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JRS7

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Need some quick wickets to put Pakistan under pressure. Scoring so fast in the first innings means a win is still more than possible for England.
 

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Good last hour for England opens up the option of trying to set up a final inns chase with a declaration late on tomorrow. How you work out when you declare on a pitch like this Im not so sure though. 350+ in a day and a few overs maybe
 

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Excitingly attacking declaration or plain stupid?

Somehow England have scored over 900 runs at a run a ball and then made Pakistan favourites by declaring :eek:

I'm happy to finally see a management team that are trying to win test matches rather than not lose them. Yes, it's possibly a risky declaration and gives Pakistan a chance to win the match but equally gives us a better chance to win than if we'd set them a total of 450+. Good to see the back of the boring "don't lose" strategy that we seemed to display under Root, Cook and Strauss. I would far rather we lost a match while trying to win it than watch a boring final day petering out to a draw.
 

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I'm happy to finally see a management team that are trying to win test matches rather than not lose them. Yes, it's possibly a risky declaration and gives Pakistan a chance to win the match but equally gives us a better chance to win than if we'd set them a total of 450+. Good to see the back of the boring "don't lose" strategy that we seemed to display under Root, Cook and Strauss. I would far rather we lost a match while trying to win it than watch a boring final day petering out to a draw.

Interestingly, when they declared, Englands odds (and percentage chance of winning) barely changed. Big changes in Pakistans and the draws.

Very hard to argue from an entertainment perspective England have made a thrilling test finish out a game that almost always would be a cert draw because of an awful pitch. From a win (or dont lose) at all costs its more debatable :) Still not sure where I sit, was always going to be an attacking dec but this has really pushed the envelope. Lets hope the ball starts to reverse
 

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It was probably the right call, give or take. They might not have expected to stay on quite as long tonight, and had they known might - and I stress might - have had another three or four overs after tea. For all the talk of Pakistan being favourites now, they are heavily reliant on Imam tomorrow.
 

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If England win this, the only debate will be if it is Ben Stokes or Gareth Southgate can tell the British sporting public to go bleep themselves for doubting them.
 
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