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I think that the game is pathetic in the sense that the chasing team can if they see that they ain't gonna make it, decide to just block and play it safe.

And eventually let the game end in a draw. Boring, boring, boring.

What they should do is:

Force the chasing team to keep a run rate at or above the required run rate so that the "go for a draw" option is ruled out.
If the chasing team fails to do so, and have some wickets left at the end of the game, then the other team wins. Regardless if they failed to bowl out the entire opposing team.

That would make for a much more interesting game.
 
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CrAzYLeGs69 said:
I think that the game is pathetic in the sense that the chasing team can if they see that they ain't gonna make it, decide to just block and play it safe.

And eventually let the game end in a draw. Boring, boring, boring.

What they should do is:

Force the chasing team to keep a run rate at or above the required run rate so that the "go for a draw" option is ruled out.
If the chasing team fails to do so, and have some wickets left at the end of the game, then the other team wins. Regardless if they failed to bowl out the entire opposing team.

That would make for a much more interesting game.
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:crying::crying::crying::crying::wtf:

OR just stick to watching PRO20's .... leave test cricket for the people who like test cricket, we'll watch it as boring as it is...

Trying to survive 80 overs on dying wicket on day 5 in scorching heat, DOESN'T nearly require as much talent/concentration as seeing how far you can hit the ball [There REALLY needs to be a 'sarcasm' font]
 
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Then you're going to get teams that bat till lunch on day5, leaving the chasing team 18 per over to win. Not going to work I think :)
 
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Or I know, they could make a new type of cricket where they only have 50 overs, and field restrictions! And you only play for 1 day! I'm a genius!! + 1 on your "sarcasm" font
 
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NO NO NO, test cricket is just fine. Fighting for a draw is an amazing part of a game. Being 50/4 on the morning a 5th day with 450 as a target, the only goal is survival. And surviving is damn hard on some wickets.
 
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CrAzYLeGs69 said:
I think that the game is pathetic in the sense that the chasing team can if they see that they ain't gonna make it, decide to just block and play it safe.

And eventually let the game end in a draw. Boring, boring, boring.

What they should do is:

Force the chasing team to keep a run rate at or above the required run rate so that the "go for a draw" option is ruled out.
If the chasing team fails to do so, and have some wickets left at the end of the game, then the other team wins. Regardless if they failed to bowl out the entire opposing team.

That would make for a much more interesting game.
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like i said in the other thread, I'd go mad standing there for an entire day scoring 2 an over

goes to show the concentration the defending team has, team A declared when they thought they would have enough time to bowl team B out, therefore if you miss judged, thats your problem
 
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The problem is this.

Just because test cricket and one day games share the same mechanics, people think its the same game with different durations... Not so!

Theyre two totally different games!
 
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Madman88 said:
The problem is this.

Just because test cricket and one day games share the same mechanics, people think its the same game with different durations... Not so!

Theyre two totally different games!
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There's the answer right there!

Alonzo(Training Day) said:
This shyte's chess it aint checkers.
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Nope nothing wrong with the game, it just shows the lack of fight in our guys, they not even trying. Its pathetic really.
 
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Madman88 said:
The problem is this.

Just because test cricket and one day games share the same mechanics, people think its the same game with different durations... Not so!

Theyre two totally different games!
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+1

We've had amazing test cricket in the last two years. Stuff you could never replicate with 20 or 50 over cricket.
 
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So should we maybe delete this thread to avoid further embarrassment to the OP after the "boring" game we have just witnessed?
 
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Bizkit87 said:
:crying::crying::crying::crying::wtf:

OR just stick to watching PRO20's .... leave test cricket for the people who like test cricket, we'll watch it as boring as it is...

Trying to survive 80 overs on dying wicket on day 5 in scorching heat, DOESN'T nearly require as much talent/concentration as seeing how far you can hit the ball [There REALLY needs to be a 'sarcasm' font]
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+1

Couldn't agree more!

LancelotSA said:
So should we maybe delete this thread to avoid further embarrassment to the OP after the "boring" game we have just witnessed?
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LOL, exactly it was a nail biter till the end.
 
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i can not imagine anyone thinking that the game last night wasn't exciting, 5 days of cricket coming down to the last couple of overs, epic stuff!
 
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CrAzYLeGs69 said:
because a the real victor isn't decided, and that's why rugby will remain the most exciting game of all time.

No comment.
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so are you disregarding all those rugby that have ended in draws as never having happened? in my time i've even witnessed a nil all draw.
 
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Bizkit87 said:
:crying::crying::crying::crying::wtf:

OR just stick to watching PRO20's .... leave test cricket for the people who like test cricket, we'll watch it as boring as it is...

Trying to survive 80 overs on dying wicket on day 5 in scorching heat, DOESN'T nearly require as much talent/concentration as seeing how far you can hit the ball [There REALLY needs to be a 'sarcasm' font]
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+1
 
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About the only rule I know of which the ICC is considering too force more results is to take away the captains options wrt pitch rollers in between innings. That’s a rule I can live with. The one in the OP…is ehhh insane…
 
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