Runs on the board in the first innings of a match usually win test matches these days.
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toffeejack
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buttler drops a dolly off hetmayer who smashes a six and four in the next two overs.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Windies 250-5, Anderson with his second wicket.
GrumpyBlue
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Anderson with 4 now
toffeejack
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Great comeback at the end of the day, 264-8 from 240-5, sadly hetmayer 56no after being dropped on 3. Not looking like the correct decision to leave Broad out despite this though.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Chris O'Connor
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West Indies worked extremely hard to get themselves in the very decent position of 240-4 before Jimmy Anderson came on with the second new ball and proceeded to blow them all away. West Indies lost 4 for 24 to finish on 264-8, which on a surprisingly tame pitch is a little under par and England have had the better of the first day
It took just 6.4 overs to undo five and a half hours of solid West Indian batting as all the pre-match fears of it being of a wicket tough to bat on and of a very challenging nature, proved completely unfounded.
England were perhaps fooled as to which side to pick on what was a devlishly hard wicket to read pre-match, blotchy mottled and ugly perhaps best described it. Hindsight and the fact it actually belied its appearance may have had them picking a completely different starting line up. As it was Sam Curran failed to make an impact, but Ben Stokes certainly did, and James Anderson finally found his groove again late in the day. Imagine if Jos Buttler had hung on to Shimron Hetmyer when he'd made just 3?
Given that it proved such an excellent toss to win, West Indies really needed someone to go on and take advantage, to make a really big score, the truth is that noone really did. Three batsmen reached half centuries Hope, Chase and Hetmyer an unbeaten one, without going on with the job, and Hetmyer now only has the tail for company, while two more - debutant John Campbell (44) and Kraigg Brathwaite (40) - fell just short.
This looks a wicket that, if you get in and get into rhythm then you could score some big runs on it, it started doing a bit with the second new ball but it looks possible, if you get through the initial phase, to go on and score big hundreds on it. There are plenty of batsmen in the England team who will fancy their chances of doing just that if they get a start, and England bat very long indeed. You would have to say they're well on top at this stage although they probably have to bat last on it.
That late collapse showed once again what a tough business test match cricket is, West Indies worked seriously hard to get themselves in that position of 240-4 and then comes along Jimmy Anderson right at the end of the day to completely turn it all around.
That was Jimmy at his best.
It took just 6.4 overs to undo five and a half hours of solid West Indian batting as all the pre-match fears of it being of a wicket tough to bat on and of a very challenging nature, proved completely unfounded.
England were perhaps fooled as to which side to pick on what was a devlishly hard wicket to read pre-match, blotchy mottled and ugly perhaps best described it. Hindsight and the fact it actually belied its appearance may have had them picking a completely different starting line up. As it was Sam Curran failed to make an impact, but Ben Stokes certainly did, and James Anderson finally found his groove again late in the day. Imagine if Jos Buttler had hung on to Shimron Hetmyer when he'd made just 3?
Given that it proved such an excellent toss to win, West Indies really needed someone to go on and take advantage, to make a really big score, the truth is that noone really did. Three batsmen reached half centuries Hope, Chase and Hetmyer an unbeaten one, without going on with the job, and Hetmyer now only has the tail for company, while two more - debutant John Campbell (44) and Kraigg Brathwaite (40) - fell just short.
This looks a wicket that, if you get in and get into rhythm then you could score some big runs on it, it started doing a bit with the second new ball but it looks possible, if you get through the initial phase, to go on and score big hundreds on it. There are plenty of batsmen in the England team who will fancy their chances of doing just that if they get a start, and England bat very long indeed. You would have to say they're well on top at this stage although they probably have to bat last on it.
That late collapse showed once again what a tough business test match cricket is, West Indies worked seriously hard to get themselves in that position of 240-4 and then comes along Jimmy Anderson right at the end of the day to completely turn it all around.
That was Jimmy at his best.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Highlights.
....nice to see a bloke wearing an Everton shirt in the crowd at Barbados.
...wowsy, 49-7 is some collapse by England.
GrumpyBlue
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England. Lol.
toffeejack
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Not again, Jesus.
toffeejack
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As soon as I turned it on I saw a Welsh Pembrokeshire flag (the county I'm from), so that was nice.
I don't know if England's batting has wiped 2/3 years off Anderson's career, or prolonged it by that much because he's always kept fresh.
toffeejack
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I'm sorry, but Roy and Hales smash all attacks to pieces in one day. I know test cricket is totally different, but they've proved they can cope with all bowlers at this level, it surely wouldn't have a bad decision to at least give one of them a go.
But jennings is top scorer here so pointless looking at just one.
But jennings is top scorer here so pointless looking at just one.
