Second test antigua;w indies v england

[Marc]

Play abandoned for today

 

[Marc]

Pub it is then

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Play abandoned for today

with the inevitable announced later.

 

[Alonso Moseley]

Is it because it's friday, and the sun is out, but I guffawed loudly when the five live reporter said Strauss went off with his helmet in his hand.

...and I'm 45.

 

[keaton]

It is political correctness gone mad

 

[Rusco]

Absolute joke, surely the alarm bells must have been ringing when we were denied a session in the nets yesterday

 

[Marc]

trouble is theres f*** all they can do, putting the roller on it for 24hours wont do f*** all as you wont compact sand. Best thing is to dig it all up and replace with a mixture of sand & soil but that'll take weeks!

 

[Billy in Bristol]

Sir Viv is not happy

...blimey, Sir Viv has been mouthing off on Test Match Special!

Wow...he is one deep bitter dude...no helped by the fact that they have named the ground after him!

Farce!

 

[severnside gull]

Strauss went off with his helmet in his hand.

Total farce but should save us from almost inevitable defeat.

Have they knocked the old recreation ground down or can they move the match? Even an underprepared wicket would be better

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Absolute joke, surely the alarm bells must have been ringing when we were denied a session in the nets yesterday

Apparently the alarm bells were ringing in the commentary box, and nobody could turn them off.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Total farce but should save us from almost inevitable defeat.

Have they knocked the old recreation ground down or can they move the match? Even an underprepared wicket would be better

From Cricinfo:

10.49am This is a sensation. Hurst has said that they will look into all options, maybe even the relocation of the match to another venue ... conceivably the venerable ARG in St John's. "I'm not sure what those options are, maybe extending the time for the Test and looking at another venue, maybe back-to-back Tests in Barbados. But for today, this ground is unfit for play."

 

[Mackenzie]

Get and play the game....these fast bowlers are as precious as footballers!

 

[sten_super]

How the hell did the match referee allow the game to start in the first place? Surely it's his job to flag this up and say its unplayable?

Incidentally, I wonder what odds you could have got at the bookies on England having all wickets in hand at the end of the day, and scoring at a rate of 4.2 an over?

 

[the viscount]

ALL I CAN SAY IS;;;;


NOT GOOD ENOUGH;;;

 

[Papa Lazarou]

The TMS discussion is well worth a listen....

 

[Titanic]

Just at the crucial take-off point for the fast bowlers...

 

[Titanic]

The TMS discussion is well worth a listen....

Boycott in full flow

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Boycott in full flow

Viv Richards was ranting earlier. Tony Cozier is talking sense as well.

 

[Badger]

Dangerous pitch? They should see some of the wickets I've played on around Sussex

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Dangerous pitch? They should see some of the wickets I've played on around Sussex

It's not the pitch... it's the run ups.