"I tried my best to rotate the bowlers, and when Anderson was on strike, I actually thought he faced Rangana Herath pretty well. He faced about six or seven overs of spin. We couldn't get him out. I thought one last burst - one over left - and I gave it to Eranga, thinking he could bowl some fast, short ones at his body. That's the way we got him out in the first innings as well. Fortunately for us Eranga bowled that brilliant ball to dismiss Anderson."
It was a test of patience,and Eranga had been pitching it up andย short.Jimmy was unlucky in my stance.He had been defending so well and the penultimate ball of the match,you are out and your team loses the test..
Test Cricket--You Effing beauty
Did anybody see that speech Mathews gave to take on Vaughan.."I guess my attack is better than a county attack"..Excellent spirit and good counter to vaughan..!!
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"I tried my best to rotate the bowlers, and when Anderson was on strike, I actually thought he faced Rangana Herath pretty well. He faced about six or seven overs of spin. We couldn't get him out. I thought one last burst - one over left - and I gave it to Eranga, thinking he could bowl some fast, short ones at his body. That's the way we got him out in the first innings as well. Fortunately for us Eranga bowled that brilliant ball to dismiss Anderson."
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"I tried my best to rotate the bowlers, and when Anderson was on strike, I actually thought he faced Rangana Herath pretty well. He faced about six or seven overs of spin. We couldn't get him out. I thought one last burst - one over left - and I gave it to Eranga, thinking he could bowl some fast, short ones at his body. That's the way we got him out in the first innings as well. Fortunately for us Eranga bowled that brilliant ball to dismiss Anderson."
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One has to give credit to Matthews .........obviously a 'thinking' captain. 8)
He faced bowlers way too much than he ideally should have. Good on Jimmeh, can't fault for not fending off that snorter. Would have been very hard for a top order bat - there's a reason why he's a #9.
[quote author=Calypso link=topic=90746.msg572027#msg572027 date=1403872825] One has to give credit to Matthews .........obviously a 'thinking' captain. 8)
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We never denied it and neither did we say we won't give it...He has shown some maturity and has lived up to the billing till now.There were some flaws in what he did but that will auto-correct after some time.Bw,who is the VC now..?
