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    Quote Originally Posted by Bon View Post
    Good start to the days play so far!
    holy crap - saved - unless they can get a big partnership together - and new ball to arrive in next ten overs or so.
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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Didn’t Oz enforce the follow on against India (?) one day and they scored like 900 then rolled the Aussies for 20 or something?

    Fabulous.
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    So not following on was an incorrect decision but what can ya do. Its happened before and will again. Aus still should sneak it but eng will get lucky with 166 edges through slips
    Sneaked the game by 120 runs so the decision was not wrong

    Reality was despite the position England got in to 140 years if history suggests you ain't chasing down that type of score in the 4th innings

    Best part about it is the Poms got some good cricket out of them that at least won't punish us when the game is on the line

    1 more win in Perth to make it 3-0 and then just go through the motions for 5-0 as they capitulate some more

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Didn’t Oz enforce the follow on against India (?) one day and they scored like 900 then rolled the Aussies for 20 or something?

    Fabulous.
    It was back in the early 2000s when Tugger Waugh sent the Indians back in after we rolled them cheaply in India in the first dig and had a sizeable lead in the game and were 1-0 up in the series

    We had Binger Lee Dizzy Gillespie McGrath and Warnie plus our batting line up included Hayden Langer Ponting Gilchrist etc so we were well equipped in theory

    Indians had other ideas and VVS Laxman got 270 odd and Rahul Dravid got 180 odd and we went a full day without a wicket

    Indians got a lead and then bowled themselves to victory. The tide in the series turned and India got the series win and denied the Aussies a first win in India in 30+ years etc

    All blame goes on Tugger Waugh and his decision to not bat and grind them into the ground etc

    Following on gave them a chance and they took it
    Batting would have crippled them

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    Never in doubt. Can't believe anyone doubting Steve Smith's decision to not enforce the follow on.

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    Steve Waugh was a fraud though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Sneaked the game by 120 runs so the decision was not wrong

    Reality was despite the position England got in to 140 years if history suggests you ain't chasing down that type of score in the 4th innings

    Best part about it is the Poms got some good cricket out of them that at least won't punish us when the game is on the line

    1 more win in Perth to make it 3-0 and then just go through the motions for 5-0 as they capitulate some more
    Wrong. We would have not batted again if they follow on.

    and we have lost on record 4th innings scores more than once. do some historiz humpty

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Didn’t Oz enforce the follow on against India (?) one day and they scored like 900 then rolled the Aussies for 20 or something?

    Fabulous.
    Quote Originally Posted by hawk View Post
    Wrong. We would have not batted again if they follow on.

    and we have lost on record 4th innings scores more than once. do some historiz humpty
    England in 992 Tests have a highest 4th innings chase of 332 in 1928??

    Or that in the 108 times England have been asked to chase a score above 332 they have won 0 of these 108 games losing 80 of these games and drawing the rest??

    Which stat you referring to??

    Because there was very minimal chance we were losing that game

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    England in 992 Tests have a highest 4th innings chase of 332 in 1928??

    Or that in the 108 times England have been asked to chase a score above 332 they have won 0 of these 108 games losing 80 of these games and drawing the rest??

    Which stat you referring to??

    Because there was very minimal chance we were losing that game
    but Eng scored 370 & 363 in 4th inns at Adel previously. Score was attainable
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawk View Post
    but Eng scored 370 & 363 in 4th inns at Adel previously. Score was attainable
    Scoring runs when you don't win and scoring runs and you do are two different things

    They never got into that game. Sure whilst Root was there they had a chance

    But they still needed 170 odd runs to win.
    Every time a wicket fell it was going to ramp up the pressure on the batting side

    As it did so spectacularly today

    If they had of got to 100 with 5-6 wickets in hand then the pressure would have intensified on them as they would have really started to believe they could win not just hopeetc


    Test Cricket for all the changes with T20 and ODI still has statistics and nuances that stand the test of time .

    350+ run chases in the 4th innings just don't happen
    Be more likely to see Shaun Marsh 100s than this

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Scoring runs when you don't win and scoring runs and you do are two different things

    They never got into that game. Sure whilst Root was there they had a chance

    But they still needed 170 odd runs to win.
    Every time a wicket fell it was going to ramp up the pressure on the batting side

    If they had of got to 100 with 5-6 wickets in hand then the pressure would have intensified on them as they would have really started to believe they could win not just hopeetc

    350+ run chases in the 4th innings just don't happen
    Be more likely to see Shaun Marsh 100s than this
    incorrect

    No, each run is worth 1 whether winning or losing. South Africa d Australia with 414/4 4th inns & South Africa won by 6 wickets. At 2/130 they could have done it

    We bowl to them when following-on at night and with no confidence theres a high chance we dont bat again making 4th inns debate moot. The decision not to follow-on was still incorrect but as i said before its difficult to make correct decisions all the time. hindsight etc

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    English making an issue of sledging...again.

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/42277764

    I'm not making an issue of it.
    FFS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jetmaster View Post
    English making an issue of sledging...again.

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/42277764



    FFS.
    How about they making an issue of playing cricket well??

    Useless ****s

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    Just whinging Poms being. Barmy Army are angels lol, fk them all

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    good days cricket that.
    england showed some spine.
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    And I don't argue with FR. The bloke is a legend and deserves great praise for his contributions to football in the Hunter.
    He is also the second best poster on the entire Foz behind you
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    sometimes there's more to life than just winning
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    What a deadset ****ing coward **** you are
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    Seems like I am WRONG

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    good days cricket that.
    england showed some spine.
    Any chance our ****ing captain can win the ****ing toss??

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Any chance our ****ing captain can win the ****ing toss??
    up until today Smith won every toss, especially the ones Root won.
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    And I don't argue with FR. The bloke is a legend and deserves great praise for his contributions to football in the Hunter.
    He is also the second best poster on the entire Foz behind you
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    sometimes there's more to life than just winning
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    What a deadset ****ing coward **** you are
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    Seems like I am WRONG

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    Smith has no idea when it comes to appealing LBW decisions with the ball. If a pace bowler hits a batsmen on the front pad above the knee roll you don't waste an appeal on it. Unfortunately, he does it every time - then wonders why hawk-eye shows the ball going over the top of the stumps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    up until today Smith won every toss, especially the ones Root won.
    I really don't give a **** what people think but your captain should be the best player at two up in the side

    Considering in cricket advantage goes to the side winning it then it imperative that you winning it more than not

    Smith seems to be shocking at it

    Get the tinniest **** in the team to go toss the ****er coin

    Every little advantage helps etc

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    Gonna miss the WACA, no more Fremantle Doctor, no more bouncy pitch with balls going over the keeper and hitting the sightscreen on the full.

    Moving to yet another beige state of the art stadium...zzzzzz

    Still vividly remember sitting in a park at the Entrance and hearing Doug Walters' last ball six.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    good days cricket that.
    england showed some spine.
    england's problem to me seems to be that they can certainly win a session or a day, but they can never back it up. i fully expect that australia will bowl them out by lunch for about another 50 or so. 350 is probably a par score. the quality of their tail makes me think 1 more wicket and they're all out.

    also, what a suprise! they move bairstow up the order and they get a decent score!

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