Monday, 5 July 2004

Clang!

Isn't it nice to have a quick bowler back in the side? Flitoff's clanging at the hands of Ian Butler was a thing of brutal beauty.

Butler (Kent) and James Edward Charles (Gloucestershire) will both be plying their trade on the county circuit come the end of this series. Which can only be good for the development of Franklin, at least. Given Butler's injury worries and the short-life span of most fast bowlers, I would prefer him to be treated with kid gloves and cotton wool.

It is hard to see England getting up to beat anyone after yesterday's match. Harmison aside their bowling is woeful and their batting lacks that tight mix of invention and stickability we seem to have found. In contrast I still believe the West Indies are capable of surprising. Bravo just keeps taking wickets and if Best can get those 155mph rockets pointed in the right direction then they will have an attack capable of knocking any side over. And you can never right off a team with such maverick geniuses as Lara and Gayle in its batting line-up.

Here's hoping that it is England we will meet in the final.

4 comments:

Ben said...

Will you be staying up to watch the final?

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Mike said...

Maybe. What are your plans?

Ben said...

With something like 10 weeks until the next match, I would quite like to follow this one to the end. On radio however.