NEIL RUNKEL's Blog (2)

They have decided upon Bell and we all hope he bat’s a lot better than he has done in his last two innings. It will be interesting to see the bowling selections but I suggest this may be left until the last minute when they have seen how much grass is on the wicket and what sort of weather conditions are expected. If it is a dry wicket with not a lot of grass on it we may have both spinners playing, however I suggest the weather conditions will take precedence and harmy will replace onions. It… Continue

A good win but there are plenty of swallows to come. We had the rub by winning the toss and for two days batting conditions were helpful. As soon as the sun goes in at Lords there is likely to be lateral movement. I was there for most of the match and I can assure you that we deserved our victory. There have been plenty of occasions where the Aussies have had the rub and all the right decisions - don't forget the four bad decisiond that Strauss had in Australia last time. What was disturbing… Continue