the follow-on. Tired bowlers don't have the same effect as fresh bowlers even at night. If England hit tired bowlers for 450 runs then we have a tricky chase. What you do is bat properly and make sure you make more than 138 even if the opposition do bowl well. Even 200 in the 2nd innings would've made the chase 416.
Criticising not enforcing the follow-on just excuses our bad batting.
I agree, I've no problem with that it made sense and the critics are full of hindsight.
My issues with captaincy are the bizarre fields and bowler management, and a little bit about the argy bargy which should be beneath the captain. The captains should leave that stuff up to the meat heads like Warner and Broad. When captains start to participate, there is nobody left to reign it in.
The best captains are always calm and cold!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"

