Has Alaistair Cook lost it?

[Austin 3:!6]

With a lead of 400+ and with all the rain around, why would you bat again? Never seen more defensive captaincy than this. Even if Pak bats twice, they wont be chasing down this target.

What the hell you idiot...declare!

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[velu]

declared

 

imagine if MSD have done this .. 2 million litres of blood might be gone in the drain because of wrist slitting 

[New guy]

8 minutes ago, velu said:

declared

 

imagine if MSD have done this .. 2 million litres of blood might be gone in the drain because of wrist slitting 

And rightly so. Any captain which does such things need to be called out. English media and pundits have done the same. You take some of the worst examples of captaincy and compare with Dhoni. 

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[zep1706]

He basically gifted Pakistan a complete session. Will serve him right if Pakistan are 8 or 9 down and then gets saved by rain. 

[Austin 3:!6]

MS was bit defensive in test cricket I agree but not to this extent. Even SKY commies were stunned why Eng didnt enforce the follow on.

Cook reminds me of my Mohalla captain during childhood who just want to bat at any cost irrespective of the match situation.

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[velu]

8 minutes ago, New guy said:

And rightly so. Any captain which does such things need to be called out. English media and pundits have done the same. You take some of the worst examples of captaincy and compare with Dhoni. 

include ponting too in your hate list .. seen many times he rarely enforce follow on

 

on a brighter side .. cook is confident that his bowlers can take 10 wickets in 1.5 rain affected days 

2 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

MS was bit defensive in test cricket I agree but not to this extent. Even SKY commies were stunned why Eng didnt enforce the follow on.

Cook reminds me of my Mohalla captain during childhood who just want to bat at any cost irrespective of the match situation.

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guess they really wanted to bat vs padosis

[zep1706]

2 minutes ago, velu said:

include ponting too in your hate list .. seen many times he rarely enforce follow on

I consider Ponting as the worst Aussie captain I have seen. 

[SLICKR392]

I really hope Pak draw this

[CoverDrive]

this was beyond one of the most defensive decisions by a captain ever. Little idiotic too given all the rain around. 

 

[tweaker]

Cook has the bowling attack to back his decision.

Pakistan does not have batsman to make Cook decision look stupid

[sandeep]

Only logical reason I can think of, is its done with a view towards the series.  Let the batsmen slap the Pak bowlers around a bit on a batting friendly wicket with nothing to lose, get some psychological points.  Rub it in a bit, extend the game and make the Paks field while thinking every over, are we done yet. 

 

If not, it was just plain foolish.  

[tweaker]

England bowlers have backed their captains decision.Match will end today.

[velu]

innings over within 2 sessions ..

peeps were expecting that padosis can draw this test

 

[maniac]

Hope there are some thunderstorms now

 

[Adi_91]

6 minutes ago, maniac said:

Hope there are some thunderstorms now

 

There are enough storms in padosis's players and fan's heads. 

[Temujin Khaghan]

the bowlers needed a small break...

 

anderson and stokes were coming off from injuries

 

inspite of that stokes had problem with his calf muscle and limped away..

[kruiser]

4 hours ago, sandeep said:

Only logical reason I can think of, is its done with a view towards the series.  Let the batsmen slap the Pak bowlers around a bit on a batting friendly wicket with nothing to lose, get some psychological points.  Rub it in a bit, extend the game and make the Paks field while thinking every over, are we done yet. 

 

If not, it was just plain foolish.  

excellent point. do not under estimate the value of demoralizing the opposition bowlers...