O think we declared just a tad too early. I agree with setting a getable target but at this rate Pakistan will only need 240 -250 tomorrow, at 3 an over.
Can't really call our bowlers "spinners". I thought the whole point was for the ball to land & then spin....hopefully away from the bat so there is an edge to slip or short leg.
Its just slow bowling. There is no concernable spin at all.
According to the BBC coverage: If Pakistan chase this it will be the second highest scoring Test in history. The only one higher was a timeless Test in 1939
The mindset between how we play now and how we did a few years ago is massive. Alistair cook for instance would not have declared until after an hours play tomorrow.
Just seen that. Bangladesh were chasing 187 and collapsed to 136/9 but somehow made it to nick the win.
Excellent. When it comes to cricket, any defeat for India is a good thing in my book. That it’s come at the hands of a relative minnow is even better. That the defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory makes it better still. The only way it could be better would be if the arrogant prick Virat Kohli got a golden duck and then slipped on a dog turd on his way back to the pavilion.
Well I have just asked a cricketer I know, and he said the players would always want a bold declaration and the result can go either way, than plod on for another 20 overs and give no incentive to the other team to chase and spend the last day and half going through the motions
England will be criticised for their attacking style if they lose this, but I don't think there's another team in world cricket that would've tried to force a win in this match
England will be criticised for their attacking style if they lose this, but I don't think there's another team in world cricket that would've tried to force a win in this match
There can't have been a five day Test match where the teams have scored over 1,200 runs combined in their first innings and there's been a result. Our run rate of 6.50 in this match is the fastest for any score of 650 or above by a country mile - the nearest is Australia's 735-6 at 5.01 in October, 2003 against Zimbabwe which ended up in a win by the Aussies by an innings and 175 runs.
Who would have thought that we went into the game with four spinners and three seamers and on the penultimate session of the 5th day we could do with another seamer or two because all the wickets have been taken by the quicks in this innings (5-108 as opposed to the spinners 0-106)
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Think we needed to set them closer to 400.
Its just slow bowling. There is no concernable spin at all.
Alistair cook for instance would not have declared until after an hours play tomorrow.
The only way it could be better would be if the arrogant prick Virat Kohli got a golden duck and then slipped on a dog turd on his way back to the pavilion.
4.53am ?
Unfortunately, none of our spinners are proving effective and it's they and not the seamers that are leaking runs:
Seamers - 15 overs, 1-13
Spinners - 16 overs, 0-72
169-3 at lunch and 174 required
176-4
Game on
198-5
217-5 and 126 runs required by Pakistan
Pakistan 3.65
Draw 3.10