2nd Test: Possibility of Draw??

[saket123]

How can Indians draw this test match? Indians are definitely not gonna get Australia bowled out... so let's say Australia declares on the 3rd day after 2 hours or play with a 350 run lead.. .. then what??? I don't know all the rules of Test Cricket.. but can Indians bat the until the entire 5th day and not give Australia an opportunity to bat at all?? Would that draw the test?

[ganeshran]

[zep1706]

Today will be the 3rd day not fourth, the match will be over by tea tomorrow, weather permitting, there is no way they can draw this test match, the question should be "what will be the margin of defeat?"

[saket123]

Today will be the 3rd day not fourth' date=' the match will be over by tea tomorrow, weather permitting, there is no way they can draw this test match, the question should be "what will be the margin of defeat?"[/quote'] oops.. you are right.. lemme rephrase my question. can India bat until the end of 5th day and not give Australia a chance to bat?

[coffee_rules]

Aus will not declare. They will score atleast 590/600 or so. They will go for a 400+ lead. That's the sucker punch. They will bat the second innings tommorow. Bat once and bat big as Shastri says.

[adi B]

How can Indians draw this test match? Indians are definitely not gonna get Australia bowled out... so let's say Australia declares on the 3rd day after 2 hours or play with a 350 run lead.. .. then what??? I don't know all the rules of Test Cricket.. but can Indians bat the entire 3rd,4th and 5th day and not give Australia an opportunity to bat at all?? Would that draw the test?

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[ganeshran]

How can Indians draw this test match? Indians are definitely not gonna get Australia bowled out... so let's say Australia declares on the 3rd day after 2 hours or play with a 350 run lead.. .. then what??? I don't know all the rules of Test Cricket.. but can Indians bat the until the entire 5th day and not give Australia an opportunity to bat at all?? Would that draw the test?

:blink: Yes it would

[adi B]

if katrina hits the sea cost then yeah maybe a draw possible, but for that the storm + rain has to be too strong, even 1.5 session of play and india =all out

[zep1706]

Aus will not declare. They will score atleast 590/600 or so. They will go for a 400+ lead. That's the sucker punch. They will bat the second innings tommorow. Bat once and bat big as Shastri says.

Of course they won't, declaration doesn't make any sense, they just need 2 full sessions to bowl India out and they will have more than 6 sessions to do that even without declaring.

[Nova]

I don't know all the rules of Test Cricket.. but can Indians bat the entire 5th day and not give Australia an opportunity to bat at all?? Would that draw the test?

There is no 5th day. This is a 4 day test match and the next match will be 3 days and so on..leading to the one day series.

[saket123]

Aus will not declare. They will score atleast 590/600 or so. They will go for a 400+ lead. That's the sucker punch. They will bat the second innings tommorow. Bat once and bat big as Shastri says.

Okay, so are you saying they will play the entire 3rd day? if that is the case.. then we need to bat an entire 2 days to the draw the test.. The more time Australia bats.. the less time we have until the end of 5th day.. meaning more the possibility of a draw?? .. that is assuming we don't try something stupid like giving australia a lead to chase down.

[zep1706]

Okay, so are you saying they will play the entire 3rd day? if that is the case.. then we need to bat an entire 2 days to the draw the test.. The more time Australia bats.. the less time we have until the end of 5th day.. meaning more the possibility of a draw?? .. that is assuming we don't try something stupid like giving australia a lead to chase down.

1. What is your age? 2. New to cricket?

[saket123]

come on guys.. I am not talking about what is practically possible here.. I am saying what are the theoretical means of drawing this test... barring weather.

[saket123]

1. What is your age? 2. New to cricket?

Answer the question please.

[ganeshran]

Theoretically everything is possible, but practically the chances of it happening are abysmally low. It would have to be a Kolkata 2001 like effort

[Karan114]

come on guys.. I am not talking about what is practically possible here.. I am saying what are the theoretical means of drawing this test... barring weather.

Get one of the bookies from Mumbai or Delhi to make the Australian team an offer they can't refuse

[saket123]

Theoretically everything is possible' date=' but practically the chances of it happening are abysmally low. It would have to be a Kolkata 2001 like effort[/quote'] Jesus Christ!.. can ANYONE at least answer if this is even legally possible?? Please don't give me philosophical crap about how much definitely we are gonna lose!... I KNOW we are gonna lose .. just want to see what legal way there is to draw the test. 18 posts and not a single one addressing the question directly. Kinda like our Indian team that cannot think directly to address any given problem. You are acting as thakela as our team! come on now!

[zep1706]

come on guys.. I am not talking about what is practically possible here.. I am saying what are the theoretical means of drawing this test... barring weather.

Theoretically the chances are 1/2026

[saket123]

Theoretically the chances are 1/2025

Not asking about chances.. not asking about the odds of draw ONLY asking about different ways we could draw this test.

[ganeshran]

Jesus Christ!.. can ANYONE at least answer if this is even legally possible?? Please don't give me philosophical crap about how much definitely we are gonna lose!... I KNOW we are gonna lose .. just want to see what legal way there is to draw the test. 18 posts and not a single one addressing the question directly. Kinda like our Indian team that cannot think directly to address any given problem.

What legality are you looking for here. :hmmmm: I already answered "yes" in the 7th post. This is test cricket. You can bat for all 5 days if you want.