totally disagree

we needed to offer them an incentive to play their shots which would increase our chances of getting wickets and drawing the series. 220 to win their first series in five years wouldn't be straight forward. A couple of quick wickets and they would become very jittery.

Posted By: Small on March 10th 2009 at 16:30:54

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Lunch 237-6: will England declare? (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:06:04
- According to the Guardian they HAVE declared (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 10, 16:17:22
  - Ooops, Guardian admits that it jumped the gun there (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 10, 16:21:59
- too late, botham is incensed (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:09:56
  - Not all bad then (General Chat) - Small, Mar 10, 16:13:21
    - he went mental yesty (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:14:16
  - Why? I'm radio-bound (n/m) (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:10:49
    - pised off that KP was allowed to get a ton "against mickey mouse bowling" (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:11:53
      - That's ridiculous (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:14:27
        
        But they may have had a bit of a go at 220 (General Chat) - Small, Mar 10, 16:18:54
        
        It would be one of the cheapest test wins of all time (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:21:47
        
        totally disagree (General Chat) - Small, Mar 10, 16:30:54
        
        It isn't 220 to win their first series (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:34:48
        
        oh bugger. I didn't mean that (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Mar 10, 16:38:28
        
        I know - but it's all opinions eh? (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:41:19
        
        bob willises wanted a declaration on 170-180 (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:24:00
        
        He's off his head (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:26:58
        
        It's not actually that easy to score quickly on that wicket against proper bowling (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Mar 10, 16:32:51
        
        220 off 72 overs is not scoring 'quickly' (n/m) (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:35:38
        
        i think botham might explode if windies get the runs. (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:28:11
        
        Bob and Beefy are about to have a spaz atack (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:31:05
        
        *settles down for Sky multilollage* (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:33:51
        
        Sad news - roller is out (n/m) (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:35:03
        
        Pietersens transport? (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:36:54
        
        windys will plod on for a draw, why chase that run rate? (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:15:26
        
        not really about chasing (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:19:27
- Bloddy better do - rather a gallant 2-0 defeat than a tame, England-esque 1-0 (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Mar 10, 16:08:15
  - I'm not a fan of the cheap test win (General Chat) - The Judge, Mar 10, 16:09:54
    - with gayle crocked they'll grind it out (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 10, 16:10:41
- I had a pasty (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 10, 16:06:31

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