[Cricket] *** England v West Indies, Trent Bridge, 2nd Test. ***

[Titanic]

West Indies 143 all out.

Shamar Joseph b Shoaib Bashir 8 (11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 72.72

England WIN by 241 runs.

Shoaib Bashir 11.1-2-41-5

 

[Mackenzie]

Bashir bowled tidily this evening, good win although it’s been a pretty one sided series.

 

[Si Gull]

Great for England but not so good for test cricket. Looked like we had a competitive game, but not anymore.

I honestly thought 385 might make for an interesting finish, and at 60-0 it looked that way. Shame, really.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Went to clean the car WI 50 odd for none…just switched tv on and wtf

You just missed what is known as a Calypso Collapso.

 

[GT49er]

I honestly thought 385 might make for an interesting finish, and at 60-0 it looked that way. Shame, really.

I wonder what the take up was on those free tickets for tomorrow? That turned out to be a lot of time and effort for nothing!

 

[Bodian]

Great for England but not so good for test cricket. Looked like we had a competitive game, but not anymore.

But did we say the same when this happened earlier in the year?

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[Sid and the Sharknados]

But did we say the same when this happened earlier in the year?

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"Hard fought game for three and a half days before ending suddenly" could probably sum up well over 50% of test matches.

I just wish the West Indies (all touring sides really) could have had a better lead in so that they have a half decent chance to play like that from the first match rather than it having to be a glorified warm up.

 

[Eeyore]

"Hard fought game for three and a half days before ending suddenly" could probably sum up well over 50% of test matches.

I just wish the West Indies (all touring sides really) could have had a better lead in so that they have a half decent chance to play like that from the first match rather than it having to be a glorified warm up.

Indeed. Most touring sides would play quite a few county warm ups before the series. It's the schedule these days that prevents it.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Indeed. Most touring sides would play quite a few county warm ups before the series. It's the schedule these days that prevents it.

they were great games. I still recall(and have mementoes from) our game at Hove v SA in ‘65(I think) - the SA team then had Richards, Barlow, Van de Merve, the Pollocks et al

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

they were great games. I still recall(and have mementoes from) our game at Hove v SA in ‘65(I think) - the SA team then had Richards, Barlow, Van de Merve, the Pollocks et al

A couple of years ago I took my dad to the Sussex v New Zealand game at Hove, which was his first ever game of cricket.

He really enjoyed it - I think it met his expectations of a nice placid day of cricket. Everybody else I spoke to or overheard described it as one of the most tedious days of sport they'd ever subjected themselves to.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

they were great games. I still recall(and have mementoes from) our game at Hove v SA in ‘65(I think) - the SA team then had Richards, Barlow, Van de Merve, the Pollocks et al

I was there in 1966 when Sussex beat the West Indies ( including the great Gary Sobers) by 9 wickets in 2 days.
I think John Snow took 11 wickets in the match.