Great Start vs. Great Finish :WC 2015

[quote author=dillinger10 link=topic=95975.msg621207#msg621207 date=1424656008]
[size=12pt]England finish with 303, disappointing considering the start they had.[/size]
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This finish seems to be Par for the Course .

Heck , even India ended up at 307.

These commes should just agree that Bowlers do have a say in the matter of the last 10 overs !

[quote author=Mail? link=topic=95975.msg621256#msg621256 date=1424701598]
[size=10pt]Opponents Scotland, South Africa?

Think![/size]
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Folks ,  follow the Trend of all the 300 makers : over the last 10 overs.

Do some work.... and stop being enslaved to this cliche : [size=12pt]" disappointing considering the start they had "[/size]  :

FYI , Scotland has a 300 chasing during the Warms..

[quote author=Mail? link=topic=95975.msg621262#msg621262 date=1424702081]
Ha ha ha!

India ended on 307 against a  top opposition in SA so no comparison!

We scraped 300 against Scotland so there is no par there.

Against a stronger team, with the start and how the team responded subsequently we would have been Lucky to muster 240!

Even the Windies played better against Pakistan.

Woeful.... and that type of cricket does not deserve progressing at the expense of another team that would make a better fist of it!
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wow !: spoken like a 'non thinking" sleeping fan who did NOT witness India collapse including the prize scalp of Dhoni

I was shocked that India "scraped" to 300

4-269 (Raina, 44.5 ov), 5-278 (Rahane, 45.6 ov), 6-284 (Jadeja, 47.2 ov), 7-302 (Dhoni, 48.5 ov)

Folks , follow the Trend of all 300 makers over the last 10 overs.

this Gripe that a[size=1.35em] great start should end with an even greater [/size]finish :

WILL be debunked !

[quote author=Mail? link=topic=95975.msg621277#msg621277 date=1424704342]
Thank you for your complements as usual.

The fact is England's score was not par for an opposition like Scotland!

Despite India's collapse the fact is they were playing a major opposition and one of the favourites so in the chase to maximise they lost wickets and by scraping through to 300 was an achievement....against a top opposition.

Your initial point, as I am sure you are aware, was comparing the two games...
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Folks , it is NOT carved in stone that bowlers will be bashed in the Final overs.

It will BE attempted : but there are NO guarantees.

The Commes are being sensational ....

[quote author=dillinger10 link=topic=95975.msg621387#msg621387 date=1424724536]
The average number of runs scored in the last 10 overs of a first innings is 76.

England scored 78 runs. However, the average score with 6 wickets in hand (as England had) is 82.
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