Can England bat all day

[pasty]

Fully expecting this to be one the most overwhelmingly one sided polls ever, but.....Can England bat all day for day 5 and get a draw out of this test match ?

Personally, not a snowballs chance in hell.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Pietersen - Yes
Rest of side - No

 

[itszamora]

It's possible, so they CAN. Very unlikely though

 

[Skint Gull]

The potential thunderstorms need to happen before a ball is bowled tomorrow for us to get a draw!

 

[Gully]

Everything is possible, but I reckon it is unlikely, we would probably have to rely on that well known twelfth man "Extras" and the thirteenth man "Rain" to get anywhere near a draw.

 

[dougdeep]

 

[fatbadger]

Don't be daft. It's nice to see a bit of fight, though. Now we *just* need them to bat like that in every innings of the series, and for the bowlers to join the batsmen in playing so well.

 

[ali jenkins]

If we hadn't already lost 5 wickets then there could be a chance, but not with the lower order coming in we aint!

 

[Captain Pugwash]

yes, i still believe....

 

[Silent Bob]

If we hadn't already lost 5 wickets then there could be a chance, but not with the lower order coming in we aint!

Agreed, if we had gone in 4 down I'd have said it's possible, but I think not now. Still, at least we've regained some pride.

 

[NMH]

yes, i still believe....

I saw a little green man the other day, and he said you should hand me all your money

 

[paddy]

Keep the faith, thunderstorms are on the way and KP is in top form.

 

[Everest]

Can England bat all day?

 

[ali jenkins]

Keep the faith, thunderstorms are on the way and KP is in top form.

they hinted on SSN that the 'thunder storms' could be an Aussie joke.

 

[pasty]

Can England bat all day?

I'm sorry.

 

[nevergoagain]

Bit of rain overnight, delay start for an hour or so, couple of hours for Pietersen to get his 150 then rain again in the afternoon, ruining our run chase. No probs, I'll take the draw.

 

[Skint Gull]

they hinted on SSN that the 'thunder storms' could be an Aussie joke.

Having just looked at 3 different websites for weather forecasts for Monday there is no hint what so ever of rain in the first test

 

[Yoda]

No f***ing chance.

 

[Hungry Joe]

It is extremely unlikely. However, all things are possible. Pieterson and Jones are exceptionally talented batsmen when on form and Giles can stick around when he puts his mind to it. Couple that with McGrath getting a bit tired, bless, it is not beyond the realms of possibility. I would laugh myself to sleep if we did do it. Our motivation has to be to make the smug Aussie retards regret forever the contempt they have shown us; did you know they'd already given all the stewards the fifth day off? Ha ha.

 

[Billy the Fish]

If collingwood hadn't tried to smash warne for his century, then him and Pietersen would still be in now. They looked completely untroubled by anything the aussies could throw at them. As it is, KP and jones will have the new ball to contend with in the morning, even if they can get past that I still can't see us lasting all three sessions