wycbloods wrote:Because he is a batsmen and that is his job to bat. Where do you draw the line for a night watchman, 3,5,7,9 overs? It is obviously a good pitch and one he should want to bat on. I don't subscribe to the oh there is only 3 overs left i might get out if i go out to bat. He might get out first ball the next day but he needs to go out and bat as that is his job. Shows mental weakness to me.
His job is to do whatever Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss want him to do. If they think they have nothing to gain by putting him out there for 3 overs then that is fair enough and IMO they are right. Like i said what have they got to gain by sending KP into bat? He can not get his eye in for day 2, he is very unlikely to make any more than 5 and is every chance of being dismissed. How does it harm the team by having him sit in dressing room and wait until the next day to come into bat?
