| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! 16:43 - Jun 6 with 796 views | gordon |
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| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 16:45 - Jun 6 with 781 views | gordon |
Burns, Sibley and Crawley would be the worst top three we'd ever sent on an Ashes Tour - would be carnage. | | | |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 17:11 - Jun 6 with 739 views | JamestownPrince |
I wonder if Mick has taken over the manager of the Cricket team for the day, Boycott and Tavere would have got closer than this! |  | | |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 17:15 - Jun 6 with 735 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
We were never going to chase it were we? That is why they declared at that point. No test team offers the opposition a realistic chance to win through a declaration. I suspect that had we had Stokes, Buttler and Moeen in the side, they would probably have batted a little longer before declaring. |  |
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| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 17:21 - Jun 6 with 713 views | Steve_M |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 17:15 - Jun 6 by Nthsuffolkblue |
We were never going to chase it were we? That is why they declared at that point. No test team offers the opposition a realistic chance to win through a declaration. I suspect that had we had Stokes, Buttler and Moeen in the side, they would probably have batted a little longer before declaring. |
Yep, makes for a dull afternoon, after a very decent morning session, but inevitable really. The loss of a day's play has probably cost NZ a deserved win though.
Crawley getting out in the same way twice is very disappointing. |  |
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| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 17:22 - Jun 6 with 709 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 17:21 - Jun 6 by Steve_M |
Yep, makes for a dull afternoon, after a very decent morning session, but inevitable really. The loss of a day's play has probably cost NZ a deserved win though.
Crawley getting out in the same way twice is very disappointing. |
The batting of their two debutants in the first innings would have been match-winning had it not been for the weather. | |
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| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 21:35 - Jun 6 with 599 views | Chrisd |
It didn’t make for great viewing, but I can understand the cautious approach especially with so many of our batsmen in the top order failing in the first innings. Why should they give their wicket away cheaply in the second innings and then get over- analysed by the critics for yet another cheap innings? Burns and Sibley might not be pretty on the eye with their batting technique, but they are both mentally tough characters. | |
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| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 03:46 - Jun 7 with 514 views | HighgateBlue |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 21:35 - Jun 6 by Chrisd |
It didn’t make for great viewing, but I can understand the cautious approach especially with so many of our batsmen in the top order failing in the first innings. Why should they give their wicket away cheaply in the second innings and then get over- analysed by the critics for yet another cheap innings? Burns and Sibley might not be pretty on the eye with their batting technique, but they are both mentally tough characters. |
I would like to think that if we'd had Stokes and Buttler, we'd have had a go for it.
So it's basically the IPL's fault. Or to put it more moderately, the failure of Test cricket to convince enough people that it's still the pinnacle of the sport. |  | | |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 06:12 - Jun 7 with 475 views | Chrisd |
| BBC Sport say England are 'chasing' 273! on 03:46 - Jun 7 by HighgateBlue |
I would like to think that if we'd had Stokes and Buttler, we'd have had a go for it.
So it's basically the IPL's fault. Or to put it more moderately, the failure of Test cricket to convince enough people that it's still the pinnacle of the sport. |
It still is the best form of the game for me, like it or not to bat how England did to secure a draw requires patience, mental application and skill. Perhaps they could’ve gone for it more after the initial 10 or 15 overs, but imagine the furore if they had lost quick wickets and NZ rattled through our line up and we had lost? The moaning and complaining would’ve been equally unbearable. [Post edited 7 Jun 2021 6:33]
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