Switch hitting, good or bad, fair or unfair it is a sight to watch. The two sixes KP launched with the left handed grip showed us just what a talented guy he is, but then we didn't really need that confirming. Styris just had to take it on the chin, and man what an ugly chin that is. I do wonder if maybe when he was younger he pulled a face only for the wind to blow and the old adage actually came true.
I have to admit I was impressed with the England team, as I was on Friday after the T20 win. It does certainly seem that the giant carrot of untold riches awaiting them in the winter has done wonders for the team. Both Bell and Colly couldn't have bought a run during the test period (maybe they should have a chat with uncle Allen as he seems to be able to buy runs by the van load) and yet by some miracle they both chalked up decent totals in these two matches. On the plus side if that is the effect the current situation is going to have on our team for the shorter version of the game then maybe that isn't a bad thing.
I think the batting order England have chosen is right, with Bell and Wright opening (although Wright's place might not be concrete) and Pietersen coming in at 3. The good thing is we seem to have a line up that can pretty much bat all the way down to 9, and this is without Freddie being in the team. It's just nice to see the openers going after the bowlers a bit more. The likes of Vaughan, Struass and Cook slow the scoring rate down at the start, they somehow seem wary of hitting big shots, almost as if they have been told by a trusted friend that every time they score a boundary an orangutan minding it's own business somewhere in Asia will die. It has to be said though, if that was the case cricket would be a very cruel game indeed, even crueler if they used the following scoring/punishment system...
If a player scores...
6 - A silver back gorilla which has been foolishly mistaken for a human man is rented a jet ski only to die in a freak but horrific lakeside boating accident
4 - Several Pandas are given only very basic training in hand to hand combat and then sent to the Middle East to attack the 'War on Terror' head on
3 - A chinchilla, which has had large earphones taped around it's head is forced to listen to all of Michael Bolton's albums, back to back and in their entirety
2 - Each and every cow in England is made to swear under oath that if they are sat down it is actually going to rain, if it doesn't you are allowed to push it over
1 - A kitten is shown a picture of Scott Styris
This is a scary thought, however, not as scary as the thought that, and in the words of the Independents cricket correspondent Stephen Brenkley, 'Stanford now runs cricket'. That my friends is a very scary thought.
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