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I agree anything over 250 should be enough, but why take risks declaring with either a 250, 320 or 350 lead when you can take the game out of their reach with c.400 and still have loads of time (3.5 sessions) to bowl them out. Percentages dictate you take the low risk option which still gives...

There is more than one way to skin a cat. In the end it was immaterial but there would have been no point declaring 320 or 340 ahead with so much time in the game. We could have declared over night and still been marginal favourites but on that pitch 130 overs was surely enough which meant our...

I'd be fairly confident setting them 320 or more. Even 250 on this pitch would be tough and you would make the bowling team favourites

It will be hard to survive on an up and down pitch with men around the bat. The benefit of setting an unachievable target is that you can set ultra attacking fields throughout the innings. A counter attacking stand when you've only set 340 means fielders retreat and potential chances go...

Surely the aim is to win the game and the best way to do this, is to give yourself as many overs as possible at them. 120 overs rather than 110 could be crucial as the Duke ball tends to reverse after 30+ overs so let's get the use of two new balls plus a bit of reverse x2. Play sensibly...

I'd aim to pull out after 45/50 overs tomorrow. Try and score at 4 per over to get the lead to 400 or just above.