You be captain!

abit of fun, but i also hope we could all learn something

Edited by Pietersen Fan - 10 December 2007 at 1:14am

The weather is currently pleasntly warm, very few counds in the sky, forcast to be like this for the rest of the match.

It all depends on who the opposition is. Going for a win against the Aussie would be plain stupid!

Originally posted by canadiancricket 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.

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.

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. 

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

Depends how good your spinner is as well, all good spinners stop the runs and have a chance of taking wickets. Bad spinners may still have a chance of taking wickets but they won't stop the runs.

i would tell the no.3 to play a natural defensive game, and tell 6 and 7 to play aggresively but not mental, then when the 6 and 7 are gone, get the no.3 to take control and start playing some shots, tellthe tail to shut up shop and tell the team to aim for around 300-350, if after batmen 6 and 7 are gone, if the team is on less than 250 to play every shot defensivelly, maybe get all out for 250 on lunch at the last day, then bowl spin for 2 whole sessions and aim for the draw

okay i have a scenario. Its a 50 over match and your team has just finished the innings with 284 on a very good flat wicket with very little assistance for seam and swing and spin, you are now on the field you have 1 extreme 90 mph bowler, 2 medium fast swing bowlers and 1 leg spinner, and one offspinning allrounder. the opposition are off to a flyer at 120-0 after 15 overs. How would you control the situation? 

Bring a spinner on try and slow the pace of the game. Possibly if you have 2 decent spinners in the attack i might bring on both. And stay patient with the field placings atleast have a field that my spinners can bowl to and have a chance of breaking the partnership and then making some possible inroads.

We don't know.....

the 2 openers were both very aggressive like ( hayden/gilchrist) and the 2 new batsmen number 3 is a defensive player as number 4 is a moderate balanced player with attack and defence. number 5 and 6 are big hitting allrounders and number 7 the keeper. the rest number 8,9,10,11 are the tail.

Here's my scenario:
It is a test match. The pitch is totally bowler friendly but the opposition comes and scores 400 and bowls you out for less than 100 and enforces follow on. There are about 25 overs left in the second day but your opener plays quite aggressively and scores some valuable runs but in process loses his wicket and the score at the end of day is 125 - 1. Rain is expected for all three days but in small amounts but it would be cloudy. 70 overs can be bowled every day. You went in with 4 bowlers, 1 bowling all rounder and your WK can bat well. Opposition bowlers are nothing out of ordinary but they are capable of taking those 10 remaining wickets. You have two greats in your team. One of them is a bowler who was injured on first day but will recover and play on day four. Another player is a batsman who remained not out in the first innings too scoring 53. Your team is just slightly better than the opposition but luck hasn't favoured your team as 4 run outs resulted in first innings and some plumb decisions didn't go your way. The series is 1-1 in three test match series. What would you do?

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