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

[Titanic]

Blimey this song is tiresome... is that all you have got?

 

[Titanic]

And that hook brings up the 50th boundary of the day

Malan sends a half-tracker from Joseph to the square leg fence.

328-3

 

[Beach Hut]

Post 500+ and then bowl at them in the last hour of the day as ball is swinging

 

[knocky1]

That droning song is reminiscent of the Trump supporters on another thread.

 

[Beach Hut]

And that hook brings up the 50th boundary of the day

328-3

Err 51st boundary, Windies are piss poor fielders

 

[Titanic]

Cook gets the 51st off the first ball of the next over... a seriously feeble attempt on the boundary from square leg

 

[knocky1]

Post 500+ and then bowl at them in the last hour of the day as ball is swinging

Bat till Sunday tea and bowl them out twice.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Bat 'til Monday Lunch/Supper and bowl them out twice.

Edited for you

 

[BensGrandad]

Be good if we are still in bat late tomorrow then declare with about 1 hour to go possibly 90 mins.

 

[Titanic]

Alastair Cook 152* (269 balls, 23 fours)

His 10th score of 150 or more... equaling the record for England.

 

[Titanic]

Close of play, Day One

England 348-3 (90 overs, RR 3.87)

Alastair Cook 153* (276 balls, 23 fours)
Dawid Malan 28* (55 balls, 4 fours)

Joe Root b Roach 136 (189 balls, 22 fours)

53 boundary fours in the day for England

 

[Pavilionaire]

Afternoon everyone. Crucial first hour for the Windies with the new ball, they probably need a minimum 4 wickets in this session.

I watched the highlights of yesterday's play with mixed emotions - Cook and Root were sublime but I think I'm watching the worst Windies test line-up in any of my 49 years. It is a great shame they are so poor with no depth whatsoever.

 

[BensGrandad]

I expect Cook to go early but hope not, as they usually do on the day following a good innings.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I fancy England to smash their highest total vs Windies in Engand - currently 619/6 declared in Nottingham 60 years ago.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I expect Cook to go early but hope not, as they usually do on the day following a good innings.

You LITERALLY ( (c) Jamie Redknapp) state this about EVERY not out England batsman, on EVERY night of EVERY Test match.

 

[Titanic]

Lack of penetration continues in the first 10 overs this morning... but fewer boundary balls too... England 369-3 (100 overs)

 

[Titanic]

Lack of penetration continues in the first 10 overs this morning... but fewer boundary balls too... England 369-3 (100 overs)

and the 100.1 ball drifts down leg and is clipped to fine leg for FOUR by Cook

and the 100.2 ball is a leg stump half-volley that goes to midwicket for FOUR

Alzarri Joseph has gone at 5.2 an over from his 18... really poor.

 

[Pavilionaire]

"New" ball now 20 overs old, the partnership is up to 90. Oh, to be at Edgbaston with a beer in hand, this is payback time for some of the absolute pastings we took in the 70s and 80s....

 

[CHAPPERS]

700 on the cards.

 

[Pavilionaire]

700 on the cards.

It will be interesting to see what Root does with the follow-on if we bowl them out and finish 1st innings with a 400 run lead, say 650 runs vs 250. Are Broad and Anderson capable of two days of solid bowling, or will Root bat again purely to give his bowlers a rest?