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***Official*** India in South Africa
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. You can be a defensive player and be immensly talented.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
And then an nice slow impaling.adharcric said:
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Anyways, guys you think we can draw it tommorow? Don't give me if this if that then only then this... just tell me your final verdict. Draw, Win, or Loss?
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
LossTurbinator said:
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
My brain says loss... but my heart says win... and my instincts say it's a draw.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
I knew you'de pick that up... it just sounded like a cool line to say, plus it covered all 3 possibilities.adharcric said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
*Stares down*adharcric said:
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
O wait no yea my gut instinct that's where it comes from. You're right.adharcric said:Your gut?
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
There is no such thing as further down for SS, it stops there.adharcric said:
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Oh well talk to you guys tommorow, pray, have your fingers crossed, and hope for the best.
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
The flaw with playing defensive all day long is that you're giving the fielding captain many more chances to plan an attack to take your best batsmen out. This is exactly what happened in 2005 when India needed to bat out the last day with 9 wickets in hand on pretty much a dead pitch. But Inzamam was allowed to use different tactics almost every over since he didn't need to worry about his bowlers getting attacked.Prince EWS said:
Another use for playing naturally is that the more runs the bowlers get hit for, the less attacking they will be, for the most part. It will demoralize them.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
And the flaw of playing aggressively or "naturally" is that you're giving the bowler many more chances to actually get you out.nightprowler10 said:
I don't think Smith will be too worried about his bowlers getting attacked to be honest - Inida have very little chance of winning. Smith will know he can attack with limited risk.
Again, not if they know the match situation.nightprowler10 said:
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
You're underestimating how much bowlers dislike going for runs IMO, and besides, India aren't chasing 500. If they get off to a good start and add 100 in the first session or so, Smith will be forced to drop the field back a bit.
The key in this sort of situation is to give up on risky shots but not give up on scoring runs. For two examples, look at Ponting's knock at Old Trafford in 2005 to save the test where he made 150 in the day, compared to England's performance in Adelaide last month. Or even India attempting to save a test against Pakistan a couple of series back. If India go out with the mindset that they have to bat 90 overs and not that they should be scoring runs, they'll end up getting themselves out and have a whole day against confident bowlers with aggressive fields. If they put the bad deliveries away they'll put pressure back on the bowlers and force Smith to keep the target in mind.
The key in this sort of situation is to give up on risky shots but not give up on scoring runs. For two examples, look at Ponting's knock at Old Trafford in 2005 to save the test where he made 150 in the day, compared to England's performance in Adelaide last month. Or even India attempting to save a test against Pakistan a couple of series back. If India go out with the mindset that they have to bat 90 overs and not that they should be scoring runs, they'll end up getting themselves out and have a whole day against confident bowlers with aggressive fields. If they put the bad deliveries away they'll put pressure back on the bowlers and force Smith to keep the target in mind.