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Pietersen Fan 
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 Topic: You be captain!Posted: 22 December 2007 at 3:24pm |
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usually its the other way round ,spinners try to stop the runs at one end and seamers try to take the wickets, but i guess its a fair enough plan
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inswinger
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Posted: 22 December 2007 at 2:10pm |
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i would get the two seamers aiming on a good length at off stump. giving no room for shots. when that starts to dry up the runs a little i would bring the better part timer spinner on at one end to try and make the break through with the seamer still attacking off stumpat the other end and bowling as many maidens as possible to try and create wickets for the offie.
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canadiancricket
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Posted: 21 December 2007 at 10:51pm |
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If they are quite good then I would go with main strike bowlers most of the time. I would go with part time bowlers for breakthrough or if one of them is bowling well, then go with him and pace bowler at other end.
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Posted: 21 December 2007 at 10:40pm |
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what would you do if your main spin bowler had picked up an injury on a spinners track and couldn't bowl
you have 3 pace bowlers, all very good bowlers, 2 of them bowling seam, and the other a swing bowler
you have 2 part time spin bowlers both bowling off spin
you are leading the test match by 90 runs after the 1st innings
the pitch is not suited to seam bowling and is swinging only a small amount.
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Niv!
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 10:07am |
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I'd tell them to bat normally and make a good partnership, but if the next wicket falls, go defensive and bat out the rest of the day. If we get bowled out in the first session of day 5 though, we should a decent lead. I would encourage my bowlers to get wickets and use spinners but if that fails, shut them down until the end of the match.
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The Tyke
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 1:28am |
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In this scenario I'd get the number 3 to play defensive shots and take the singles to get the aggressive player on strike to the seamer so he can use the pace of the pitch and the even bounce to score some boundaries to up the scoring rate.
Against the spinner I'd tell the batsmen to score big off the loose deliveries such as a long hop, full toss or the slightly wide one that you can swing your arms through. Other than that I'd advise them to rotate the strike to stop the opposition building pressure and to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
I'd say from the position the team is in that the win is unlikely but the loss is more than possible so bat for as much time and as many singles and doubles as possible to get a defendable total for the time remaining.
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Pietersen Fan
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 1:12am |
its a tough question and it depends on how good out bowlers are really, also if we have a couple of good spinners that would help on a day 5 pitch.
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bondy
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 12:58am |
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I'd ask the batsman to play their natural game and look to play strokes. If they can bat through and get a lead of 150-200 then that's a competitive total going into day 5. But, it all depends on who you've got in the bowling department and whether they can win a match for you, or not.
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Good one Graham!
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spin wizard
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 12:52am |
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It all depends on who the opposition is. Going for a win against the Aussie would be plain stupid!
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In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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canadiancricket
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Posted: 10 December 2007 at 12:49am |
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I as a captain would instruct to completely shut down and play very defensive. play for time. Winning on from here would be mighty difficult anyways. It would also depend if you are currently winning the series or losing or whatever. more questions - do you think you can get the opposition out for under 200.
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Posted: 09 December 2007 at 11:43pm |
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The weather is currently pleasntly warm, very few counds in the sky, forcast to be like this for the rest of the match.
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MP12
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Posted: 09 December 2007 at 11:40pm |
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Interesting scenario and thread. What's the weather like?
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Posted: 09 December 2007 at 11:25pm |
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abit of fun, but i also hope we could all learn something
basically, i'll give a scenerio and you, as captian, tell us what you'd do in that situation. It might be what field you'd set,which type of bowler you'd use, how you'd instruct your bowler to bowl, or how you'd tell your batsmen to bat.
So scenerio 1
Its lunch on day 4 of a test match, your team is currently batting and has lost 4 early wickets in your second innings, the score is 55-4 and you are currently 25 runs behind your opponant.
In the 1st innings you set a score of 340 but then your opponant got 420.
The pitch is turning an average amount but not a great deal, the pitch has relitivly even bounce, and the ball is still coming quite nicely onto the bat. The ball is swinging a small amount.
You currently have batsmen number 3 and 6 in, batsmen number 3 is quite a defensive player, who prefers to play through the offside, batsmen number 6 is an aggresive player, but can also defend quite well.
Next in is batsmen number 7, he is your wicket keeper and has a good technique and is also quite aggresive, after that your tail comes in.
The bowling team are using a companation of a spin bowler at one end and either a swing or seam bowler at the other. All there bowlers are quite good but not world beaters.
So, what do you do??
Do you try and win the game or try and bat out for the draw?
How would you instruct your batsmen to bat??
Any questions about scenorio 1 just ask!!
have fun
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