[Cricket] England v West Indies 2nd test

[Eeyore]

Broad, Woakes, Curran, Stokes and as the pace bowling options, bit ‘samey’ isn’t it.

Broad and Woakes have good records at OT.

Turning wicket too.

 

[big nuts]

Broad, Woakes, Curran, Stokes and as the pace bowling options, bit ‘samey’ isn’t it.

Not really. They’d love for Wood to have played now Archer isn’t there but I don’t see that as particularly samey. We’ve had much less dimensional attacks then this before.

I’d imagine the combined average of our pace attack is under 30 or very close plus there is a lot of experience and wickets there too.

 

[maltaseagull]

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If his reading of the wicket is correct I have 2 questions:

1, Are we preparing wickets for the visiting team?

2. Is Joffra Archer as big a dick as Grealish?

 

[The Wizard]

Joe Root looking like Robbie Savage with that hair do

Wonder how long the openers will last.... I’m going for 6 runs.

 

[Mellotron]

Is Joffra Archer as big a dick as Grealish?

If you're referring to his breaking of protocol, certainly not.

Grealish almost certainly drank drove and smashed into a car on the way back from a house party in the middle of the night, back when the pandemic was in a far more heightened state.

Archer was a bit daft, and rightly got a slap on the wrist.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Archer was a bit daft, and rightly got a slap on the wrist.

Daft as in 'I'm not doing anything wrong' or daft as in 'I won't get caught'?

 

[vegster]

I'm loving the headline on BBC Sport

" Burns and Sibley survive first 10 Overs."...

Its like we are back to the bad old days of the '70s when it comes to playing The West Indies!

 

[The Wizard]

Nearly made it to lunch.... Burns gone to the first over of spin, poorly played and he reviewed it... absolutely plumb.

 

[GT49er]

If you're referring to his breaking of protocol, certainly not.

Grealish almost certainly drank drove and smashed into a car on the way back from a house party in the middle of the night, back when the pandemic was in a far more heightened state.

Archer was a bit daft, and rightly got a slap on the wrist.

Do we now know what Archer did then?

 

[Mellotron]

Do we now know what Archer did then?

Visited his home in Brighton.

 

[studio150]

Great start after lunch 29-2 Crawley out for 0

 

[The Wizard]

Part time spinner gets Crawley first ball At least Denly would have got 30

Same old.

 

[The Wizard]

Should have played 5 spinners judging by this, spinning like that on a day 1 pitch?

 

[Pavilionaire]

Archer was a bit daft, and rightly got a slap on the wrist.

Surprised they didn't put him in the middle of a bonfire.

 

[keaton]

Visited his home in Brighton.

For one hour and didn't have contact with anyone. So not much like Grealish really

 

[Bodian]

Visited his home in Brighton.

Yes - I agree, totally different from Grealish. If that's it - then Archer has broken the team's self-imposed bounds - but hasn't done anything illegal, against lockdown requirements, etc.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Sevenny tew for tew

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Just as an aside, for anyone listening to TMS...

...isn't Carlos Brathwaite's voice MAGNIFICENT?

Barbadian tinged with Oirish (courtesy of three seasons at Leinster CC in his early playing career).

Fabulous.

 

[studio150]

Root gone caught in slips 81-3

 

[The Wizard]

Root gets in and gets out, some things never change.