The Edmonton game will be debated for many years to come, and I for one didn’t sleep on Sunday night through a mixture of adrenalin and doubts.

It seems though that I was not alone. A phone call mid afternoon on Monday from Sheridan confirmed that at least one other player was struggling to come to terms with losing a 232 run lead. The conclusion of the conversation was that with the benefit of hindsight we would have won easily !

This is partly why cricket is the best game on earth. Everyone would have done something slightly differently and polite debate could last for weeks over the smallest of adjustments.

Could we have scored more runs ?

In hindsight we could have batted the hitters up the order and relied on the steady eddies to shore things up if the hitters got themselves out too quickly. Players like Marcus, Steve, and Nick could have been sent in to blast away at the short boundaries. But equally this method may have landed us at 150 all out after 22 overs.

Should we have attacked more in the field ?

In hindsight we could have taken risks by dispensing with defensive positions such as fine leg with 232 on the board and had more catchers. But this option may have given away too many demoralising cheap runs and heads could have dropped.

Should Mat Freeman have opened the bowling ?

In hindsight Mat should have opened the bowling and put Edmonton under pressure with his hard to score from pace and accuracy. But then again, if they had edged and got lucky they could have had runs on the board with the captain then having limited options to stem the flow.

Should Jim have bowled when he did and form the end he did ?

In hindsight I should never have bowled to a small leg side boundary as the leg side should be my wicket taking zone. Myself and Sheridan are both very experienced cricketers and we both hold our hands up that we made a mistake on the end issue. However, we both also agreed that I should have bowled when I did as we needed wickets to win the game and at that stage nothing was happening. Off spinners rely on batsmen playing the ball with the spin which makes the leg side boundary crucial. On a normal sized pitch the sixes would have been 2’s at best with boundary fielders and probably catching chances. As it happened, I nearly ended up in the Guinness book of records !

As you can see, there are many questions and many more answers. But one thing is for certain, those that played on Sunday have experienced the magic of cricket.