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Hucknall Ram

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Can anyone explain the declaration to me? Seems bizarre to me.
because a draw is no good to them, they are trying to force a result with little time they have got, they will try to get England all out cheaply and will have longer for the run chase even tho declaring early means a bigger run chase.
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Butthead

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Whatever they have amassed by lunchtime tomorrow will be enough.

I'm not so sure as India have the players to chase down 200ish in a couple of sessions, it could be squaeky bum time if we have a batting collapse in the morning.

As they are saying, the first hour is critical.

Trott is the man for this, he's not had the best of tours but this is his domain and will wind the Indians up no end

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With whats happened today , and seven wickets in hand, i think England will bat long enough tomorrow that theres little point of india even putting there pads on !

resulting in a draw and England winning the series 2-1

Whoop Whoop

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AndyinLiverpool

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I fully expect England to get a lead of 250 and use up 30-odd overs to get there. That'll be plenty.

Barely 800 runs have been scored in the match so far. India won't get 250 in 2 sessions.

Had they batted properly this morning and got a lead of 30 or 40, the match could have looked quite different now.

The lead at lunch was only 244, so it just shows how wrong you can be.

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Superb series win, 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> Captain(Fantastic) Cook Man of the series...... 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> Bring on the whinging Aussies for their Ashes thrashing 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />

Get yer Money on now folks pile it on, England Ashes win.....Cook and Pietersen over two tons each.

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Captain Alastair Cook savoured a “very special” series victory after England triumphed in India for the first time since 1984-85.[/size][size=3]

Centuries from Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell secured a draw in the fourth Test at Nagpur and a 2-1 win in the rubber.[/size][size=3]

Trott led the way with 143 and Bell was unbeaten on 116 when the teams shook hands at the earliest opportunity as the tourists declared their second innings at 352 for four.[/size][size=3]

Cook told Sky Sports: “It’s a very special day for us, it’s been a special tour and we’ll have great memories. Today was a fantastic effort by Trotty and Belly. All right, it was a flat pitch, but how calmly they batted was fantastic.[/size][size=3]

“We were slightly surprised how low and slow the pitch was, and it got better as the game went on. We knew when we batted in the second innings we had to make it very hard to take those wickets so credit to our batsmen for fronting up and taking on that challenge.”[/size][size=3]

The series success was all the more impressive after a nine-wicket defeat in the first Test at Ahmedabad, which prompted widespread forecasts of a 4-0 series whitewash in the hosts’ favour.[/size]

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Triumphant England captain Alastair Cook said: “It’s a very special day for us, it’s been a special tour and we’ll have great memories."[/size]

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“We didn’t handle the Ahmedabad wicket as well but the others were all very different and we adapted well,” said Cook.[/size][size=3]

“The bowlers have been brilliant and our batters have contributed big runs. Everyone in the squad can be very proud, especially after Ahmedabad and that heavy defeat.[/size][size=3]

“The guys who played a couple of games all made a difference and the amount of effort the guys have put in for me, I can’t ask any more.[/size][size=3]

“It’s always nice when it goes well but I can’t praise the team enough. And the support we’ve had everywhere we’ve gone, not just from the Barmy Army but also the Indian public, has been fantastic.”[/size][size=3]

While Cook was man of the series on the back of 562 runs, James Anderson earned the Nagpur match award for his 4-81 in India’s only innings which made him the rubber’s leading seamer with 12 wickets.[/size][size=3]

Anderson always believed he would have a key part to play, refusing to rely on the spinners who normally prosper on the sub-continent.[/size][size=3]

“When we come over here, people think that spinners are going to get all the wickets but we knew that the seamers had a job to do over here,” he said. “We really wanted to show people we can do a job here and I really think we have.[/size][size=3]

“I’ve bowled better than I have before. Reverse-swing has been a key part of us doing well. We’ve really practised it in the nets and in the games we’ve had leading up to the series. I think we executed our plans really well in the game.”[/size][size=3]

Anderson also profited from bowling shorter spells.[/size][size=3]

“You’re only going to bowl three or four overs in a spell so being able to give it everything, it really helps you and you also get quite a long rest with the spinners we’ve got as well,” he added.[/size][size=3]

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froggg

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Awesome....... what a performance by the A/B team 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> great to see all those gobsmacked faces in the crowd as Eoin hit that six....... 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />

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Former England captain Tony Greig has died aged 66, he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. RIP.

. Sad news RIP Tony.

What a player 6'7'' the lad bless him......... 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />

plus he was pivotal in getting the players a decent wage....... 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> RIP

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Anag Ram

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Tony Greig was my hero as a small boy. He drove my interest in cricket which remains to this day. He was a passionate man who played and reported on the game in an honest and exciting fashion. A friend got the signatures of all county cricketers from about 1976 and his was the one I searched for first. I will miss him.

Christopher Martin Jenkins was a brilliant cricket writer, and even though I didn't rate his commentary too highly, there's no doubt he was a true historian and he had a gentle sense of humour which endeared him to his colleagues at TMS.

Cricket has had a dark Christmas.

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AndyinLiverpool

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Don Mosey once said of Christopher Martin-Jenkins that 'he was so much born with a silver spoon in his mouth as a jewell-encrusted gold spoon thrust down his throat.'

He believed posh school cricket scores should be on sports broadcasts before the football results. I doubt Christopher Martin-Jenkins and I would have ever agreed on anything as he represents everything I find reprehensible about Britain.

But his voice was a part of my life on so many occasions.

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