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***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2016/17

Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

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Pratters said:
Not really. Lets say there is chance of rain but the wicket is poor. If one can back themselves to get more than the opposition in the second dib, one can think of declaring with scores level say. If Australia in the 90s was playing England in the 90s , they might consider this option as the sides have a difference in strength and the other alternate is a draw. Really depends on the difference in strength of teams, state of wicket, how much a team can back themselves and of course the state of the series.
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Wicket is poor in what respect? A flat pitch makes it more viable to declare earlier. By declaring early I mean when you're less than 100 ahead (or behind). To declare early you need to have reasons to do so, such as tailenders in and scoring slowly when the game situation is like what happened when Australia declared behind West Indies a while back - flat pitch, not much time left so if a team does get bowled out you'll be chasing something that should be easy - basically one where you draw or the team batting third collapses. Another situation where you might declare early is if the bowling conditions temporarily become favourable.
 
Pratters

Pratters

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If it is a flatter wicket, the team you put into bat is unlikelier to collapse though. I am talking about declaring with scores even. It's fine to declare when a team is 100+ ahead, yes.
 
Chrish

Chrish

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Pakistan victory is out of question at this point.. Draw would be most logical outcome

Pakistan will have to bat very poorly to loose on this pud
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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Already had 128,210 for three rain affected days of cricket, and today's storms are supposed to be the worst.

And how many days in a row do you expect us to drink? We need a day off at some stage.
 
TheJediBrah

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Pratters said:
Not really. Lets say there is chance of rain but the wicket is poor. If one can back themselves to get more than the opposition in the second dib, one can think of declaring with scores level say. If Australia in the 90s was playing England in the 90s , they might consider this option as the sides have a difference in strength and the other alternate is a draw. Really depends on the difference in strength of teams, state of wicket, how much a team can back themselves and of course the state of the series.
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Don't really agree with this. You're going to have to make those extra runs to win the game anyway, it makes sense to do it while you're still out there batting (and tiring the opposition bowlers, and batsmen, out more) than forcing yourself to make them in the second innings because you think you have a better team so you'll probably win.

I'm sure I must be missing something because I can't see a single reason to declare with scores level in this situation, other than something like wanting to bowl because conditions will be favourable with the new ball but will be easier to bat later, which I doubt will happen in this case.
 
Zinzan

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Smith on for a mandatory 100 I see. This guy is basically Bradman on Australia wickets these days, you can't get him out cheaply.
 
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