6th December 2006, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Sportz
If England lose this game, it'll be a real killer for them. There's just simply no way you should lose a game after scoring 6-551 dec!!!
And I guess the one really important question that needs to be asked - why no Panesar??? I thought it was a stupid decision before the game. Now I'm thinking it was just plain ridiculous.
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I agree. But there are plenty of other questions too.
At 6-551 there was no need to close the innings. Australia was there for the taking. Go ahead and make 600 or 650.
Also on the last day England approached the match with the fear of losing instead of looking at how they could win. If they approached their last innings positively with the aim of extending their lead of 90 by another 100 before lunch and then hitting out to set Australia a target it is unlikely they would have lost.
The English side choked. They were so scared of failure they refused to play shots or played the most out of character shots like Pietersen did against Warne.
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