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    The messiest of wins

    By Will last year, mid-January Leave a comment on this post

    Of all the matches I’ve watched this winter, last night’s one-dayer was one of the hardest to stomach, despite the win. Watching England desperately try not to lose it was like witnessing a coke addict turn down a line. They spent 50 overs trying their damnedest to hand the game back to New Zealand, and very nearly pulled off a spectacular loss which, even by their own lowly standards, would have been one for the memories. Losing becomes a habit much as winning does; teams get stuck in a seemingly cavernous rut, without a rope to haul them out.

    England managed it - or rather Flintoff did - but it was messy. And for those not happy with my verdict, a reminder: this was England’s first win, in any form of cricket, since October 28. It was a microcosm of England’s greater problems, particular in one-dayers.

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    4 Responses to “The messiest of wins”

  • Tom wrote:
    January 17th, 2007 at 11.47 am

    The game also illustrated how far New Zealand and England are behind Australia.

  • Wraye wrote:
    January 17th, 2007 at 4.56 pm

    And they’ve nominated Freddie as captain again after Vaughen injury. Oh woe!

  • Reverse Swing wrote:
    January 17th, 2007 at 5.51 pm

    A win is a win - don’t knock it.

  • Chris wrote:
    January 18th, 2007 at 12.00 am

    What are England’s selectors thinking? In fact are they thinking? Freddy was finding form without the captaincy, and they throw it back on him straight away.

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