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***Official*** England in India

mightymariner

mightymariner

U19 12th Man
Prince EWS said:
Not even I know what Compton bowls and that's precisely the sort of absolutely useless cricket knowledge I pride myself on. I want to say offies.
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Correct. A whole 3 FC wickets with it as well. Would rather Root was playing for his higher quality part-time spin though.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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Cevno said:
Declare today and have a crack or bat through ?
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Keep batting. The pitch is only going to get worse so there's no point giving England better conditions than you have to, plus I wouldn't be all that confident in making any sort of second innings score against Swann if this really breaks up.
 
benchmark00

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Prince EWS said:
Keep batting. The pitch is only going to get worse so there's no point giving England better conditions than you have to, plus I wouldn't be all that confident in making any sort of second innings score against Swann if this really breaks up.
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awta.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Prince EWS said:
Not even I know what Compton bowls and that's precisely the sort of absolutely useless cricket knowledge I pride myself on. I want to say offies.
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I've a vague suspicion it's filthy legspin, but have never seen him bowl, tbh.

Think I must've read it somewhere.
 
morgieb

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Teja. said:
Yeah, the combination of defensive fields + extremely slow pitch which is hard to score on means India should be happy with the 452 on the board and take it easy for a while, even if it doesn't make for particularly entertaining viewing.

These two have to get India past the 500 mark, Can't bank on the others lasting on this pitch for long, given Harbhajan likes to slog.
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:laugh:
 
morgieb

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A specialist bowler averaging over 40 is pretty special, even if his career has barely begun.
 
Teja.

Teja.

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Not that I think we'll last that long but in a hypothetical I'd bat till just before lunch into tomorrow or so. So yeah, keep batting till bowled out.

You want to shut out every perceivable opportunity of the third result.
 
flibbertyjibber

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Teja. said:
Not that I think we'll last that long but in a hypothetical I'd bat till just before lunch into tomorrow or so. So yeah, keep batting till bowled out.

You want to shut out every perceivable opportunity of the third result.
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I'd be happy with that. Be a tough ask to save the game but if we avoided the follow on it would probably be done then.
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

Cricketer Of The Year
morgieb said:
A specialist bowler averaging over 40 is pretty special, even if his career has barely begun.
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Averages 36 and bats at 6 for Tamilnadu. Hence should be considered as a bowling allrounder rather than a specialist bowler.
Has a test century too. (Yes, wanted to say this :))
 
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