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    Quote Originally Posted by hawk View Post
    Ok 2nd test ready to go.

    This is usually a road. Team batting 1st gets 450. 4th inns is worth 170. Bat 1st
    Unless the wicket is wet / very green I'd always bat first.,

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
    Unless the wicket is wet / very green I'd always bat first.,
    i think the theory is that batting at 'dusk' is the pits. both teams trying to manage their exposure to batting during that time.

    also, Broad is a plonker all day every day then he bowls one of 'those' spells that rips your whole team apart.

    you know its coming some time this series.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawk View Post
    Ok 2nd test ready to go.

    This is usually a road. Team batting 1st gets 450. 4th inns is worth 170. Bat 1st
    It used to be that way until they went to the night tests there

    Since then it been a bit of a lottery.

    If your batting as night descends then it not that hard as blokes "in" stay in

    But if you walk out to the middle after night falls making runs impossible and you back in the pavilion like you Shaun Marsh

    Hopefully get a bit fairer contest between bar and ball at night time there this year

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    nice work dave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    It used to be that way until they went to the night tests there

    Since then it been a bit of a lottery.

    If your batting as night descends then it not that hard as blokes "in" stay in

    But if you walk out to the middle after night falls making runs impossible and you back in the pavilion like you Shaun Marsh

    Hopefully get a bit fairer contest between bar and ball at night time there this year
    yeah, forgot about the day night thing.

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    damn runout was unlucky

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    Shaun Marsh

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    In the team now for another 12 months

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    Poms need 78 to avoid the follow on.

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    carn straya

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    Why the fook would we not send them back in ? Smith is not a captains arsehole.

    The new ball is dancing all over the place - Bancroft is out.. and I'd say more to follow as Anderson and Broad are getting some good movement off the seam and through the air.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
    Why the fook would we not send them back in ? Smith is not a captains arsehole.

    The new ball is dancing all over the place - Bancroft is out.. and I'd say more to follow as Anderson and Broad are getting some good movement off the seam and through the air.
    New age captaincy

    They don't enforce the follow on unless a certain innings win or time constraints

    To me it not that much a problem

    Bat tonight
    Bat tomorrow

    Declare at some stage

    Get to bowl twice at them in the dark with them batting to survive

    Send them back in and we more than likely going to have to bat to win the game

    Why put ourselves under any pressure

    Grind them into the ground this way

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    lol, one of the worst decisions you will ever see hahahaha

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    250 odd is plenty of lead already. Just need to pick when is best to send the Poms back in to wrap this up.
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    yeah, with 6 wickets in hand, they are good for about another 80 runs minimum, puts the chase around 350. english have almost zero chance of winning this one i reckon.

    it was some outstanding batting by lyon last night. that time-wasting in the last over was magnificent.

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    Australia wasted the new ball today and Poms are 50 without loss.

    I hope they knock Australia over just so we can hear all the excuses.


    Edit: 2/54 now the poms looking to throw it all away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
    Australia wasted the new ball today and Poms are 50 without loss.

    I hope they knock Australia over just so we can hear all the excuses.


    Edit: 2/54 now the poms looking to throw it all away.
    Don't think it an issue

    These days it all about workload and sorts science and all that shit

    Hazelwood Starc Cummins and co they want to manage their workload and recovery etc

    Dont forget 5 tests in 7-8 weeks so they don't want to burn them out etc

    I agree soft as all ****

    But that the way it is these days and unless we miles in front or weather time constraints it ain't happening

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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

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    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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    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.
    Umm this time we knew the new ball in the evening would be lethal and we also had only bowled 40 odd overs at them - so bowlers had plenty in reserve. Choosing to bat meant we would face the new ball at the worst time - and be rolling the dice about when we got to bowl at them. The result is we got to then bowl the new ball at a time which suited the batsmen rather than in the dodgy light and conditions conducive to swing. The new ball was essentially waster ... and the rest is history

    Not only that, I think someone mentioned something about getting two shots at the poms in the dodgy light - but the reality is the game will be well and truly over by then win lose or draw.

    Even if Australia managed a win from this - they will be doing it the hard way.

    It wouldn't surprise me at all if Mark Jones, GVE, Scott Miller, and Phil Stubbins had something to do with Smiths decision - it's all too familiar.
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    Good start to the days play so far!

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