summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Bowled again, how many times is that ?
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
277 all out, piss poor again.
Shannon Gabriel with a spell of real old school windies bowling, I'm an England fan but that was thrilling
Cowards having a go now when they've been well and truly beaten.
The match thread is on the Everton forum mate.
Everton and England Cricket will ensure I'm bald before 24
95mph from wood
Windies all out 154. They were 79 for 6 so the tail-enders almost doubled the score.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
England 142 runs ahead with all 10 second innings wickets intact
After a poor morning with England losing 6 wickets for 50 odd, Mark Wood has inspired them this afternoon with some great pace bowling just before tea.
It'll lead to questions about his exclusion until this game, as the Windies haven't looked confident at all against bowling around 88-95mph. But still, it's one of the great things in cricket, when you've a fast bowler tormenting the batsman with aggression. Usually it's us on the receiving end so it's nice to see.
A few years ago there was talk of Caribbean pitches dying, being slow and taking spin more than pace. No sign of that on this tour. It's been like the West Indies of my youth.
This is the only test where winning the toss hasn't been so crucial, in fact arguably West Indies should have chosen to bat. England should now go onto win very comfortably.
The mistakes with selection, batting tempo and technique have all been well aired above, but for all that, if only Joe Root had called the toss of a coin correctly in either of the first two tests at Barbados or Antigua, then this series would be very likely finishing with a very different result indeed
..... but then there are always 'if onlys' and 'what ifs' and they weren't called correctly and it isn't a different result.
After a poor morning with England losing 6 wickets for 50 odd, Mark Wood has inspired them this afternoon with some great pace bowling just before tea.
It'll lead to questions about his exclusion until this game, as the Windies haven't looked confident at all against bowling around 88-95mph. But still, it's one of the great things in cricket, when you've a fast bowler tormenting the batsman with aggression. Usually it's us on the receiving end so it's nice to see.
A few years ago there was talk of Caribbean pitches dying, being slow and taking spin more than pace. No sign of that on this tour. It's been like the West Indies of my youth.
This is the only test where winning the toss hasn't been so crucial, in fact arguably West Indies should have chosen to bat. England should now go onto win very comfortably.
The mistakes with selection, batting tempo and technique have all been well aired above, but for all that, if only Joe Root had called the toss of a coin correctly in either of the first two tests at Barbados or Antigua, then this series would be very likely finishing with a very different result indeed
..... but then there are always 'if onlys' and 'what ifs' and they weren't called correctly and it isn't a different result.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
England 164-3 - 287 ahead
England now miles ahead in this game and, as in the first two tests, it is following a predictable path once a substantial first innings lead has all but decided who wins the game. These runs aren't winning the game - the first innings 277 and Wood's destructive spell did that.
Burns was out of the first ball of the day falling away towards the off as he clipped it in the air to square leg. Jennings' test career is almost certainly done, at least for now that is, he added 50 with Denly and was incredibly unlucky - bowled after a ball drifting down leg got caught up in his trousers and deflected inwards of the thigh pad. When you are really in a slump with technique or form deserting you, Lady Luck tends to hear and puts the knife in too.
Denly out for 69 in his second test, has probably done enough to continue at three in what could well have been his very last chance, he now could be more than just a stopgap and in position to put his hat into the ring for the ashes.
England now miles ahead in this game and, as in the first two tests, it is following a predictable path once a substantial first innings lead has all but decided who wins the game. These runs aren't winning the game - the first innings 277 and Wood's destructive spell did that.
Burns was out of the first ball of the day falling away towards the off as he clipped it in the air to square leg. Jennings' test career is almost certainly done, at least for now that is, he added 50 with Denly and was incredibly unlucky - bowled after a ball drifting down leg got caught up in his trousers and deflected inwards of the thigh pad. When you are really in a slump with technique or form deserting you, Lady Luck tends to hear and puts the knife in too.
Denly out for 69 in his second test, has probably done enough to continue at three in what could well have been his very last chance, he now could be more than just a stopgap and in position to put his hat into the ring for the ashes.
As someone vaguely following this series I'm a big fan of these. Keep them up.
Lickle eric
Player Valuation: £30m
Chris.good job mate.
Stokes winding up Gabriel good and proper.