[Cricket] England v West Indies 2nd test

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Lead now 272. What do people think will be the minimum declaration figure?

271

 

[The Wizard]

Somewhere between 280/300 should be the declaration IMO

I would have sent Curran out, not Pope. This is farcical from the West Indies, reviewing nonsensical decisions.

 

[CHAPPERS]

West Indies using reviews to time waste.

 

[Giraffe]

Lead now 272. What do people think will be the minimum declaration figure?

300.

 

[The Wizard]

Time wasting and hoping for bad light, it’s the Burnley of international cricket.

 

[Rodney Thomas]

That late cut from Stokes

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Bloody hell Root come on

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Disgusting from the Windies

 

[The Wizard]

Why is the umpire not calling balls deliberately bowled down the leg side as a wide?

That’s 2 times now the fielders have touched the boundary whilst fielding and the third umpire hasn’t seen it, absolutely blind.

 

[jakarta]

300 plus is a big mind game - wouldn't want to chase it.

 

[The Wizard]

I might have preferred to dangle the 275/280 carrot for a series win in England, now they will just dead bat it.

^Wouldn’t be a cricket thread without TCB shitting on Root

 

[pasty]

There it is

129/3 dec

WIndies require 312 to win

 

[jakarta]

Shouldn't be able to chase that down but draw isn't impossible.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I might have preferred to dangle the 275/280 carrot for a series win in England, now they will just dead bat it.

^Wouldn’t be a cricket thread without TCB shitting on Root

Thing is most of us Sussex supporters remember Trout being the typical quintessential English Old Boy captain who'd always make a game of it by declaring early, we always lost but...............

 

[big nuts]

Root is a joke captain. Does he seriously think the West Indies are chasing 305 (and counting) in 85 overs? This is eating away the crucial overs we will have with the second new ball. Terrible captaincy in my opinion.

I’m not saying it’s right but is part of Root’s rationale that he can keep his close fielders in throughout the innings rather than having one eye on their scoring rate if we don’t make early inroads.

 

[pasty]

1 down 9 to go

 

[The Wizard]

Feather edge from Campbell, just got the review in.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Big review

 

[Simster]

I've never liked Stuart Broad but you can't argue with his impact last night and now with this wicket.