England's declaration

[Nas207]

Thoughts? I'd go with brave and stupid

 

[Prince EWS]

Probably the worst thing to ever happen to humanity.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

One thing is for sure, it's far from boring .

 

[loterry1994]

I get that stokes wanted to play aggressive and bowl to aus openers late on day 1. But Robinson and Root looked good to put on another 50 runs at least. This whole match poised now could come down to those extra runs England didn’t make. Who knows how they’ll go their 2nd innings

 

[Adorable Asshole]

It isn't really anything special. They were just let down by their fielding.

 

[GIMH]

Worth it for Joe Root’s average regardless of anything else

 

[Aidan11]

I'm all for this new exciting cricket but the declaration was very risky against the Aussies. If we lose this test the media will jump on him especially after the NZ test backfired.

 

[Howe_zat]

It wasn't risky it was just bad. Stokes had done a lot of good things but he's also a massive victim of his own propaganda.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

I like it now, coz this will be even more insulting when Australia lose the match

 

[OverratedSanity]

Risky declarations are those that are a gamble but have an obvious chance of benefitting you if it works. There was absolutely no benefit England could've gotten from declaring there that they wouldn't have if they'd just declared the next day. Probably the dumbest declaration I've ever seen.

 

[Chrish]

Only time you declare in first inning is when you have made 600+ after batting for two days.. Even then it’s based on pros vs cons.

Hope England loses for extreme idiocy..

 

[GIMH]

I do wonder if the weather had anything to do with it.

forecasting a couple of days out is a lot more reliable than it was a decade or two ago; we’ve know all along rain was going to sabotage today.

 

[CartyDurham]

Probably the worst thing to ever happen to humanity.

 

[CartyDurham]

Only time you declare in first inning is when you have made 600+ after batting for two days.. Even then it’s based on pros vs cons.

Hope England loses for extreme idiocy..

If they win though ?

 

[CartyDurham]

I'm all for this new exciting cricket but the declaration was very risky against the Aussies. If we lose this test the media will jump on him especially after the NZ test backfired.

I’m amazed at how much it’s rattling the Aussie fans mind

I really wonder if they have actually watched any of England games in the last 12 months ?

 

[ripper868]

Not sure saying "thats a bit daft" qualifies as rattling, but sure.

If England are happy to only make Aus bowl 80 overs an inning, while England bowl 110 an innings, over a 5 test series, with the 2 main 'strike' bowlers eyeing off the pension and Mo having pastry fingers, then good luck.

 

[Chrish]

If they win though ?

Still stupidity..

 

[CartyDurham]

Still stupidity..

Don’t know why people are riled by it

it’s how stokes plays in the last 12 months. Nothing the fans can do about it

His win ratio shows him to be right to use this method

 

[Chrish]

You can’t always get away against decent sides by simply playing mind games.

Even if it were due to weather, this is a first game in 5 test series ffs. It’s not like your side is tailing by 1-2 and this is the last game, so that you have to win it in order to level the series. I would take my chance with rain and continue batting without any pressure of enforcing the result.

If you have an obvious advantage, why would you willingly give it up? It was a silly decision regardless of the final outcome.

 

[GotSpin]

We should be talking about pitches instead @Spark