They aint daft. Why spend 6 hours grinding away at the crease, when you can get yourself out and be back catching the rays on the lounger within 5 minutes
There aint many rays to catch at the minute, but I understand your point.
Pretty diabolical performance. We need two more attacking batsmen and a decent quick. At the moment we're so easy to play against because we play such negative cricket. When Pietersen doesnt fire we dont fire, which used to only be in ODIs but is happening in tests too.
Sidebottom isnt test class. Bopara and Broad arent ready. Harmison and Hoggard both need to get themselves fit and play every test. Panesar has been found out slightly but NZ and SA are quite average players of spin so isnt that much of a concern for the next few tours.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Liverpool | 16 | 39 |
2 | Chelsea | 17 | 35 |
3 | Arsenal | 17 | 33 |
4 | Nottm F | 17 | 31 |
5 | Bournemouth | 17 | 28 |
6 | Aston Villa | 17 | 28 |
7 | Manchester C | 17 | 27 |
8 | Newcastle | 17 | 26 |
9 | Fulham | 17 | 25 |
10 | Brighton | 17 | 25 |
11 | Tottenham | 17 | 23 |
12 | Brentford | 17 | 23 |
13 | Manchester U | 17 | 22 |
14 | West Ham | 17 | 20 |
15 | Everton | 16 | 16 |
16 | Palace | 17 | 16 |
17 | Leicester | 17 | 14 |
18 | Wolves | 17 | 12 |
19 | Ipswich | 17 | 12 |
20 | Southampton | 17 | 6 |