Thursday, September 08, 2005
More Tail, Please
The fifth cricket test match between Australia and England starts tonight Australian time, and I'm predicting a win to England by 546 runs. I obtained this figure by banging randomly on my keypad, but it's a method that hasn't failed me yet.
I noticed on the news last night there is thought of including a fifth bowler, which means one less specialist batsman. Someone in the team (I forget who; Shane Warne maybe) thought this a bad idea because it exposes the tail (ie the lower order, supposedly less skilful batsmen). Since it was the tail who saved Australia's sorry ass in the third test and almost delivered unlikely victories in the second and fourth, I say good; expose away.
I noticed on the news last night there is thought of including a fifth bowler, which means one less specialist batsman. Someone in the team (I forget who; Shane Warne maybe) thought this a bad idea because it exposes the tail (ie the lower order, supposedly less skilful batsmen). Since it was the tail who saved Australia's sorry ass in the third test and almost delivered unlikely victories in the second and fourth, I say good; expose away.
