Folks,
you all have to calm down a little bit. England's 253 wasn't really a bad score in the circumstances. And given that a batting line-up consisting Trescothick, Vaughan, Thorpe, Hussain and Butcher didn't do too well on the pitch, did you guys really expect BCB President's XI to score too many?
I don't think the pitch is playing very well. I didn't get to follow the game last night because I was away, but judging by the match report, a lot of batsmen in the England side seem to have miscued, which leads me to believe that the ball was not coming on to the bat. But then again, England bowled with a lot of slips and got our batsmen caught behind, so the ball must have been shaping away nicely as well.
I think more than anything, yesterday showed us who exactly we should look out for and thats Hoggard. He will trouble us with his accuracy and the way he shapes the ball away from the right-hander.
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