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Old 04-19-2006, 11:44 AM
EvilSmurf EvilSmurf is offline
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Default Re: Most amazing achievement 99.9% of Americans won\'t care about

Just as an addition the * next to the 201 means it was 201 not out, the Australian team declared (which means they voluntarily ended their innings to force the other team to bat, since a test match is limited to 5 (8-hour) days and the winning team must either a) score more runs than the combined total of the other 2 teams innings in their 2 or b) bowl the other team out twice it made sense to declare to give our bowlers the chance to bowl bangladesh out)
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Bangladesh was batting for survival at tea on day four at 1-67 in its second innings, trailing by 317

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This means Bangladesh realise they have no real shot at winning the game, they've already lost 1 wicket (of 10) in their second innings (of 2) and still need to get 317 runs off their next 9 wickets, which would be an amazing feat. Instead, they will just try and bat out day 5...which is not looking likely, as by stumps (end of days play) they are 4/195 which means they still need 189 on their last 6 wickets (or not lose 6 wickets in the 90 overs that a day's play entails to force a draw), which again is unlikely, as teams tend to leave their specialist bowlers at the back of the order (most teams carry 4 specialist bowlers in their 11 man squads. There's also a very specialised fielding position, wicketkeeper (kind of like catcher) which run production from most is quite average). Why 11 players and only 10 wickets? Well, that's because you need 2 guys out there to bat, and if only one is left, it's innings over.
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