03/12/12
It occurred to me that we’re only a day away from the third
test and I’ve yet to make any comment about the last one. A thumping England win! Who would have predicted that? Well I did, see below.
There were great performances with the ball from Monty and
Swann, along with another century from Cook and an innings of genius from the
KPego. Hopefully this will be the
beginning of a great run of form for him and who knows we may forgive him yet. As
two mornings play fell on my weekend I was able to keep in touch with TMS and
watched Monty rip the top order to shreds in the second innings, brilliant
stuff! How can England ever even think about
leaving him out of a test on the sub continent?
So on to the next match.
I expect the team to change very little, Bell will probably return so if
Patel isn’t going to bowl it may as well be him miss out. I’d like to see Finn in the side too but I
can’t believe they’ll drop Broad. My
prediction? Another good performance
from England and another win.
Elsewhere in the world, South Africa have retained their
No.1 ranking with a 1-0 win in Australia.
I didn’t see much of it but from reading the reports the series and
matches swung to and fro. The difference
in the end being another great innings from Hashim Amla. Can’t argue with South Africa’s top ranking
after that. This series also saw the
retirement of Ricky Ponting. Without
doubt modern day great batsman, if not the most likeable Aussie captain we’ve
ever seen. Even though he’s never been a
player I’ve enjoyed watching bat for too long I’m honestly disappointed with
Ponting’s retirement. I was really hoping
he’d be a hole in Australia’s middle order for the next Ashes series.
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