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Originally Posted by punky
I can never understand how the test set up works.
I know if we can get them out before they reach 415 (98 + 415 = 513) then we win, but how do the overs come into it? If they don't reach it before 159.1 overs then we win? Or if they go over that do they force another day?
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IIRC a certain minimum number of overs have to be bowled in the available time so if they'd survived for that number of overs then the match would have been drawn at that point no matter what the scores were. If they'd scored more than 415 and been all out with time/overs to spare then then England would have been forced to bat again to try to make up any defecit.
Anyway, well done England on a thoroughly professional display and a great win achieved without any nastiness or dubious tactics!
Apart from a small number of days in the series so far England have outplayed Australia and that's a comforting thought too. The loss in Perth was, hopefully, a blip and Sydney will see us win the series as well as retaining the Ashes.