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Originally Posted by yesman
Jim, what do you think about Pontings moan about England using top class 12th men ?
Are England employing the use of ungentlemanly conduct, or is he just whinging ?
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I think he's thinking "damn, why didn't *we* do that...?!"
The 12th man isn't just a dogsbody for bringing on drinks or new gloves and bats etc, he has to be able to step in for virtually any fielding position and do that job as well as whoever's off the field.
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Originally Posted by BBKing
But we've clearly got the better team, which should count for something. The Aussies, technically speaking, are outgunned with bat and ball. A few more catches on our side and we'd have the urn in the bag.
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Except that I don't think we *do* have the better team and the Aussies can bat virtually all the way down the order, not to mention fielding one of (if not the) greatest spinners of all time and several other highly competant bowlers.