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Originally Posted by kiwimike
wheres Swoops ??...i thought he would have something to say by now ?...you sill there mate ??
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Some of us work for a living I'm afraid mate
Not sure what you want me to say anyway, just sit tight as I'm afraid I dont see a draw here so our lays should come in
Not a lot went Englands way today did it really
664 & 24-1.....jeez !!
Its difficult having fielded in the sun for so long but Strauss hasnt covered himself in glory with that shot & it had shades of last winters Ashes tbh
It'll be interesting to see how England react in this situation because its something these players havent experienced at home before with the good results these last few years. If it were an overseas test I'd be pretty fearful of following on here but theres not really much form to go on at home
The draw is favourite on
Betfair @ 1.9 but for England to get the 465 required to avoid the follow on then we're talking batting until lunch on day 4 at least. If they succeed in saving the follow on then you'd expect the test to be dead, but in all situations you at least have to have a plan to stand any chance at all & I guess Englands will be to bat quickly enough to be around 500 at lunch on sunday & declare in arrears & have a crack.........very, very thin
especially as it appears theyre a bowler down. I wouldnt be suprised though, for England to declare in arrears if they get the runs on the board, giving more chance of a result.
In my heart of hearts though, I'm not sure I can see England getting this 465 & you'd imagine in that case the follow on would be enforced (no certainty these days) as India will want 2 nil to erase the chances of being told they only won due to the Lords weather.
Interesting to watch this though, & I'm quite happy with my draw lay although I'm not increasing it.
I feel sorry for the likes of Bell though. He needs a score yet he has only Prior & a long tail to help him, in fact hes number 7 now with a nightwatchman in.....its not helping him.
Its a shame though, that effectively the series is decided by the toss in the final test after the likely winners got away with murder in the 1st test