23 August 2009

England must win, but....

...I would have given Harmison the chance to have a go rather than declare. As things stand now, much like in the Lord's match, England may not be able to think about all out attack if Australia get a big partnership together or two. As soon as you see an off-side sweeper, it's proof that the declaration was wrong as it's not a wicket-taking position.

So by declaring we've made it harder for ourselves to take 10 wickets, but it really should still be a foregone conclusion.

1 comment:

Sam Phillipps said...

Don't think Harmi wanted to ruin his Oval average of over 100!!