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Posted December 15, 2009 02:01 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:28

bopman wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
Why are we putting sweepers out!?  Surely we back our batsmen to bat for 2 sessions no matter what we get set!  Vettori seems a very negative captain at times.
Basically every captain in the world has a point sweeper back most of the time now. TBH if I was going to have a token deep fielder back it would be at 3rd man but what do I know.


I agree, and at times I don't have a problem with it as it stops easy runs - however in this scenario, when even if Pakistan had of got to a 250 run lead quickly somehow by soon after lunch, we have to trust our batsmen to bat for 2 sessions on this pitch.  Seems unnecessarily negative.

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bopman wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
Why are we putting sweepers out!?  Surely we back our batsmen to bat for 2 sessions no matter what we get set!  Vettori seems a very negative captain at times.
Basically every captain in the world has a point sweeper back most of the time now. TBH if I was going to have a token deep fielder back it would be at 3rd man but what do I know.


I agree, and at times I don't have a problem with it as it stops easy runs - however in this scenario, when even if Pakistan had of got to a 250 run lead quickly somehow by soon after lunch, we have to trust our batsmen to bat for 2 sessions on this pitch.  Seems unnecessarily negative.