Did he get it right?

That's the question that Andrew Flintoff will be asking himself tonight. The three overs for three runs that the last England pair scored could prove to be the difference in the last test in India. If the game ends tomorrow and India are 8 or 9 wickets down then the answer will be he got it wrong. If the England bowlers step up to the mark and bowl India out then the answer will be he got it right.

For most of the game I was expecting England to push on with the bat, but it never really materialized and they may have wasted valuable time that they could need tomorrow. On the positive side of things only four sides have won here batting fourth (odd choice to field first by India don't you think) and of those sides the highest run chase has been 163. The highest fourth innings total is 263, so it looks on paper that Flintoff did the right thing. If Michael Vaughan was here would he have done anything differently, maybe but would we have batted so well. Flintoff has been a captain who led from the front and has not been found wanting when the pressure has been on. Martin Corry (England Rugby captain) could do a lot worse than to sit down with him for a while and get some tips on how to motivate people.

Time will tell if Flintoff made the right choice, but as a captain and team player he has led his team to a chance of victory and for that he must be roundly applauded