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Set the scene....
Cape Town , 4 sessions left, cracking pitch, decent attack... ( NO SPINNER)
Ignore tradition...
Eng set 450 to win....IF they approached the run chase, like they would a 1 day innings, surely they would stand more chance of getting a result out of the game! The pitch is a belter, theres 3 slips n a gully to the seamers, and 3 men round the bat to the so called spinner....
If they would just have the mindset of a ODI, surely they wud clear these fielders out the way. - The field is pushed back, and the bowling can be milked, no pressue, easy runs. Theres plenty of time left, surely blocking isnt the option!
Its soooooooooooo frustrating watching!! What wud Shewag do?
DOHH
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i think they can do it 2moro with pieterson in...........oh well there he goes as i type
Lol I know what u guys r saying, but the game is changing, we're seeing teams score 250 in 20 overs, with only 4 close fielders! - Theres 4 fielders under these guys noses, n theyre kreeping at 2/3 an over.
Its all mindset, why not go for it? Pietersons getting out blocking time after time.
Im sure If they just tried it, they wud succeed, maybe not chasing 500, but who knows!
This was never going to be an easy target for any team in the world (yes even India and Sehwag) because the loss of just two wickets at any time in the innings adds a whole different complexion to the chase.
It's the reason why Australia lost the last match of the ashes. If that had been the first innings in the same conditions, they prob would have made 600+ and been able to declare, but because they were chasing a score to either win or lose the game, it just becomes a completely different game and is the reason why it's called TEST cricket.
BTW, I'm not anti odi or 20/20 at all, I love all forms of the game internationally, but appreciate they cannot all be played in the same way.
Whatever, here's hoping colly and co can somehow survive2moro, it'll be another epic if they do!
I just wonder - one day, teams will approach a test innings with an ODI mindset....its inevitable its already changing. - Give a batsman 3 slips a gully and a short leg, and tell him to play as he would in a 20 20 - and he shud have a strike rate of over 200. - Im only saying do it for 4/5 overs to push the field back, then play normally again! - makes survival easier if theres less close fielders!
Anyway so far so good this mornin!
However if anyone says to me South Africa's spin pair of Harris and Duminy are going to frighten the England batsmen - WHAT TEST MATCH ARE YOU WATCHING LOL!!!
Harris is just an average spinner that did not do miracles playing county cricket for Warwickshire and Duminy although he can turn it a bit needs to bowl more regular for him to be taken seriously as a decent Mark Waugh style partnership breaking bowler. The Problem South Africa have got is they have NEVER EVER had an out and out match winning spinner since they returned to the International fold in 1991.
Symcox,Boje,Eksteen,Adams have all been tried and tested and have all fallen by the wayside. Rudi Van der Merwe who incidentally has played local league cricket in my neck of the woods and is a regular in SA's ODI side probably won't ever get in the test side as ODI's are more of his thing. Apart from Ntini and Steyn, SA's attack looks very average on paper and when they play the likes of India.Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the sub continent, i can't see many wickets taken by SA spinners.
Hauritz is SLIGHTLY better than Harris but not that much.
174 on that track should have been a piece of cake for Pakistan to get but that's the typical dross you get from that side when the side in-depth do have a lot of talent and for me no one will ever replace God (That's Wasim Akram to all you non Lancashire supporters lol!) although that Mohammed Aamer looks a quality prospect and has some decent pace.
That's a bit short for my taste.
The draw is now 1.23 (or 2/9).
Again, what a finish. Well done Eng for showing such steel again.
And getting results like this away from home without Freddie or any meaningful contribution from KP would have been unimaginable even only a year ago, so the future looks bright.
Also, the bowlers may not always run through a team, but they never let their heads drop and keep at the opposition. A complete reversal in attitude and application from the shambles of the nineties.
Theres only 2/3 decent teams though, its hardly world domination! well it is, but the term sounds alot better than it is.
Surprised to see Ian Bell in the B squad! - Whats that all about?
Ive heard the selectors answer, but I disagree, if he scores 3 hundreds in 3 innings, its not guna prove owt to the seectors coz the doubt is about his temprament and ability to perform at the top level.
Engands approach to the nxt test on thurs, which I personally CANNOT WAITTTTT for!!!!
What ya rekon? Gunna make hard work of it! The usual stuff about "going out to win the game" and all that will obviously come out over the next few days, but r we gonna? really? - I doubt it! I love test cricket, n give me 5 days over 1 day anyday! lol - But iI really wud like to see our attacking batsmen, (Pieterson, Prior imparticular) - Go out and attack!!
Can't wait, hope it doesnt rain!! lol!
DOHH
It's always tough to be better than the Aussies in anything, well except snooker, darts and football... but you know what I mean. So yes it's great as Talon says to see an English Women's team being as "ruthless" as you'd normally expect to see an Aussie team to be.
Bell's in the lions squad to try and get him back into the odi team, which I don't think his game is suited to. Certainly not now we have Morgan, who has just played so well there recently.
And England may have no choice but to go for the win in the last test, because it's almost certainly going to be a "result inducing" wicket so they're unlikely to be able to grind it out like they did in the last one.
Can't wait for it either, should be a cracker.
Now if Sir Ian was in his prime......