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The second says that there would be nothing further lost see previous parentheses by giving the team a chance of redemption from what was as much a fourth-innings aberration as total technical and mental breakdown.
England must select Eoin Morgan over Ravi Bopara for final Dubai Test 2012
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Notts may be the chirpier side after battling back into a game that seemed lost at the end of the first day, but having seen Yorkshire keep their cool impressively in fourth-innings run chases against Warwickshire and Durham earlier this season, I'd back messrs Rudolph, McGrath and Gale to do the business again.
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Despite the praise from Clarke, the fourth-innings heroics of the under-fire trio may not be enough to save their Test careers.
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Andrew Strauss' tourists must therefore contemplate a fourth-innings target significantly in advance of the one which proved well beyond them on the way to series defeat in Abu Dhabi last week.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012
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The highest successful fourth-innings run chase was achieved by Steve Waugh's Australia in
BBC News - Home 2011
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We're well into highest successful fourth-innings run chase territory, here, though England are content to land a few more punches before coming in.
The Guardian World News Alan Gardner 2011
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Andrew Strauss' tourists must therefore contemplate a fourth-innings target significantly in advance of the one which proved well beyond them on the way to series defeat in Abu Dhabi last week.
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England had to banish memories of their previous failings here to have any chance of pulling off the second-highest fourth-innings chase in their history.
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England needed nine wickets today to take a 1-0 series lead after setting India a world record fourth-innings victory target of 458.
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Had Tasmania chased down the victory target, it would have been the highest successful fourth-innings Shield run chase at the WACA, and sixth highest in Australia.
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