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***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12
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heathrf1974
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
He did the right thing. Tests are for winning, not records. It will be interesting how the Indians handle the same wicket conditions. Players who fail may have their current test careers under pressure.
Burgey
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They'll be six down at stumps.
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
Heh, he could certain use one.
Oscillatingmind
U19 Cricketer
Good declaration, was hoping he'd get to 334 myself. But given the forecast tomorrow (Sydney - 48 hour forecast) and the pitch being playable I don't see why you wouldn't declare early, its not as if you're at risk of losing.
Can let them off, not been able to cheerlead like this for a long while.
adub
International Captain
7.5 sessions to go. How much rain do you reckon is coming? and how long do you reckon it will take to take 10 wickets? They're talking about rain over night and some showers during the day, not losing a whole day or even a session. Why let them bat on the pitch whilst it's still great to bat on? I don't think we'll end up regretting it, but no where near ruthless enough for my liking.
If we do end up letting them make 600 and get rolled chasing 130 odd we'll look very ****ing stupid.
Sylvester
State Captain
Sehwag has scored 290 runs in a day, add runs from his buddies plus 1.5 sessions worth of runs and you could be looking at 650-700 somewhere in Day 5. Then we are forced to chase 100 odd runs and we know what happened last time we tried chasing that much. Don't see the need to give India even the hope of a miracle. 2 days is more than enough, if you can't do that then you don't deserve to win.
I KNEW someone would say that. Such horse ****. Sorry, but it is.
In all isolation, without milestones, that was the right time to declare. And that's why he did it. End of.
Haha, wow..as of above 'if they get 600 and we get rolled for 130 we'll look stupid'. Yes, probably. Quite right.
Spark
Global Moderator
To be fair I think it'll be letting them make 600 then getting rolled chasing 130 that will be what makes us look stupid, not the declaration. I mean, we're 460 ahead.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
Only a loser would operate under the theory that they'd let India make 650 here.