Did Australia declare too early on the 4th day of 1st Ashes Test thereby allowing England to save the test?
Posted by admin on Jul 17, 2009
** Ricky Ponting declared 232 runs ahead & 5 wickets down…Marcus North was 122 but played too slowly…Haddin did very well…Had these 2 batted for an extra hour or so the lead would have extended to 300 giving England the psychological disadvantage of saving the test on the final day
Certain types of opposition needs to be ground into the dust**
I agree with you……Marcus North played way too slow and I think it forced Ponting to declare based on the amount of overs left in the game, not on the number of runs ahead. I’m sure he would have liked another 50 to 100 runs lead and it was the batters responsibility to bat for the team not for themselves. Haddin did that and went on a run scoring spree while North batted too conservatively and put Australia in a hole.
The Aussies should have won that test match, its a good thing to get 100 runs BUT sometimes you need to forget your own batting record and averages and go out there and bat for the team. I doubt you would see Ponting, Clarke, or Hussey blocking when fast runs were needed!
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That was not too early and everything went ok as per their plans. But Monty Panesar and John Anderson made it all wrong by staying there for 39 minutes. that turned the game englands way!
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No, because they picked up quick 2 wickets before the rain came and canceled the last session.
Australia did the best they could, you can’t ask much from a flat pitch.
I predicted this Test would be a draw since day 2 and Australia did great to get close to winning,
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Australia didn’t declare too early. You are talking about the psychological advantage here. Don’t think 70 runs extra would have made any difference.
The runs wasn’t the factor. Even if we had 2 overs, we could have scored those runs and won the game. It all came down to time and the critical last session of 4th day almost totally lost due to rain.
If we batted for longer, there would have been no chance of bowling them out on the last day. Fact is it wasn’t a typical crumbling 5th day pitch and held up pretty well till the end…no spin or seam movement. I give credit to English tailenders for sticking it out there.
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I agree with you……Marcus North played way too slow and I think it forced Ponting to declare based on the amount of overs left in the game, not on the number of runs ahead. I’m sure he would have liked another 50 to 100 runs lead and it was the batters responsibility to bat for the team not for themselves. Haddin did that and went on a run scoring spree while North batted too conservatively and put Australia in a hole.
The Aussies should have won that test match, its a good thing to get 100 runs BUT sometimes you need to forget your own batting record and averages and go out there and bat for the team. I doubt you would see Ponting, Clarke, or Hussey blocking when fast runs were needed!
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No. Had play not finished early on the 4th day they may have had the poms in more trouble than they were. Ponting has to accept some of the brickbats for his bowler selection and field placings.
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Does not matter when you declare if you can not bowl them out.
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No, he made the right desicion.
It paid off and with some better desicions from the captain later in the game they could have won.
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yeah they should have batted another 10 overs
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You’re joking aren’t you? 674 runs from 181 overs, thats 337 runs per day, almost a run a minute, when do you ever see that kind of scoring rate in Test cricket? Haddin got out so how could he bat for an extra hour?
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