by mal » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:45 am
by mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:52 am
by wristwatcher » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:56 am
mal wrote:Why did Australia call off the 4th Test against India ?
India was 6/174 with 24 balls left
24 balls to obtain 4 wickets
Highly improbable but not impossible
The last 5 batters left are arguably the most inferior batters in the Indian line up
Day 5 pitch , although still flatty, did give the bowlers glimmers of assistance at times
Fair bit of fuss around about Test teams bowling a prescribed amount of overs in a day, yet the Aussies knocked off early
Sport to some is played with the mindset of 'never give up'
Why play 5 days and then pack up with about 15 minutes to go , when a win is a possibility?
A days admission into Test cricket is reasonably expensive [In Adelaide this year it was $75 + $100 for some seats per day]
I imagine the costs would be similar in Melbourne
So did the Melbourne 5th day crowd get short changed ?
I think Australia made the wrong call , and should have played this match out
The only time , I feel they should have called it off with 4 wickets left , is perhaps with 3 balls left
by mal » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:14 am
by Aerie » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:17 am
by heater31 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:21 am
by PatowalongaPirate » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:33 am
heater31 wrote:Who gives a shit? CA and the MCC got 99% of the 5th day's play in, Australia won the series which is far more important that watching some curry munchers block out 24 balls for nothing.
by Coach Bombay » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:35 am
by whufc » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:36 am
Aerie wrote:One of the two major blunders Smith made as captain in his 2nd Test. Needs someone to remind him that cricket is about entertainment and winning.
by woodublieve12 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:39 am
Aerie wrote:One of the two major blunders Smith made as captain in his 2nd Test. Needs someone to remind him that cricket is about entertainment and winning.
by robranisgod » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:39 am
mal wrote:Here is an example of what can happen in Test cricket
Albiet different circumstances etc etc
AU V PA
1978
MCG
PA 196
AU 168
PA 353
Australia needed 382 runs batting last
AU 3/128
AU 3/305
Allan Border and Kim Hughes had rescued the side with a 177 run partnership
The equation on the 5th day at that point was
Australia 77 runs
Pakistan 7 wickets
Sarfraz Nawaz ,
The man with a highly unusual start to his bowling run up , turned this test in the bowling spell of his life time
Australia capitulated to be all out for 310
Losing 7 wickets for 5 runs
The Sarf taking all 7 wickets to end with 9/86 [35.4]
Im not sure how many more balls Hughes faced in his 84 off 209 balls
But the rest of the batters were :
Wood 0[1]
Sleep 0[5]
Wright 1*[26]
Clark 0[1]
Hogg 0 [14]
Hurst 0 [2]
Those last 6 lasted 49 balls
Hughes might have lasted about another 1-10 balls [ can someone confirm ?]
In all it looks like 7 wickets fell in about 50-60 balls
As I have said different circumstances
But when its mathematically possible anything can happen in a cricket game
by woodublieve12 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:43 am
by dedja » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:49 am
by whufc » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:56 am
dedja wrote:I don't believe Smith make a blunder, he played it safe. I would have liked to have seen us take some risk to win the match but that didn't happen and probably fair enough, can't blame him.
I think Clarke would have played it out differently but he wasn't the captain so it doesn't matter.
As for calling the match off earlier, it's been a part of the game for years so nothing new.
The final point about spectators getting value for money ... well, LOL.
Must be a slow news day, let's talk about pizzas perhaps.
by Q. » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:36 am
by woodublieve12 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:01 pm
by Aerie » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:04 pm
by woodublieve12 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:06 pm
Aerie wrote:Australia 300 ahead with 100 overs to go in the match. The intent wasn't there to win the match. Negative cricket and something we are not use to with the current Australian team. At the very minimum 80 overs would have given some chance for a win and snuffed out any chance of an Indian victory. Leaving 70 overs was overkill and pulling up stumps when there is still a tiny chance to win a Test match, whilst not as poor and costly as the timing of declaration, is still poor form. Hopefully his captaincy improves as his batting has with more experience.
by RB » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:55 pm
heater31 wrote:Who gives a shit? CA and the MCC got 99% of the 5th day's play in, Australia won the series which is far more important that watching some curry munchers block out 24 balls for nothing.
by The Dark Knight » Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:07 pm
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