no the mistake was asking New Zealand to follow on

a lot of assumptions to be made but if England had batted again and got 200 plus New Zealand would have been set 400 plus to win and the bowlers would have had some rest ,but they had 2 plus days in the field

but what is done is done

Posted By: ghostof barry butler on February 28th 2023 at 08:51:33

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Ben Stokes first real mistake as England captain (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 06:56:30
- going to the IPL will be his next (Other Sports) - Henclrikus, Feb 28, 12:11:09
  - It 'shows' that his love of the Test format is just lip service (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Feb 28, 12:56:43
- Disagree. Did we bowl well enough or (Other Sports) - DiscoDale, Feb 28, 09:26:24
- Blimey we were about 1/20 to win when I last checked (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 09:16:22
- It was a good call poorly executed (n/m) (Other Sports) - CWC, Feb 28, 08:51:57
- If there was any fault it was Root running out Brook (n/m) (Other Sports) - The Gaffer, Feb 28, 08:04:59
  - Root getting a lot of grief for that (Other Sports) - McGill, Feb 28, 09:19:04
  - no the mistake was asking New Zealand to follow on (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 08:51:33
- It was a greater service to the game (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 07:14:40
  - This is exactly how I feel, for what it's worth (Other Sports) - Bertie Russell, Feb 28, 10:46:13
  - I get your point although not sure we would have ground out a turgid result (Other Sports) - Jim, Feb 28, 07:37:55
    - Yeah, if we'd been battered then it would have been a bad call (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 07:50:10
      - That was 💯 Root’s fault (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Feb 28, 08:10:02
        
        Well yeah (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 08:12:03
        
        Know I keep wittering on about this but wouldn't it nice to have a deciding Test match? (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Feb 28, 08:33:48
        
        Haha,yeah you did say,I think I just assumed we'd win this 2-0. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 28, 10:27:01
        
        deffo (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 09:02:54
  - that a fair point (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 07:19:03
    - Heh, yeah (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 28, 07:54:33

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