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Originally posted by TP
So they need to make sure they had enough runs on the board to force Aus to bat agressively enough to have to score runs to have a chance of winning so they had more chance of taking wickets. The other side to that coin is, if they set too high a total then the chasing side could look at it and decide it's too much and just play defensively for the draw, making it hard for the bowling side to take enough wickets to get them out and win.
It's a subtle game cricket. |
Sums it up, Ozz could not beat us, so they went for the draw, either way, that rule is stupid!
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