Inside Forward
Winger
You’d imagine it’ll be challenging to bat when they do come out. We need to make it count.
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3rd test - Headingley
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Wayne The Punk
Striker
Early lunch at 12:30
Need to punish them like when Crawley and Duckett had to bat through an awful spell
Mr Redknapp
Striker
Would love to have lunch without doing in work in my graft
forzamilansafc
Striker
Lunch at 12.30 and said it'll take up to 90 minutes to clear the pitch if it stops raining (which in that time it'll probably start raining again)
Be very surprised if we see any cricket today
Durham-Mackem41
Midfield
The radar looks clear a bit later but the forecast for Monday is dire as well going to have to clear them out quickly.
Inside Forward
Winger
My app saying rain stopping at 12 and then no more expected till 18:00.
Boo
Striker
It’s always a double-edged sword. Lately, commentators speak most about the problems for bowlers of gripping a wet ball. But I’m guessing the wicket should be damper and, perhaps, the outfield slower.
SAFC Wilks
Striker
Meant to be dry all day tomorrow.
Storms forecast this afternoon though, wonder if they’ll have any cricket today.
Storms forecast this afternoon though, wonder if they’ll have any cricket today.
Be good even to get an hour at them
Beau Peep
Striker
Ah thought he was fit last test at least!
rentaghost
Striker
Doesn’t look that bad for Monday. Will get some cricket and close to a full day tomorrow. This game won’t be a draw.
DonaldDownTheWing
Striker
No chance of any play today like.
I’ll have another go. Earlier poster commented the declaration must have increased our chance of losing because we lost. This is a logical fallacy (it’s even commonplace enough to have a name, post hoc ergo propter hoc). The fact we lost doesn’t in itself mean any given thing we did must have increased our chance of losing. Obviously, the other three things I mentioned didn’t increase our chance of losing. So you need to be more subtle in assessing whether the first one did.Not sure I’ve grasped your concept there marra
As it happens I’m pretty sure you can say this one did increase our chance of losing, for the reason given by @Voice of fair play that it decreased the chance if a draw and so increased the chance of either side winning.
The test of whether it could be justified then needs to look at it based on win/ loss probability. On whether it increased the chance of you winning by more than it increased the chance of the other team winning. It’s at least arguable it did the former. England win more than they lose from the day one position. They win more than they lose from the day five with an hour to go position too, despite the awful performance in the field in day two. So it’s not a no brainer that it was a bad call by any means.
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To be fair, they both moved as kids. Like Strauss and Stokes
It’s not the same as Pietersen or Archer
Inside Forward
Winger
Pretty sure they’re both at least half English tbf.
They are, and thus qualify. But they also moved for cricketing reasons
Mr Redknapp
Striker
Don't forger Trott, de Freitas, Hick and Malcolm
It's amazing what people weather apps are saying mind . Ranging from no rain this afternoon to we'll get no play today and the rest of the test the weather is looking good but bad enough that we'll get no play for rest of the match
. Ranging from no rain this afternoon to we'll get no play today and the rest of the test the weather is looking good but bad enough that we'll get no play for rest of the match