******Cricket Thread******

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I actually played with W G Grace.

You were a great mentor to him.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I actually played with W G Grace.

They came to watch you bat, not him.

 

[ancoats]

You could have the best bowlers in the world on those wickets and they'd have struggled to bowl the windies twice. Our batting is generally awful yet we got runs in the first two tests which shows how poor the wickets are! Even Jimmy and Broad would have struggled.

We've basically been wasting time until this third test where they've set up a pitch that is too far the other way really. There were some absolute snorters which the England batsmen could do nothing about. Crawley and Stokes played awful shots but the deliveries to Lees, Root, Foakes, Bairstow were right on the money and there wasn't a lot any of them could have done. Lees maybe could have been more proactive in defence. The ball to Foakes was a beauty. I didn't see much dangling of the bat though. Both Root and Bairstow had pretty solid defence but the ball just moved away and took the edge. It happens.

Once the ball had softened things were better for the batsmen. We just needed a bit of luck to maybe get through that tough spell only 4-5 down rather than 8! Great recovery. Still a woeful score but until the Windies bat we don't know where we are. Mahmood, Overton and Woakes is a good attack if there's seam movement. Woakes will get a lot out of this pitch if it behaves in a similar way with the new ball.

the winning of the toss sort of won the game for the west indies knowing what sort of wicket was setup
well i say win ? it all depends on how well we bowl today.

the juice and that bit of grass that was left in the wicket could be gone today ? but the cracks will give the spinners hope. if it starts to turns the west indies will not just sit in and they like to smash it to all parts of the ground and the 204 could be knocked off quickly. but also wicket could fall quickly.

i think the wicket will bed in today and will be ok for batting and england will get smashed to all parts of the ground

 

[Cricket Blue]

Well one thing is for sure there should be a result.
Question is despite the poor total can we win from here?

 

[supercity88]

the winning of the toss sort of won the game for the west indies knowing what sort of wicket was setup
well i say win ? it all depends on how well we bowl today.

the juice and that bit of grass that was left in the wicket could be gone today ? but the cracks will give the spinners hope. if it starts to turns the west indies will not just sit in and they like to smash it to all parts of the ground and the 204 could be knocked off quickly. but also wicket could fall quickly.

i think the wicket will bed in today and will be ok for batting and england will get smashed to all parts of the ground

Poor bowling so far, there's still something in the pitch if we bowl the right line and length. Not a good start though. Still, find our rhythm and hopefully we can pick up a few before lunch.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Well one thing is for sure there should be a result.
Question is despite the poor total can we win from here?

Yes, but we won’t. We’re rubbish.

 

[dadnlad]

see were bowling with that tennis ball again

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

see were bowling with that tennis ball again

Wait until Leach bowls.

They’ll be all out by tea ;-)

 

[Cricket Blue]

Yes, but we won’t. We’re rubbish.

Still early days but we need a breakthrough

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Still early days but we need a breakthrough

One down. All we need is for the ball not to bounce 9 more times.