Declaration - when?

[fineleg]

When do you think they'll declare? Overnight or bat one hour and smash us to pieces 80-100 runs in 1 hour?

[bulbul]

tomorrow morning

[gaurav92]

After Smith's 200

[vvvslaxman]

Hope never. I am surprised he hasn't done that already. Clarke is known for aggressive declarations. But this is a ground where you can score 500 in first innings and still lose the test lol

[Cricket_Hacker]

Does Smith have a triple?

[sweetaskandy]

Will this series, we hope. :yay:

[zubinpepsi]

Australia got to their 500 when Ishant sharma bowled a very wide ball which went 4 byes. Ishant then looked at Michael Clarke if he is going to declare.. clarke just nodded.. thats how desparate we were.... waiting for aussie to declare.. but looks like we are going to toil some more time on the field..

[Straight Drive]

Varun, Shami and Karn Sharma have made tons. Ishant is also nearing a 100. We can expect a declaration soon after each of them achieves the feat.

[BeautifulGame]

Clarke often does bizzare stuff in the positive captaincy. So won't be surprised if he declares next morning without coming Aus to bat.Did something similar in last Ashes

[coffee_rules]

1 hour of batting reach 600 (possible at this rate!)..and unleash Johnson on hapless Indians..

[Deleted_User_1]

This team is pathetic. India never had quality fast bowlers to win overseas. Old guard retires and the new crop is still crap. Rat captains, and no better than Dhobi. I have no desire to follow this series.

[bulbul]

This team is pathetic. India never had quality fast bowlers to win overseas. Old guard retires and the new crop is still crap. Rat captains, and no better than Dhobi. I have no desire to follow this series.

No usual thread? :--D

[JaFanatic]

We should take remaining three wks in the first three balls itself and unleash Murali Vijay on their overhyped trundlers

[Lord]

Australia got to their 500 when Ishant sharma bowled a very wide ball which went 4 byes. Ishant then looked at Michael Clarke if he is going to declare.. clarke just nodded.. thats how desparate we were.... waiting for aussie to declare.. but looks like we are going to toil some more time on the field..

:hysterical::hysterical:

[satishg]

It doesnt matter when they declare, they can bat 1 more session and still manage to bowl India out twice in the next 2 days. The pitch does offer a little bit assistance with the new ball, Ryan Harris and Johnson will blow our top order apart with the new ball and then Lyon will come and clean up our middle order. All those people saying that this pitch is a road just see how the ball starts doing all kinds of things when we start to bat. Pathetic bowling performance, knuckle heads cant even get 2 balls in the right area. India should just stop playing test cricket. I read in cricinfo that a 3-0 loss for us will take us to the 7th position in tests, thats where we belong.

[Marut]

Australia got to their 500 when Ishant sharma bowled a very wide ball which went 4 byes. Ishant then looked at Michael Clarke if he is going to declare.. clarke just nodded.. thats how desparate we were.... waiting for aussie to declare.. but looks like we are going to toil some more time on the field..

That is what we have been doing on most of the overseas tours since 2011.:haha::haha:

[singhprakash72]

Wait till next test ...Clark will start declaring in 300 and still win by innings. We all know what happened to this over hyped team in last 2 test matches in England. Now by some miracle our batting fires ( which never happened overseas in last 4 years) then we may see some 4 or 5 days test matches.

[Kalia_Test]

India have to last 110-120 overs ( 3-4 sessions) in each innings and the match is a draw...very difficult to score less than 3.5 in this flat pitch with fast outfield with our stroke makers... If there is a massive collapse in either innings, then it does not really matter when Clarke declares... hoping for tons from atleast a couple of our batsmen

[kubrickian]

After they reach 550.

[bharat297]

I think he will declare soon. Probably by 550 or at the most 600 (which is probably only an hour away)