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Cricket: West Indies v England

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,284
    Well if it's fit for footie, I reckon we should play them at football. We might win that way :-)
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,164
    2nd test finally underway, England in bat first
  • Red_Pete_in_Dubai
    Red_Pete_in_Dubai Posts: 2,764
    [cite]Posted By: AFKABartram[/cite]2nd test finally underway, England in bat first
    Sorry to be a pedant AFKA but the 2nd test was abandoned as a draw on Friday. The 3rd test is now underway.
  • Darren
    Darren Posts: 435
    Pitch seems to be playing okay? Early in the match though I suppose. The big cheer when England passed 51 was funny.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    So far a good toss to lose. The pitch was supposed to be a fast bowlers paradise, but looks slow to me. The lack of preparation time on the wicket might be the key to who wins, a few deliveries from Fidel Edwards have gone through quite low and the Windies will have to bat last on it.

    Normally this track plays quite well for the batsmen - Lara scored his world record 400 on it, and the decision to bowl first by the Windies rather than bat looks a mistake.

    Good to see Strauss making runs and asserting himself, and Shah looks in good form.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    301/3 at stumps, great innings from Strauss though a shame to see him fall for 169 just before the close. Still very much our day and a good start tomorrow should see 500 on the board.
  • PeteF
    PeteF Posts: 1,698
    I did enjoy Jimmy ANderson when being stared down by the bowler telling him to go and bowl! good 1st day, big score tomorrow then put the buggers in after tea when this wicket should be past its best, i noticed a few balls shooting through quite low, so a big score will put W Indies under presssure
  • RedArmySE7
    RedArmySE7 Posts: 5,407
    England 391-4 at Lunch on Day 2

    Collingwood 50 off 77
    Pietersen 47 off 114

    Anderson fell for 4 in the second over.
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    closer to 500 by the end of the day then stick them in.. has a draw all over it tho, was amazing to see england get 300 in a day, looked quite an amature pitch tho.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,287
    Taylor got the million pound men Pietersen and Flintoff in the same over. Latest score 420-6

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  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    519/7 and I suspect a declaration might not be far away, Broad is lashing the Windies all round the ground and Colly only needs a 8 for his hundred, if he can get the strike...
  • Darren
    Darren Posts: 435
    Wish Strauss had declared when Broad went. Colly's got his ton. No point in risking a draw now surely. I want to see what Harmison & Freddie get out of this pitch now.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    I'd have declared too, but if Colly can lash a few cheap, quick runs then it might be worth staying out there for a few more overs.
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009
    One more run and Declaration?

    Nah! 550 - 8
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Colly caught in the deep slogging, 568/8 and the declaration. I make it that thr Windies will have to face 15 overs, if the light holds up.
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,028
    Could be interesting - See what difference there is between their bowlers and ours.
  • Darren
    Darren Posts: 435
    Can Windies use the extra-heavy roller again mid test?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,648
    Anyone catch Test match special this evening?

    Boycott sounded as though he had been bang on the Red stripe all morning/afternoon.
    The fella was slurring!
  • Darren
    Darren Posts: 435
    He was talking up the follow on earlier. Chicky's sound system playing havoc with Boycott's pacemaker?
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,287
    Swann gets Smith who needlessly gave his wicket away. Windies are 109-2.

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  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Where is Bumble - havent heard him commentating on this match?
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    201-4
    anyone intrested heres a linky for the cricket. (as requested earlier in the thread by wss)
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    201-5
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    They just mentioned on the radio that Alan Stanford has been accused of a billion dollar fraud...oh well thats buggered the Stanford 20/20
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    [cite]Posted By: addick1965[/cite]They just mentioned on the radio that Alan Stanford has been accused of a billion dollar fraud...oh well thats buggered the Stanford 20/20


    "Fraud on a massive scale" were the words used. It'll have serious ramifications for the West Indies as a whole, not just the ECB, he was a major employer in Antigua and a lot of people will lose their jobs there.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Swan on a hattrick.

    251-7
  • PeteF
    PeteF Posts: 1,698
    The follow on looms
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    I'm not sure that Strauss would enforce the follow on - Flintoff is limping and Harmison is off the field with heat sickness (he's been puking up in the outfield!), plus it would mean England batting last if the Windies make a decent fist of batting second time around.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    A new ball is due in a couple of overs though.
  • PeteF
    PeteF Posts: 1,698
    I cannot see the follow on bening enforced, this pitch could really deteriorate on the last day due to the lack of preparation so you may not want to bat last so we can get in gets some runs on the board and then off we go

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