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Wavelberry

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End of Day 2 and it was a classic microcosm of Cricket 19...

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Classic bat/pads, that stupid behind square baseball shot, run-outs and a 9th wicket partnership. Cook will lose this game and by a fair margin now he's avoided the follow-on.

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Props to Pujara for using all ten of his bowlers though. Some pretty tasty figures there. The *only* thing that can save Cook is a massive 9th wicket partnership and Pujara declaring too late in his 3rd innings.
 

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End of Day 2 and it was a classic microcosm of Cricket 19...

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Classic bat/pads, that stupid behind square baseball shot, run-outs and a 9th wicket partnership. Cook will lose this game and by a fair margin now he's avoided the follow-on.

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Props to Pujara for using all ten of his bowlers though. Some pretty tasty figures there. The *only* thing that can save Cook is a massive 9th wicket partnership and Pujara declaring too late in his 3rd innings.
I'm surprised they didn't score more but not surprised that spin bowling side was so much better.
 

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So, Cook added 3 more runs to finish 196 behind and now, with about 10 overs to go on Day 3 we are here...

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All out for 279 with just the one over 50 score. He has more than enough though lets be honest. Mostly chop ons and of course a run-out to finish. Three of the caughts were bat/pad to keeper.

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Cook deciding to only use 5 bowlers which is fair. The two that took the majority of the wickets were the same workhorses from the first innings as well.

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Here we are then. 474 to win (wasn't that what Middlesex had to get a few years ago in that game Root captained for Yorkshire?). I reckon he's gonna fall about 290 runs short. Or will we see a miracle?
 

Wavelberry

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Well then...
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It was a lot closer than I thought it would be. A classic Cricket 19 9th wicket partnership was nearly enough. I honestly thought it'd be done very quickly at 63-5 but Cook fought hard. Ultimately the first innings failures left him too much to do and Pujara won by 43 runs.

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Basically just used 3 bowlers. Real weird how in every simulation both teams used all ten all four times they bowled but in playing it out they became more trusting of bowlers who were performing.

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Victory then for Pujara and ignominy for Cook.

What have we learned? Not sure anything new. Off-spin is over powered helped in no end by bat/pads. Any bowling that isn't fast struggles to reach the slips or the keeper.
 

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Well then...
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It was a lot closer than I thought it would be. A classic Cricket 19 9th wicket partnership was nearly enough. I honestly thought it'd be done very quickly at 63-5 but Cook fought hard. Ultimately the first innings failures left him too much to do and Pujara won by 43 runs.

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Basically just used 3 bowlers. Real weird how in every simulation both teams used all ten all four times they bowled but in playing it out they became more trusting of bowlers who were performing.

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Victory then for Pujara and ignominy for Cook.

What have we learned? Not sure anything new. Off-spin is over powered helped in no end by bat/pads. Any bowling that isn't fast struggles to reach the slips or the keeper.
The image of the victorious Pujara's should be your banner. :lol They look so happy.
 

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