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***Official*** England in India 2016/17

artvandalay

State Vice-Captain
Calling this a super conservative declaration is ridiculous
It is if you're thinking that chasing a target at 4, rpo in the 4 th innings is something that happens very often which it isn't. A moderately chaseable target can induce false shots. It goes against the grain of Cooks personality however so it was never going to happen. Remains to be seen if time runs out and India are 8 down if people stll think it was ridiculous.
 

artvandalay

State Vice-Captain
Calling this a super conservative declaration is ridiculous
It is if you're thinking that chasing a target at 4, rpo in the 4 th innings is something that happens very often which it isn't. A moderately chaseable target can induce false shots. It goes against the grain of Cooks personality however so it was never going to happen. Remains to be seen if time runs out and India are 8 down if people stll think it was ridiculous.
 

91Jmay

International Coach
It is if you're thinking that chasing a target at 4, rpo in the 4 th innings is something that happens very often which it isn't. A moderately chaseable target can induce false shots. It goes against the grain of Cooks personality however so it was never going to happen. Remains to be seen if time runs out and India are 8 down if people stll think it was ridiculous.
If they are 9 down I will still be totally fine with the declaration
 

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Getting bad flashbacks of Sydney 2008 here. Hope Moeen Ali doesn't take 3 wickets in the 2nd last over.
 

listento_me

U19 Captain
What? They lost wickets only because they were in two minds about chasing the target. If Vijay and Pujara took their time to get their eye in instead of plaing so many shots, Gambhir's would have been the only wicket to fall.
oh ok, I do enjoy alternative indian history

keep it up shrisanth
 

Stapel

International Regular
It is if you're thinking that chasing a target at 4, rpo in the 4 th innings is something that happens very often which it isn't. A moderately chaseable target can induce false shots. It goes against the grain of Cooks personality however so it was never going to happen. Remains to be seen if time runs out and India are 8 down if people stll think it was ridiculous.
If India are 8 or 9 down at the conclusion of this match, that doesn't say one thing about the declaration being conservative or not.

England were scoring runs quite freely in their 2nd dig. All three wickets fell due to the batsmen trying to speed things up and not being selfish.
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The declaration was a little conservative, but we're talking about the odd over, not 10 or 15.

As has been mentioned the issue was Cook dropping a clanger for the last wicket partnership last evening. That's what really hurt England.
 

artvandalay

State Vice-Captain
If India are 8 or 9 down at the conclusion of this match, that doesn't say one thing about the declaration being conservative or not.

England were scoring runs quite freely in their 2nd dig. All three wickets fell due to the batsmen trying to speed things up and not being selfish.
Disagree they batted okay to begin with because there was a chance that India might have made inroads and scuttled them out but a lot of those runs they scored at the end were superfluous. It probably won't make a difference now.
 

fredfertang

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Are these deliveries of Rashid's legal?

I thought you couldn't deliver from that wide of the crease

should make him bowl them again
 

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