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England vs Sri Lanka - 3rd Test

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Andy.SAFC said:
And they wonder why people are losing interest in test cricket. I know they can't control the weather, but the way they've managed this is a joke.
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Just watched the highlights of today's play. Sky under-played the crowd's reaction to the taking of the breaks, probably not wanting to offend 'the powers that be'. An hour's play lost.

Lot of unhappy punters sitting around me and, at £60 a pop, they deserve better.
 
Leon Solent said:
Just watched the highlights of today's play. Sky under-played the crowd's reaction to the taking of the breaks, probably not wanting to offend 'the powers that be'. An hour's play lost.

Lot of unhappy punters sitting around me and, at £60 a pop, they deserve better.
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I think they showed it pretty well when they announced tea was being taken, shots of the crowd going off it and the umpires being booed onto the pitch. But later in the day a few times they mentioned the crowd had been "very patient" when it was clear they had not and for good reason.
 
Andy.SAFC said:
Need more than 300. We'll need a lead of at least 250, then put them back in and hope the weather allows us enough time to knock off the wickets.
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Nah, I'm with Mick and Geoffrey on this. Whack 100 in the first 20 overs and get out and bowl. We have an innings in the bag to knock off whatever lead they manage.
 
Andy.SAFC said:
Need more than 300. We'll need a lead of at least 250, then put them back in and hope the weather allows us enough time to knock off the wickets.
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I don't think we need to cling on to the hope of getting a massive lead, remember we're not setting them a target to win the match, we setting them a target to make us bat again. If we can get a lead of up to 200 with a session to go today, I'd say stick them in and have a right go at them. If we do get a full day's play tomorrow, the worst case scenario would look like a draw because they won't have time to set us a target that we either can't reach, or that gives them time to bowl us out.
 
Given we've lost nearly 4 sessions, we should try and force the issue. Lead of 150 (ish), declare, bowl them out and chase the target. They won't bowl us out twice.
 
chelt_mackem said:
I don't think we need to cling on to the hope of getting a massive lead, remember we're not setting them a target to win the match, we setting them a target to make us bat again. If we can get a lead of up to 200 with a session to go today, I'd say stick them in and have a right go at them. If we do get a full day's play tomorrow, the worst case scenario would look like a draw because they won't have time to set us a target that we either can't reach, or that gives them time to bowl us out.
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We should be bowling two sessions today imo as rain is forecast tomorrow. As you say it's not as if we can lose from here so be aggressive.
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
We should be bowling two sessions today imo as rain is forecast tomorrow. As you say it's not as if we can lose from here so be aggressive.
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Well if Bell, Morgan and Prior can just whack it around a bit before lunch, we could be looking at a lead of 150ish at lunch. That should dangle enough of a carrot at them to give us a chance of bowling them out for a similar total as the 1st innings.

Right now though, we need Jimmy to either tee off or fuck off so we can gets some runs on the board quickly.
 
chelt_mackem said:
Well if Bell, Morgan and Prior can just whack it around a bit before lunch, we could be looking at a lead of 150ish at lunch. That should dangle enough of a carrot at them to give us a chance of bowling them out for a similar total as the 1st innings.

Right now though, we need Jimmy to either tee off or fuck off so we can gets some runs on the board quickly.
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He's trying, to be fair. Anything wide of the stumps he's having a swing! :lol:
 
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