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So the West Indies can bat and give England a game, This is a good test match now and the West Indies could win
A couple of things from today? Root dropped an easy catch and then Hodge went to score a ton plus. And Wood bowled a ball at 97mph.

Proper Test cricket
 
Pretty flat wicket if the ball does nowt! What am disappointed in is not enough variation especially the slow Yorker from Wood because if you can go from 97mph to 75mph slow full Yorker it will cause a lot of damage!
 
Was there today and will be back tomorrow. A good days cricket - not the most exciting but Hodge and Athanaze were brilliant and Hodges's century was greeted with a standing ovation. I do like the way you can appreciate the opposition at cricket in a way you can't really do at football very often

Mark Wood was rapid - it was amazing that he just couldn't find an edge (and when he did Root of all people dropped it) Hope the injury he went off with will recover with over night rest - he will be needed to find a way though the rest of the WI batters - hoping to see England bat before the rain comes on the afternoon
 
Wood went of injured last night! What's the point in picking constantly injured players or players who get injured or can't play two test matches in a row! Anderson never got injured and we fucked him of! We don't work well today we could be 100+ behind when we come to bat
 
bavarian blue said:
Celebrity red Daniel Norcross manages to squeeze Ferguson and Giggs into the commentary.
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If I'm not mistaken the requirements of being a rag are that you should go through the full catechism, worshiping of past saints and prostrate yourself on the floor of idolitary, before going about your daily mission to convert ...............

Cricket being a minor distraction , even for a cricket commentator
 
The Windies first test score over 400 since 2014 according to Sky, shows how bad they'd become and how shit our bowling attack is.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Well done, the Windies. Well, if they've got nothing else, they've got their self-esteem back. Those of you able to watch this, however: it does sound as if the pitch has been doing very little. Confirmed?
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Yesterday, especially, was as placid a pitch and weather conditions that you could ever wish for in England.

Today, the pitch is still flat, but there is a touch more swing.
 
Got a touch of the Ancoats here.....

I wonder how many tests have been lost by a team who scored over 400 runs in the first innings. I see Bangladesh scored 595 in Wellington 7 or 8 years ago, and lost. Just found the top 5, and they're all over 550! So; 400? Small beer.

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List of highest first innings scores to end up losing a Test match

Cricket News: List of highest first innings scores to end up losing a Test match | Highest first innings scores to end up in a defeat
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jimharri said:
Got a touch of the Ancoats here.....

I wonder how many tests have been lost by a team who scored over 400 runs in the first innings. I see Bangladesh scored 595 in Wellington 7 or 8 years ago, and lost. Just found the top 5, and they're all over 550! So; 400? Small beer.

cricblog.net

List of highest first innings scores to end up losing a Test match

Cricket News: List of highest first innings scores to end up losing a Test match | Highest first innings scores to end up in a defeat
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Scoring big and still losing - latest trend in Test cricket

With Bangladesh rewriting the record for the highest total in a losing cause in Wellington, the question remains as to what exactly is a score from which a team cannot lose
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