Re: Shaun Marsh - a ton.
Reply #55 –
I have no issues not enforcing the follow-on. Tired bowlers don't have the same effect as fresh bowlers even at night. If England hit tired bowlers for 450 runs then we have a tricky chase. What you do is bat properly and make sure you make more than 138 even if the opposition do bowl well. Even 200 in the 2nd innings would've made the chase 416.
Criticising not enforcing the follow-on just excuses our bad batting.
We still should win, especially if we get an early wicket, but we have to be a bit better and smarter with things.
How long would they have to have bowled for - a session under lights and then a good rest before mopping up the tail on the following day.
The idea that Smith was protecting his tired bowlers is rubbish. They would have ripped through a disconsolate team bereft of confidence and batting under lights with the ball looping around.
Poor captaincy followed by incredibly poor body language in the field.