Hmmm. Ishant 'I'm really not very good' Sharma appears to have seven wickets.

[Berni]

Christ, we really are a mess, aren't we? :-(

[Classic Jorge]

[PET]

[Hillary]

[Berni]

[Witharby 2-3 weeks]

[Ben.]

rather than halfway down we'd be chasing something much lower.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Red N White Army]

[Pokster]

[The Tony]

[The Tony]

[Berni]

It's a particularly **** idea when your bowlers are even worse than your batsmen.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Luis Anaconda]

We've lost because we've played poorly, not because of a decision made at the toss. Ridicules to suggest otherwise

[Luis Anaconda]

[Hillary]

[Berni]

that you don't need to offer. The whole 'the pitch looks a bit lively' thing is always a 50/50 ball, since it depends on so many factors to be successful. In other words, it is a gamble based on hunches and guesswork. It is simply not the percentage move in 99 cases out of 100.

[Berni]

[Hillary]

[Berni]

[Pokster]

toss

[Pokster]

[Hillary]

[Luis Anaconda]

The conditions on the first day were best for bowling so bowl. Not difficult

[Berni]

Our batting is fragile and prone to collapse, thus a scenario where we have to bat last under pressure is less than desirable.

The strategy of putting them in relied for its efficacy on us getting a first innings lead of such significance that we either didn't have to bat again or could get such a lead that we only had to get a nugatory sum in the last innings. Given how weak our bowling attack is and how evenly-matched these sides are generally, that was never likely to happen.