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Originally Posted by scoundrel
But I guess we'll never know for sure.
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No, exactly, and Herbie Collins isn't here to defend himself. He certainly wasn't a serial offender.
If he was here I would definitely ask him why he bowled a part-timer for 42 overs and left his best bowlers cooling their heels. It's fair enough to have a plan, but when it doesn't work you have to change things. Even I can see that, and he was the Australian captain so I think it should have been pretty clear.
Maybe they just had a popgun attack, I don't know.
It rained again before the Australain fourth innings, so they were on a sticky like England had been but the game was gone by then.
I've got a book here somewhere on all the Australian captains, which I haven't been able to put my hand on. I will see what I can dig up.