Delphinho123 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 250 would surely be the lowest.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 25 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: We might need a bit of rain. Could do with Brook sticking around with Root for a bit. Why do we need rain? If it rains the chances of a win narrows. If we continue batting til about 5 or 6 we'll have a 300-350 lead & at that point I assume we stick them in to bat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: 250 would surely be the lowest.. Agreed. I know stokes has said he'd rather lose trying to win than seeing out a draw, but turning the game into a T20 is surely a step too far? It's exciting that I'm not sure though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I'd be surprised if there's any play tomorrow looking at that forecast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Milfner said: Why do we need rain? If it rains the chances of a win narrows. At the moment Pope was out we looked a little delicate on 77-3, thankfully these two have steadied the ship. It's such a shame the forecast tomorrow has so much rain in it - I think a draw looks very likely unfortunately. It'll be interesting to see how much Stokes is willing to risk losing the test in order to give himself a chance of winning it. We'd need to be declaring before tea you'd have thought to give us a chance of bowling them out if the weather forecast stays as is - but any declaration at less than 300 gives us a risk if it doesn't rain tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2023 Frankly, the way this England team plays we might declare with a lead of 200 and back ourselves to bowl them out in a session and a half! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Whenever Stokes comes out, he will be willing to launch EVERYTHING for 4s/6s. It will be a comedy innings if he gets last the first 18 balls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2023 Bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Root shits out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2023 If we were to get a full five days of this game, who would you make favourite to win it right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said: If we were to get a full five days of this game, who would you make favourite to win it right now? England 56%. Ozzie's 30% Draw 14% According to the sky sports guessometer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 We are basically playing a ODI today due to tomorrows weather. I would expect all our batters to come out swinging to try and get 280 ahead before declaring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2023 It's all about how much England trust that weather forecast for tomorrow. It looks like there might be playable conditions for parts of the afternoon, and the chance of a couple of hours cricket tomorrow should make a massive difference to Stokes' thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2023 Anyways, I'm off to work (at the Test Match) which means I don't get to watch the afternoons play, even though I can hear it. Come on England! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Bollocks, that's us hoping for help from the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Gonna be lucky if we hit 250 lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Brook is such a talent. He's going to have a big career across all formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Brook is such a talent. He's going to have a big career across all formats. Although pulling a slow, length ball at knee height hopefully won't be a shot he keeps in his locker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: Although pulling a slow, length ball at knee height hopefully won't be a shot he keeps in his locker Frustrating. I feel like we've got ourselves out more than the Aussies have got us out in this series so far. I know we play high risk cricket but some of the dismissals have been very soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Called going down leg when it happened, didn't catch the height though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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