LIVE - Round 4 - Ravens v Pumas at Unkindness

Nah DWTA. Given the conditions, it was ridiculous that anyone lasted to score more than 20 on that pitch on the last day. Once they broke the Jewis/Ames partnership there was always going to be a collapse because it was turning square and they had four spinners, one of which is top-class bowler.

Big effort in the final innings but we just left ourselves way too much to do in it - it was the fielding/bowling in the first innings that cost us, not the fourth innings batting. It was actually awesome.

Then again, you may be right - you're the choking expert. You do play for the Cyclones afterall.

 

The game was in the balance, it was still 50/50 IMO. You under-estimate how hard it is for new batsmen on a fifth day Unkindness pitch - once they took a wicket it was always going to be followed by a collapse. It's not a choke every time someone loses the game.

 

There's a big difference between something being achievable and something being expected. Obviously we could've won from there, but it was far from a forgone conclusion that could only be changed via exceptional circumstances which is what a choke requires. Losing a close game is not a choke.

 

Yeah, I wasn't expecting a win as I was simming it tbh. I thought it was 50/50 given the pitch conditions and the likelihood of one wicket resulting in all the wickets after that falling for **** all, which is what happened. We basically needed to get within 30 before we lost Eds/Jewis and we didn't.