Declaring

[cricketnewbie]

Hi, I’m constantly looking at the laws of the game, England was playing India and India in the second innings was leading by about 80 runs with only 15 overs remaining and with England yet to bat their second innings. Why didn’t India declare with only 2 overs left and put England in to bat for example, as England wouldn’t obviously be able to get that amount of runs in two overs. It was a draw in the end but I wondered why India didn’t do that and go on to win. There isn’t a maximum or minimum amount of overs you have to bat in each innings is there in test.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hi, I’m constantly looking at the laws of the game, England was playing India and India in the second innings was leading by about 80 runs with only 15 overs remaining and with England yet to bat their second innings. Why didn’t India declare with only 2 overs left and put England in to bat for example, as England wouldn’t obviously be able to get that amount of runs in two overs. It was a draw in the end but I wondered why India didn’t do that and go on to win. There isn’t a maximum or minimum amount of overs you have to bat in each innings is there in test.

If India didn't bowl England out in those overs then it'd still be a draw.

 

[ankitj]

But it would have been more fun.

 

[Prince EWS]

But it would have been more fun.

They could have asked Duckett and Crawley if they really wanted to bat out a draw against KL Rahul.

 

[GIMH]

Hi, I’m constantly looking at the laws of the game, England was playing India and India in the second innings was leading by about 80 runs with only 15 overs remaining and with England yet to bat their second innings. Why didn’t India declare with only 2 overs left and put England in to bat for example, as England wouldn’t obviously be able to get that amount of runs in two overs. It was a draw in the end but I wondered why India didn’t do that and go on to win. There isn’t a maximum or minimum amount of overs you have to bat in each innings is there in test.

If they’d declared with two overs left that would have been end of day as you lose two overs for the changeover

 

[cricketnewbie]

If they’d declared with two overs left that would have been end of day as you lose two overs for the changeover

What about 3 then, sorry 2 was just an example

 

[cricketnewbie]

They could have asked Duckett and Crawley if they really wanted to bat out a draw against KL Rahul.

But they wouldn’t of caught India up and India would of won?

 

[Thala_0710]

But they wouldn’t of caught India up and India would of won?

In tests you don't win like that. In tests you can only win if you "all out" (take all 10 wkts) of your opposition in their 2nd innings, or if you chase down the target they've set in the 4th innings

 

[Athlai]

Test Cricket Max - you win if they haven't chased your 2nd innings target before time is up

I like it

 

[Ali TT]

Test Cricket Max - you win if they haven't chased your 2nd innings target before time is up

I like it

But no one knows when the time is up.