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Alan Harper's Tash said:
It’ll probably depend on time too, as disco pop suggests. 300 with 5 sessions to get them would be a gamble.

Maybe it’s bat until an hour after tea tomorrow and then go for it.

This is obviously ignoring the inevitable collapse!
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If England are still batting an hour after tea tomorrow and no overs have been lost to rain or bad light in the meantime, we’re looking at a lead of 500+, assuming we keep scoring at Bazball rates! So maybe declare an hour before tea if we’re still in? That way, the lead would be 400-ish
 
M18CTID said:
If England are still batting an hour after tea tomorrow and no overs have been lost to rain or bad light in the meantime, we’re looking at a lead of 500+, assuming we keep scoring at Bazball rates! So maybe declare an hour before tea if we’re still in? That way, the lead would be 400-ish
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Guess it depends on how much faith Stokes has in our bowlers as to how much time he thinks we might need.

I guess once we go over 300 ahead, we’ll start boshing it around, so we could have 500 before tea!
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Guess it depends on how much faith Stokes has in our bowlers as to how much time he thinks we might need.

I guess once we go over 300 ahead, we’ll start boshing it around, so we could have 500 before tea!
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350 seems to be the mythical figure for 4th innings chases. It's only been done 13 times in the history of test cricket.

Test Cricket - Highest Run Chases

Test Cricket - Highest successful run chases
www.howstat.com
 
That was a far more pleasant day out - cloud cover was very nice.
The game was attritional - everyone having to work hard for runs and wickets.
Last WI wicket was frustrating - but thankfully Joseph started to get impatient when Da Silva was eyeing a century. Da Silva was furious with Jospeh's last two hits.

Great innings from Root and Brooks - nothing fancy from either of them just good steady run building. Tomorrow will be a good day - I wish I could take Monday off work as I think this will go into 5th day. - but too many commitments to manage that.
 
BBC Sport says that Glamorgan will no longer play cricket at Swansea as the ground isn't up to standard That's a shame. It's the ground where Sobers once hit six 6's in an over. A few years later I saw Lancs' Frank Hayes hit 32 in an over off the same bowler, Malcolm (?) Nash. When Nash came up the pavilion steps a bit later he was muttering "never bloody again."
 
AliBobbyJ said:
BBC Sport says that Glamorgan will no longer play cricket at Swansea as the ground isn't up to standard That's a shame. It's the ground where Sobers once hit six 6's in an over. A few years later I saw Lancs' Frank Hayes hit 32 in an over off the same bowler, Malcolm (?) Nash. When Nash came up the pavilion steps a bit later he was muttering "never bloody again."
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Was that the place? What struck me about the clip, I remember, was the ground was pretty empty (midweek county match, already crowds were thinning in the sixties, whatever anyone might think). So those who say they were there to see it are a bit like the York Awayers!
Interesting, isn't it, to see that Stokes has very recently joined an elite circle that includes only two other players: Sobers, and Kallis?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
5 in the last 10 years though suggests it’s becoming more commonplace.
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You know, just a query to all and sundry. When I see the ECB summaries on Youtube, the outfields look incredibly fast to me these days. I just get the impression that, in England in particular, they've got faster. Different turf technology? Drier climate? I just don't know. Some of the ropes look pretty close in, too, although that presumably cannot have varied over the years.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
You know, just a query to all and sundry. When I see the ECB summaries on Youtube, the outfields look incredibly fast to me these days. I just get the impression that, in England in particular, they've got faster. Different turf technology? Drier climate? I just don't know. Some of the ropes look pretty close in, too, although that presumably cannot have varied over the years.
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The rope being 5 yards in from the advertising boards you mean? Yes, definitely smaller. When was the last run four (discounting overthrows) you saw? Hardly ever happens now.
 
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