*Official* World Test Championship Final 2021

[Days of Grace]

Wasn’t it the final test of the South Africa vs England series in 1999/2000? I know that Hansie forfeited the third innings to give England a target, which they then achieved.

 

[Zinzan]

Wasn’t it the final test of the South Africa vs England series in 1999/2000? I know that Hansie forfeited the third innings to give England a target, which they then achieved.

Yeah mate, I remember that forfeit. England ended up winning that test too https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...rica-vs-england-5th-test-63864/full-scorecard when SA were comfortably the better side. Although SA still won the series 2-1 and it was a dead rubber.

 

[Moss]

There was a lot happening with Cronje behind the scenes during that match. Wonder if captains would dare to attempt such an arrangement again for fear of suspicion:

Marlon steals the show

And then there was Marlon Aronstam

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[Zinzan]

So apparently the grass has been mowed on the pitch & It’s not green anymore and is looking like a bat first wicket. India shouldn't need to tinker with the XI at the eleventh hour.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Highlanders struggling in the rugby final. How's the weather looking for the cricket?

 

[hendrix]

so my question is why can't they start early? It's supposed to be dry for the morning. Why do they have provisions to extend the time of play at the end of the day but not the beginning?

11am local start time is pretty late. And then at the end of the day what's the bet that light is a factor?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The start time is 10:30. Any earlier has too much potential to favour the bowlers. That was why up until the 80's Test Cricket used to start at 11:30 in England.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Highlanders struggling in the rugby final. How's the weather looking for the cricket?

Scrap that. 13-12 now

 

[_Ed_]

Any earlier has too much potential to favour the bowlers.

But isn't that also the case with the final session of day/night tests?

 

[hendrix]

The start time is 10:30. Any earlier has too much potential to favour the bowlers. That was why up until the 80's Test Cricket used to start at 11:30 in England.

Ok yeah 10:30 is not too bad.

 

[Days of Grace]

Might be that India will want to bat first so their spinners bowl last and New Zealand will want to bowl first because they want to make the most of the conditions for their seamers.

 

[Moss]

Tough decision to make at the toss. NZ wouldn’t necessarily mind bowling first given it’s cloudy, but will be wary of chasing against a 3 pace-2 spin attack on a dry pitch; in any case they’re used to batting first and setting the tone in somewhat similar conditions at home. For India I suspect that it’s a Headingley 2002 scenario - bat first, back yourself to see out the first session, put up a huge score to give the attack the platform to work with and expect Ashwin/Jadeja to play the role Kumble/Harbhajan did back then.

 

[Athlai]

This game is gonna be played off and on. Bowl first always imo.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Great work Kane!

 

[OverratedSanity]

This panauti smh

 

[sunilz]

Panauti ??

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Need to roll them for sub 250.

 

[Teja.]

Sweepstakes:

Teja 334

 

[Days of Grace]

Anybody got that New Zealand “won the toss!” celebratory meme?

 

[cnerd123]

Backing Che Pu to grind us to 300+