Re: India vs England: 1st Test Match Lords
^ LM is the man*...*at least he understands what I was trying to convey
Like I said before, scores like 298 should be chased in an aggressive semi-ODI manner. If you go into a shell, you only bring on the pressure and the opposition will pile on further. End result - You have wickets down and at the same time not too many runs scored. However, if you start to score briskly (even if you have lost a few wickets), you can easily put the bowling team (since they dont have much score on the board) into defensive mode.
LM has good point. But his point of agression doesnt mean that it has to be ODI like inning. It just means that one doesnt have to go in shell like Jaffer did. A runrate of 3-3.5 would have worked. Many a time Indians have suffered a lot for being too cautious. But this idea of plaing test like OID is BS. Your goal is not to score 298 but go far beyond it if you can.