Absolutely bloody ludicrous that they still haven't declared.
No it isnt, grind them into the dust, keep them in the field for as long as possible, give the bowlers a good rest. give their openers only 10 mins prep time...........
We've ground them into the dust. The bowlers have had a whole night's rest. Now our wicket-keeper and, if we lose any more wickets, our bowlers will have had less preparation time as they're batting.
I could understand waiting for Root to get to 200 if he started the day on 190, but 178? That's not even particularly close.
Even more insane is that, three overs in a row, England have taken singles off the last ball to deny Root the strike. What the Hell's the point in that?
The way I see it there are two possibilities:
(i) the ball is moving. We should definitely declare to take advantage of the conditions.
(ii) the ball isn't moving. We should definitely declare to give ourselves two full days to get the Convicts out.
He's gone now, what a waste of time that was.
