Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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Wowza.
If Broad, or indeed anyone, get Warner out cheaply tonight I might need a cold shower.
If Broad, or indeed anyone, get Warner out cheaply tonight I might need a cold shower.
Of course it does.Potentially, England may have handed them 50 runs.
They need to make inroads here, because as it stands that decision makes no sense at all.
I hope you’re right on their batting. Smith could bat for all 5 days on this strip if he’s in nick.It's a reasonable gamble, they would only have managed maybe another 20-30 runs if they batted on til all wickets were down.. two wickets tonight would be worth considerably more as the convicts are a tad light in batting depth.
Game of opinions, agreed.Of course it does.
Sacrificing another few runs for a half hour at potentially tired batsman rather than letting them bat early tomorrow morning when they are refreshed, there is more value in this than the extra few runs IMO
We didn't get the two wickets so the pendulum swings South...yes, Smith could utterly destroy us on this strip.I hope you’re right on their batting. Smith could bat for all 5 days on this strip if he’s in nick.
Silly declaration on day one of a test series . New style or not you are playing the number one team in the world . Rule 1 get as many runs as you can so you can’t lose . Time will tell but 393 no where near enough
Root was scoring quickly as well and there at 4 days left, seems mad to declare.Surely it’s not annoying to keep batting, go again for ten minutes in the morning then declare with 20/30 more runs on the board. The openers then have to go out to field, then back in quickly after to get ready to bat. There’s aggressive and then there’s aggressive for the sake of it.
I think I tend to agree.Surely it’s not annoying to keep batting, go again for ten minutes in the morning then declare with 20/30 more runs on the board. The openers then have to go out to field, then back in quickly after to get ready to bat. There’s aggressive and then there’s aggressive for the sake of it.
Even with hindsight, knowing that we didn't get a wicket, I'd argue that the possible value of a wicket (and then Labushane having to effectively open tomorrow morning) significantly outweighs any runs we could have put on this evening and the first few overs tomorrow.Game of opinions, agreed.
My view was that it's a beautiful batting track on possibly one of, if not the, best day to bat in series. Tomorrow it should be as good. I'd rather try and squeeze another 50 out of it and put them in early tomorrow.
The net result of a declaration for the sake of four overs is handing them possibly as many as 50 runs.
Anyway, it's all good fun and jolly good that bat n' ball is back.