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Message: [QUOTE="Kooly87, post: 3211272, member: 9326"] I fully appreciate how hard it must be to weigh up resting anyone in that bowling line up given how prolific they've been and how crucial the series was, but I do agree ultimately not making that call probably played a big role in not winning this series. Whether that blame rests with Paine, the Selectors, the Bowlers themselves or a combination of any or all of them is debateable, but in the end I think it's fair to say we got that one wrong. Even the all conquering Australian sides of the past relied on both forced and unforced rotation of the bowlers from time to time. Guys like Andy Bichel, Michael Kasprowicz and Colin Miller, obviously among plenty of others, are somewhat unsung heroes from that golden era or Aussie Test cricket and there is no doubt that our success during those eras rested in part on being able to call on high quality guys like them to come into the side and just rip in for one or two Tests with no worry about self preservation or fatigue. It's not like the quality isn't there. Pattinson would make just about any other Test side in the World and Neser isn't far behind him either. One Test or even just one brutal spell from either of these guys could have well and truly turned the tide of the series once it was starting to drift away from us. [/QUOTE]

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