Aus loses when they bat first.

[Richard]

I'm not saying one outnumbers the other - I haven't been keeping exact count.

All I was saying is that a 270-plus score almost always used to be "forget it". It ain't no more. Even 434 isn't.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Do we need an 'Aus loses when they play England' thread now?


I'll enjoy it while it lasts...

 

[shortpitched713]

All I was saying is that a 270-plus score almost always used to be "forget it".

When exactly was this the case? I know that anything over 250 used to be considered a good score, but I can't remember teams giving up on 270 run chases.

And of course its going to be the case when more runs are scored that higher totals are chased down. I'd say though that 9 times out of ten a team isn't gong to chase down a 350 total however flat a pitch might be. The Wanderers match was an insane one in a million anomaly.

 

[Richard]

Not giving-up as in not trying, but before about 2001 the chances of chasing-down 270 were miniscule. Do it and it was wow-we've-really-achieved-something-there material.

I thought the SA-Aus game was an insane 1-in-a-million game when it happened, too. A year down the line, I'm suddenly less sure.