1st Day/Night Test, England v West Indies, Edgbaston, Aug 17-21 2017 2pm start

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

How can it be lunch at 4pm

It needs to be Tea , followed by Dinner Break then Suppertime. Drinks breaks after 7pm need to be Hot Chocolate breaks or if England are doing badly Horlicks breaks...lunch at 4pm my pink ball!


TNBA

TTF

 

[BensGrandad]

Stoneman has only played one innings, stop writing him off.

Sake.

Not writing him off but it is a concern because he is 30 years old and not getting younger. Had he been 25 it would have given him more time to blend in but at his age he has to hit the ground running for us to reap the benefit.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Not writing him off but it is a concern because he is 30 years old and not getting younger. Had he been 25 it would have given him more time to blend in but at his age he has to hit the ground running for us to reap the benefit.

Chris Rogers can into the Australian team as an opener in his 30's.

How did that work out?

Stop concerning yourself over his age.

 

[BensGrandad]

There are exception s to every rule. Didnt we bring back Brian Close when he was about 45 years old? David Shepherd who hadnt played for 2 years but they were exceptions when we were in desperate need. Incidentally both proved their worth that class is forever form is temporary.

 

[Uncle Buck]

There are exception s to every rule. Didnt we bring back Brian Close when he was about 45 years old? David Shepherd who hadnt played for 2 years but they were exceptions when we were in desperate need. Incidentally both proved their worth that class is forever form is temporary.

Also last year you were calling for the 40 year old Marcus Trescothick to be recalled, even though he had made it clear that he had not desire to play for England again.

Yet the 30 year old Mark Stoneman is too old to play test cricket?

 

[BensGrandad]

Again like the Close Shepherd scenario it was a needs must suggestion to help out a crisis, which we are still suffering from, a partner to Cook.

 

[KZNSeagull]

What time is Tiffin?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What time is Tiffin?

18.40

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Again like the Close Shepherd scenario it was a needs must suggestion to help out a crisis, which we are still suffering from, a partner to Cook.

Last 6 series:

Won 2-1 in South Africa
Won 2-0 home v Sri Lanka
Drew 2-2 home v Pakistan
Drew 1-1 home v Bangladesh
Lost 0-4 in India
Won 3-1 home v South Africa

No really a CRISIS, is it, now?

 

[Uncle Buck]

Last 6 series:

Won 2-1 in South Africa
Won 2-0 home v Sri Lanka
Drew 2-2 home v Pakistan
Drew 1-1 home v Bangladesh
Lost 0-4 in India
Won 3-1 home v South Africa

No really a CRISIS, is it, now?

It needs Trescothick, Sidebottom and Batty to stop the rot...

 

[Titanic]

Joe Root 51* (83 balls, 10 fours)

His 30th fifty, with 12 hundreds in 58 matches..

50's in 11 successive Test Matches (only 1 behind ABdV now)

England 130-2 (34.2 overs)

 

[Eeyore]

Not writing him off but it is a concern because he is 30 years old and not getting younger. Had he been 25 it would have given him more time to blend in but at his age he has to hit the ground running for us to reap the benefit.

Alternatively, a 30 year old has more experience and is likely in the best form of his life.

 

[BensGrandad]

Last 6 series:

Won 2-1 in South Africa
Won 2-0 home v Sri Lanka
Drew 2-2 home v Pakistan
Drew 1-1 home v Bangladesh
Lost 0-4 in India
Won 3-1 home v South Africa

Not really a CRISIS, is it, now?

The nos 2 and 3 batsmen is as we will get tonked in the Ashes if we havent solved that problem.

 

[Eeyore]

There are exception s to every rule. Didnt we bring back Brian Close when he was about 45 years old? David Shepherd who hadnt played for 2 years but they were exceptions when we were in desperate need. Incidentally both proved their worth that class is forever form is temporary.

Neither of them succeeded. Just took a lot of nasty blows.

 

[Uncle Buck]

The nos 2 and 3 batsmen is as we will get tonked in the Ashes if we havent solved that problem.

Sorry, have you written Westley off as well?

 

[clarkey]

Sorry, have you written Westley off as well?

The BG theory of sport is that you must have XI superstars on the pitch at all times, all always at the top of their game

 

[Titanic]

102 partnership for Root 55* and Cook 63*, from 180 balls

England 141-2 (37.2 overs)

 

[Uncle Buck]

The BG theory of sport is that you must have XI superstars on the pitch at all times, all always at the top of their game

Ah OK.

Westley have looked fine and then got himself out.

Malan and Jennings have both struggled, if that makes sense.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

The BG theory of sport is that you must have XI superstars on the pitch at all times, all always at the top of their game

and at least three of them left backs.

 

[dazzer6666]

and at least three of them left backs.

Nope. We've seen today he's happy with two.