<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ali12 @ Jul 20 2009, 10:36 PM)
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Monkeypigeon @ Jul 20 2009, 09:32 PM)
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If I wee an English fan I'd be regreting the whole first test thing now because though I don't watch cricket besides the odd 20/20 (which I gather is a bit like watching Rugby League and calling yourself a rugby fan), because if the next one is a draw then there'll be a huge storm of 'you only won because you're cheating whatsits' going on which will last forever and a day.
ah well, I'm having fun reading this even though I understand **** all of it.
Actually could someone explai how teams can draw in these full test matches? Surely it's whoever gets the most runs wins and if they by some miracle have the same amount of runs would it not go down to wickets or something. It's the one thing that baffles me most in this thread. How can someone draw in such a huge scoring sport?[/b]
This is just another explanation:
First innings
England 500 all out
Australia 200 all out
Second innings
England 200 all out
Australia 300-6
Lets say that the 5 days are up come this point. Because Australia didn't lose all their wickets, they can't lose because if the game had continued they may well have scored the runs required.
Because Australia didn't score more runs than England over the 5 days, they can't have won.
So basically, England didn't take enough wickets, Australia didn't score enough runs, so the game is drawn.
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Thanks for the reply and from CA Iverson also.
So basicaly in the full tests it's more than just finishing with more runs, the team out last in the last innings mst have all their wickets wicketied before time runs out.
Now quick question. Do the wickets from the first innings carry any significance at the end of the match if for example Australia were all out and england were 9476273 - 4?
And is the idea of 'declaring' so that the bowling team have enough time then to get their oposition bowled out. and if they declare in the second innings after like 3 wicketies do they still need to bowl everyone in the other team out or do they just need to match the threeeee or wha?
I am however getting there though...
