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Ashes: Why England batted on winning the toss.

by Gaurav Sethi

Nothing to do with their team composition or Australia not playing a spinner, the Oval pitch, the English weather, Bopara's exclusion or Trott's debut. On closer examination, the reason is clear as daylight - England batted, so they won't have to face the embarrassment of losing Flintoff on the first day. Flintoff of course, can still lose it on the first day.

6 comments:

pRAFs said...
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pRAFs said...

yep, you don't want to be down to 10 men at the end of the first day itself

Thiru Cumaran said...

England is shit! Full-stop. The only reason why most websites rant about English cricket is because the English media is like a wild beast!

Gaurav Sethi said...

Prafs, gonna be a long 2nd day for him.

Gaurav Sethi said...

CT, could you elaborate on the wild beast angle, think we're on to something there

Thiru Cumaran said...

@Naked Cricket

Oh no, don't get me started about the England team! :P