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I think, so far as the declaration is concerned, that we have gone from the old "we want to give ourselves as little chance of losing" to "we want to give ourselves as much chance of winning" which is more in keeping with our current aggressive form of cricket. That will mean that we do lose the odd one because we have declared too early but will also result in us winning a lot more matches that we would otherwise have drawn and more winning series too. And that has to be for the good of Test cricket especially if other countries opt to follow suit.2
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Brilliant cricket. Robinson has Azhar caught in the leg slip trap by Root!1
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Big wicket!!1
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We're well into the tail now0
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What 15 minutes and a couple of wickets does:
England 1.56
Pakistan 32.0
Draw 3.00
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It is pretty incredible to think that 8 of the wickets taken by us in the first innings were by spinners and on the 5th day of the same Test match they haven't taken any of the 7 to fall0
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Win, lose, draw or tie, can’t fault Stokes and England for going for it here with that declaration. Has made what otherwise would have been a dead game with players just going through the motions into an exciting finish. Also from I sports psychology perspective to win consistently you have to be able to bare to lose, not just keep the no lose mentality.Think we will win from here but even if we don’t can’t fault the intent.2
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Brook is suicidally close to the bat at forward short leg!0
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Hats off to Ben Stokes for making this into a game. Superb test match
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I mean that is seriously dangerous - even a clip off the legs will cause injury0
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What a strange situation, the spinner warming up to take the new ball as the seamers do the work with the old one.1
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Anderson's attempted short ball at 80mph barely hits the batsman on the hip - but Leach's full length ball at 50mph would have sailed over the stumps according to DRS!1
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Great one handed catch by Pope down the leg side0
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264-80
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Who needs specialist keepers eh
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Wow what a grab that is!0
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2 more to go0
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Indeed. For the regimental ones the non specialist's drop?Leuth said:Who needs specialist keepers eh0 -
Yes - 9 down. LBW to Anderson.0
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I’m very very glad I’m not the england captain4
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Pope miss, but now 1768 runs, the most in a 5 day Test match.0
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Like that - that should have been Pope's - it's to his right hand and he has the glovesAddick Addict said:
Indeed. For the regimental ones the non specialist's drop?Leuth said:Who needs specialist keepers eh0 -
It's almost like you knewAddick Addict said:
Indeed. For the regimental ones the non specialist's drop?Leuth said:Who needs specialist keepers eh1 -
Don't get me wrong. Pope probably has the talent to do it in the long term but someone who has only ever kept in 7 First Class games and not on a regular basis is not going to have developed the long term and ingrained technique to do so at Test level. Yes he will pull off the odd stunner because he is a supremely talented cricketer but he will get found out even more so standing up on a pitch where the ball is turning square. Pope has, nevertheless, done an admiral job given the circumstances.Leuth said:
It's almost like you knewAddick Addict said:
Indeed. For the regimental ones the non specialist's drop?Leuth said:Who needs specialist keepers eh2 -
If we had decent spinners, he would have been shown up more. In different circumstances he could have been standing up for 70 overs today.Addick Addict said:
Don't get me wrong. Pope probably has the talent to do it in the long term but someone who has only ever kept in 7 First Class games and not on a regular basis is not going to have developed the long term and ingrained technique to do so at Test level. Yes he will pull have the odd stunner because he is a supremely talented cricketer but he will get found out even more so standing up on a pitch where the ball is turning square. Pope has, nevertheless, done an admiral job given the circumstances.Leuth said:
It's almost like you knewAddick Addict said:
Indeed. For the regimental ones the non specialist's drop?Leuth said:Who needs specialist keepers eh1 -
If they're allowed to disappear for an unscheduled comfort break, I think we're perfectly entitled to win it with a Mankad1
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I highly doubt the non strikers are leaving their creaseChizz said:If they're allowed to disappear for an unscheduled comfort break, I think we're perfectly entitled to win it with a Mankad0 -
Going under?0
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And there it is!!!! The final wicket to Leach. The only wicket, but the most vital one, to fall in this innings to a spinner.
England win by 74 runs. A fantastic Test match even if the real "test" was for the bowlers.1 -
Never in doubt
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