yes after all, the battle for the ashes is about a time ,when ashes were created, by burning a set of wooden cricket bails to symbolise the death of "English cricket"...when they were originally beaten by Australia.... hardly qq stuff....but it's always nice and comforting to remember how this battle started (especially when we are in a bad position ...like right now)...
I think Cook's goal of winning the game, is not for a quick victory but to bat for so long as to make it impossible to loose....a common English Captain's trait....(and one Steve Waugh used after the Indian follow on disaster) just as long as he remembers and learns from the screw up in Adelaide (a few years back...a similar disaster but we won...although we had a recognised decent batting lineup in those days) he should be ok...but that sort of tactic can take so long it's just plain boring to watch all day...
No English team has ever lost a match from enforcing the follow on...then again most English teams are too scared to do it..
I think Cook's goal of winning the game, is not for a quick victory but to bat for so long as to make it impossible to loose....a common English Captain's trait....(and one Steve Waugh used after the Indian follow on disaster) just as long as he remembers and learns from the screw up in Adelaide (a few years back...a similar disaster but we won...although we had a recognised decent batting lineup in those days) he should be ok...but that sort of tactic can take so long it's just plain boring to watch all day...
No English team has ever lost a match from enforcing the follow on...then again most English teams are too scared to do it..
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