[Cricket] 1st Test, England tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados

[Titanic]

English bowling is pathetic or should we give more praise to the WI Batsmen.

Curran and Rashid might have a better chance against the W.I.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Adil is now bowling from very wide of the crease round the wicket - which means after the ball pitches its trajectory looks like a legbreak that has turned...

 

[vegster]

So, no demons in the pitch then ?

 

[Titanic]

Adil is now bowling from very wide of the crease round the wicket - which means after the ball pitches its trajectory looks like a legbreak that has turned...

He's pegged it back a bit, just 5 off the last two.

 

[BensGrandad]

Did i read that Ashley Giles hasnt joined up with the touring party yet, if so perhaps things will improve when he does.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Great piece of fielding on the boundary. The sort of thing that can change a game.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Did i read that Ashley Giles hasnt joined up with the touring party yet, if so perhaps things will improve when he does.

I think it's Gus Fraser they need rather than Gilo...

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day 3

WI 237-6 (63 overs)

Holder 80* Dowrich 61*

WI lead by 449 runs.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Indeed, there's more chance of catching Corbyn in a threesome with May and Sturgeon than a victory here for the Three Lions.

Bet365 are going 20/1 about England. I can't find their price on the JC Tricast...

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Lunch, Day 3

WI 237-6 (63 overs)

Holder 80* Dowrich 61*

WI lead by 449 runs.

Windies edge another session.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

We need Tony Greig (god rest his soul) to make them grovel.

 

[BensGrandad]

We need Tony Greig (god rest his soul) to make them grovel.

We need anybody who can bowl fast and accurate to reduce the runs available.

 

[Titanic]

Adil Rashid resumes after lunch...

 

[Titanic]

63.2 6 Rashid to Holder, SIX runs, dollied up full, Holder clears the font leg... and spanks it way back over long-on! Buttler was on the boundary, Holder may have been looking to hit a bit straighter, but he got plenty enough on it

10 off the over.

WI 247-6, lead 4598

 

[Titanic]

Joe Root is going to bowl from the Malcolm Marshall End.

 

[vegster]

Did i read that Ashley Giles hasnt joined up with the touring party yet, if so perhaps things will improve when he does.

Indeed, the one thing we need on West Indian pitches ( Trinidad apart ) is a decent spin coach.

 

[BensGrandad]

Joe Root is going to bowl from the Malcolm Marshall End.

pathetic

 

[Titanic]

Tidy from the skipper... only goes for 5... and had a good LBW shout turned down (with no reviews available).

252-6, lead 464

 

[Titanic]

Jason Holder 100* (99 balls, 10 fours, 5 sixes)

65.1 6 Rashid to Holder, SIX runs, floated up and biffed down the ground for six more! That's his hundred!

WI 258-6, 470 lead

 

[BensGrandad]

Joe Root is going to bowl from the Malcolm Marshall End.

It is poor that we have to fall back onto a makeshift bowler rather than one who is in the team because of their bowling ability. this stinks of bad team selection and captaincy.