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

[Titanic]

Rashid tightens up a bit... keeps that over down to 9

 

[Titanic]

England 77 all out.

WI No.8 100* from 99 balls

#gofigure

 

[Simster]

WI will need to declare soon if they want that day off.

 

[BensGrandad]

England cricket is a disgrace.

 

[Titanic]

WI will need to declare soon if they want that day off.

Only one day off? We are only just after lunch on Day Three.

 

[BensGrandad]

WI will need to declare soon if they want that day off.

Declare at tea and bowl us out before the close.today.

 

[Simster]

Only one day off?

At a minimum.

If they continue to bat, they run the risk of our numbers 9, 10 and 11 adding futile runs that ensure the match spills over into Sunday.

 

[Titanic]

150 partnership from 202 balls

270-6, lead 482

 

[Bold Seagull]

England cricket is a disgrace.

 

[big nuts]

England cricket is a disgrace.

England rankings as follows:-

20/20 1st
ODI 1st
Test 3rd

We have been utter shite in this game but hardly a disgrace in comparison to the 90’s when we were consistently shit in all formats.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Ridiculous tactics, no one has ever come back from 311 behind, surely once they hit 400 they should've canned it?

 

[Gwylan]

Ridiculous tactics, no one has ever come back from 311 behind, surely once they hit 400 they should've canned it?

Why? We're not even at the halfway point of the five days yet.

I reckon they'll bat for another 45 mins/an hour and have a quick blast at England before tea

 

[Bold Seagull]

Ridiculous tactics, no one has ever come back from 311 behind, surely once they hit 400 they should've canned it?

Doesn't mean no one has ever got 311+ in a 4th innings though.

 

[Bodian]

England cricket is a disgrace.

This being the same 'England cricket' that recently achieved the first whitewash in Sri Lanka, and their first overseas whitewash since the 1960s?

 

[BensGrandad]

This being the same 'England cricket' that recently achieved the first whitewash in Sri Lanka, and their first overseas whitewash since the 1960s?

something has gone wrong in this test whether it be team selection, captaincy or just down to the players attitude.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Looking like the famous Tony Grieg blackwash here!

 

[Dave the OAP]

something has gone wrong in this test whether it be team selection, captaincy or just down to the players attitude.

It's simple...there is not many teams apart from West Indies and South Africa who have out and out pace. We are not used to it and yesterday they blew us away with that pace.

We are seeing today that there are no demons in the pitch to medium pace bowlers who lack pace. The wicket is not turning which nullifies our spinners and curran is not a player that is going to go through a side.

 

[Bodian]

something has gone wrong in this test whether it be team selection, captaincy or just down to the players attitude.

It's one test BG, that's like saying that if we lose one game badly we shouldn't be 13th in the Premier League. Look at the bigger picture. They've got this one wrong, but overall...

 

[Titanic]

Keaton Jennings is going to serve up some filth.

 

[BensGrandad]

It's simple...there is not many teams apart from West Indies and South Africa who have out and out pace. We are not used to it and yesterday they blew us away with that pace.

We are seeing today that there are no demons in the pitch to medium pace bowlers who lack pace. The wicket is not turning which nullifies our spinners and curran is not a player that is going to go through a side.

So what you are really saying is that the team selection was wrong we have gone in wih spinners when perhaps should have been Broad and Wood.