Scaly piscine
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Ugh. No they wouldn't because they were scoring a lot faster at the end of the first innings than they are now. With an extra 50 run lead they'd have batted with more freedom in this innings as well.
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*Official* First Test at Lord's
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Son Of Coco
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I knew you would
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Changing the subject, where have you been these last few months?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Err no, because if you bat longer in the first innings, you can just declare earlier in the second should it come to that. In fact, if they'd managed to put on another partnership of any substance they might not have needed to bat a second time at all. All the declaration did was expose them to the possibility of this happening; it didn't actually give them any more time to win at all, because they hadn't begun to approach the point where India could bat out the rest of the game without making England bat again. It was just psychological bull**** that always had no real upside at all.
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Yeah, strange one, I'd tell Sharma and Praveen to give it all they've got for 10 overs then retreat into Raina and Harbhijan if that doesn't work.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Haha, I was gonna go for the Ponting comparison as well.That's odd. Next he'll be bringing on Mike Hussey at the other end.
Calculated risk though, could pick up a cheap wicket if Prior or Morgan drop their concentration against him.
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
Exactly. That's the best Chance for India,imo.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
The benefits of hindsight hey. Of course if England had of gotten a wicket or two at the end of day 2 the people in your corner wouldn't be voicing this opinion.
And how can you say your last sentence with such certainty? England could quite conceivably not have gotten India out as quickly if India started the innings on day 3 and if England batted with more freedom this innings they could easily have lost their wickets quicker.
Too many ifs and buts.
Howe_zat
Audio File
I disagreed with the declaration for the reasons mentioned, i.e. it's just as attacking to be scoring quickly in the first innings.
However, it clearly wouldn't have made that much of a difference compared to other things. For one, if we'd held our catches - catches ffs - we'd not even be batting. We can gripe at all these things if we like.
However, it clearly wouldn't have made that much of a difference compared to other things. For one, if we'd held our catches - catches ffs - we'd not even be batting. We can gripe at all these things if we like.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Then again, the next Test starts on Friday. Praveen bowled 40 overs in the first innings, Zaheer is probably crocked.
Andre
International Regular
Na he'd have bowled last over if that was the case.