07-03-2023, 05:36 PM
I don’t care too much about what is considered “out and what isn’t “. Whether the body line style bowling is what makes a fair game or not. Whether too many short balls are out of the spirit of the game. The technicalities of a decision for out are sometimes neither here nor there. This is what creates something the media can run with and discredit a teams real performance. I just hope Cummins as a captain can react better to a swing in momentum. He employed a tactic to Stokes that could have lost us the game. The English players thrived on the rewards for far too long. Only after a lunch break did the team tactics completely change, and as a result we won the game. We changed the bowling line and length. We limited scoring shots. It therefore put pressure on Stokes to make a mistake. This is where the game turned around in our favour. Mind you we missed too many opportunities. The old saying of catches win matches. The Australian squad lost some focus and missed chances to seal this game many runs before they did. They need to get this focus back. Don’t get me wrong. This was a very entertaining match. We however should have whipped the opponent far easier than we did. Some of our batting needs serious addressing. I would guess the English squad will throw every dirty tactic in the next encounter. Win at any cost. They are not that good to be honest. Players over 35 or 40. Batting line up that has talent but not the best in the world. Is the home ground advantage that great?
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