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waspish said:
More of we can chase 250! More like we be chasing 150/175 but that pitch has a history of flattening out mainly on the 3rd and 4th day.
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You were right, i couldn’t see NZ making 500 but they are 430/5 as I post, at this rate England will have to chase down close to 300.
 
I know nobody expected new zealand to end up 450/5, but this was completely unnecessary and could've been avoided.

I don't have a problem with bazball and trying to play more attacking, but enforcing the follow on with 2 and a half days still to go was so unbelievably unnecessary. For a game we only need to draw as well.

Equivalent to being 4-0 up and subbing on a load of strikers to try and score even more, but you end up losing 5-4 due to having no defence.
 
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EastMidlandsBlue said:
I know nobody expected new zealand to end up 450/5, but this was completely unnecessary and could've been avoided.

I don't have a problem with bazball and trying to play more attacking, but enforcing the follow on with 2 and a half days still to go was so unbelievably unnecessary. For a game we only need to draw as well.

Equivalent to being 4-0 up and subbing on a load of strikers to try and score even more, but you end up losing 5-4 due to having no defence.
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And if we don't lose? Which I doubt we will . Like you said nobody expected NZ to bat so well in this innings, the follow on eliminated the chance of declaring too late
 
trueblue1972 said:
And if we don't lose? Which I doubt we will . Like you said nobody expected NZ to bat so well in this innings, the follow on eliminated the chance of declaring too late
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Funny how things change in an hour, cleaned that up pretty quickly.

Even if we don't lose, it was an unnecessary risk to take. Obviously I'd rather win, but I don't think this was the game to risk losing in order to win.

If we were behind or drawing in the series, then absolutely take the risk. But with a 1-0 lead in the series there's no need to do it.
 
Weather wise New Zealand have had the best days, tomorrow going to be bits of rain and cloudy! Stokes won’t be making a team follow on again and feel it was wise stokes looked frustrated quite a bit just because he realised he made mistake putting them back in, I found it unnecessary maybe arrogant? If he did his research on that pitch the 3rd day is the best day to bat! Too! Maybe he thought it was going to rain all day on the fifth day and the bazball is to go for the win! I expect us to just win it, but feel it be a nail biter!
 
balotellishaircut said:
NZ 200/3 is an amazing effort after there first innings, they could reach 350+ runs and set England 150/160 to win but being realistic I reckon England bowl em out for 280 and chase down 75 runs, anything else is highly unlikely but you never know.
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That forecast didn’t last long!
 
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