EMAIL COMMENTS From Lorenz Pereira of Royal College, now in Melbourne, on the Sunday after the match
Dear Fitzy
What baffles me is how a so-called batting wicket resulted in 30 wickets falling in 5 sessions of a Test match. You say the difference was Starck. But 20 other wickets fell cheaply, all to the fast bowlers. Stokes got 5 of them and decimated the Aussies. Lyon hardly bowled. So the wicket must have helped the quickies.
Then a mystery. How could such a tricky wicket suddenly become a batting paradise within a few hours? If the trend of the previous 5 sessions were to continue, Australia should have lost or most certainly struggled What was the difference?
Obviously a super spectacular brilliant innings that saw some 200 runs scored in one session of a Test match. Has there ever been so many runs scored in one session of a Test match.?
An Ashes Test over in 2 days! Unthinkable. The glorious uncertainties of cricket at play. Test cricket very much alive. No short form can ever match the ups and downs and uncertainties of a Test match.
It’s time to give Khawaja a permanent rest Bring back Webster for the next Test.
Love,
