This is the key bit for me. No-one knows what would've happened if they'd stayed in or how many runs they would've added. Or, in fact, if those extra runs would've made any difference anyway...
But if it makes people feel better blaming Stokes for the declaration (at the end of the FIRST day...
Yeah, but you can't prove that, can you?
Anyone blaming an early declaration – after EVERYTHING else that has happened in the subsequent days – for a defeat is just wrong!
Well that's ME patronisingly told!
People can watch, listen and observe until the cows come home, but when you've got, for example, the sages in the TMS commentary box not being able to predict anything, forgive me for having a bit of a laugh at the mere cricketing mortals on NSC saying - with...
Almost as entertaining as the match is following this thread as posters tell us what is going to happen with such conviction when, in reality, no-one has got a Scooby because an over or two can completely change the outlook.
Well played everyone, see you back here tomorrow for the...