Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
Amused me yesterday at the end of play, Sky trying to say the West Indies had had a decent day because they dropped catches, so therefore created chances and England were 350 odd for 5 and restricted them to just the 416 Straw clutching
They were scared of batting and getting bowled out for 150 again. At least this way they would have a target to try to beat in their first innings.

Had they held the catches, got us out for 100 less and managed to be say 40-1 at the close, it would have been a great day for them.

Re: 350-5 to 419 a/o. I do worry about our tail. We used to have Bres, Swann and Broad {who was averaging 29 when we got to world no.1 vs India at home} at 8, 9, 10.

In Aus, having an 8-10 who score 20-30 between them vs the 2011 team scoring around 75 is the difference between winning and losing, ceteris paribus.