Crunch time...

[Richard]

IMO floodlit games in England are still not the best idea owing to the twlight.

Exactly what I was trying to say - not enough time of darkness to merit use of floodlights in most of the cricket season. Fortunately the waste-of-time Challenge has been scheduled for late August.

 

[LankanPrince]

Asoka's in the middle?

Man! does this forum have anything personal against Asoka de Silva. It seems to be the case. Don't pick out individuals and criticise them like this. In your opinion he may be awful. Fine. But the ways some of you talk on this forum creates an anti-Sri Lanka vibe. Please make your posts more balanced, I would never pick out a specific person and constantly ridicule him like this. It is not fair.:!(

 

[Neil Pickup]

It's just a standing joke which is exaggerated beyond proportion (viz Ajit Agarkar).

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Man! does this forum have anything personal against Asoka de Silva. It seems to be the case. Don't pick out individuals and criticise them like this. In your opinion he may be awful. Fine. But the ways some of you talk on this forum creates an anti-Sri Lanka vibe. Please make your posts more balanced, I would never pick out a specific person and constantly ridicule him like this. It is not fair.:!(

As Neil said, it's a joke. Don't take it too personally. That said, he has made some of the worst decisions I have ever seen recently.

 

[LankanPrince]

Ya, sorry guyz. I get a little carried away with cricket sometime.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Batting first, your team (Team B) scores 500 all out against Australia, taking two days exactlty to compile. With a series of overconfident shots and poor umpiring decisions, Australia are dismissed by tea on Day 3 for 290 runs. You have the option of enforcing the follow on.

What do you do?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Pitch? Weather? Team Line Ups?

 

[marc71178]

No brainer to me, put them back in - a full session to bowl at them and their speed of scoring means there's a lot of time left to bowl them a second time, and chase down!

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

AUSTRALIA

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Lehmann
S.Waugh
Martyn
Gilchrist
Lee
Gillespie
MacGill
McGrath

TEAM B
#1 - 41
#2 - 29 bat/45 bowl (OS)
#3 - 37
#4 - 31
#5 - 34/35 (OS)
#6 - 29/30 (RM)
#7 - 24
#8 - 19/31 (LS)
#9 - 14/28 (RFM)
#10 - 12/25 (RFM)
#11 - Neil Pickup (LS)

WEATHER
Clear skies for the next 2 days.

PITCH
Not much for the bowlers; getting progressively slower.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Stick em back in. I can't see you winning it otherwise as it seems an easy one to shut up shop on.

What were my first innings figures?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

1(McGrath)/97 off 16 overs.

I could easily see Australia racking up 460-480 runs by the end of day 4 and then Team B facing a tough final day in deteriorating conditions...

 

[Neil Pickup]

Risk losing to Win..

 

[Bazza]

Or you could bat yourselves and set them 450ish in a day and a half. They won't resist trying for it and your best chance of bowling them out is when they are trying to attack.

 

[Gaijin-san]

Nothing wrong with 1/97 off 16 overs, even if it is McGrath. If I got that in my lifetime I'd leave a happy man

It may not be test standard, but it's better than what I would do now!

 

[Cloete]

TEAM B
#1 - 41
#2 - 29 bat/45 bowl (OS)
#3 - 37
#4 - 31
#5 - 34/35 (OS)
#6 - 29/30 (RM)
#7 - 24
#8 - 19/31 (LS)
#9 - 14/28 (RFM)
#10 - 12/25 (RFM)
#11 - Neil Pickup (LS)

no cloete batting @ 4 with an average of 55 'eh?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Nothing wrong with 1/97 off 16 overs, even if it is McGrath. If I got that in my lifetime I'd leave a happy man

It may not be test standard, but it's better than what I would do now!

I was referring to Neil's bowling figures - 1/97, the wicket he took was McGrath's.