Enjoyable couple of days at Edgbaston - apart from the thorough soaking after play was called off.
Windies were poor on thursday but were more committed on friday.
Pink ball didn't do much - even the new one late on thursday.
Anderson showed, again, that he is in a class on his own.
England's day on thursday - helped by indifferent Windies.
I would give friday to Windies - with some help from poor england batting; also good recovery with the bat; rowland-jones, stokes & ali still to bowl with the pink'un.
Can't see the ECB rushing to organise another day-night test; flat track - but possible turn to come, pink ball doing nothing unusual so far, good attendance but not above normal day test at edgbaston, crowd no more/less animated than normal day match.
Brilliant Radio at the moment
Not enforce the follow-on so as to get some more pre-Ashes batting practice?
This WI side is making me sad. 🙁
[s]This WI side is making me sad. :([/s]
So much that I double posted.
As much as Hampshire's batting last night?
I've stopped watching/ listening. Non contest in non contesty
It's not good. Usually I quite enjoy England giving another team a good thrashing - the SA series was quite fun because they've always been formidable opponents (I followed England in the 90s and was never totally confident we were going to win those games until the end was nigh). This is just embarrassing though - I'm not feeling any doubt about the outcome, and the result of the series appears to be almost a foregone conclusion. As I wrote, I followed England in the 90s, and didn't look forward to the WI coming here for different reasons - how things have changed.
Oh and Worcestershire were almost as bad as Hampshire last night, but then they've been rubbish all through the T20 blast, just like last year.
It's not good. Usually I quite enjoy England giving another team a good thrashing - the SA series was quite fun because they've always been formidable opponents (I followed England in the 90s and was never totally confident we were going to win those games until the end was nigh). This is just embarrassing though - I'm not feeling any doubt about the outcome, and the result of the series appears to be almost a foregone conclusion. As I wrote, I followed England in the 90s, and didn't look forward to the WI coming here for different reasons - how things have changed.
Oh and Worcestershire were almost as bad as Hampshire last night, but then they've been rubbish all through the T20 blast, just like last year.
oops
Alright aracer give it a rest 😆
As much as Hampshire's batting last night?
Trying to block that out.
This is going to be over tonight.
🙁
Rubbish isn't it? I love test cricket but fear for it's future with WI seemingly in terminal decline, SA hamstrung by politics, as generally players heads being turned by big money from 20 20
an innings and 209 runs 19 wickets in the day, sad sad day for windies cricket.
Can't remember the last time such an emphatic victory left me feeling so sad.
My thoughts exactly Cpt
Its men v boys and the Windies were the stuff of absolute legends with bat and ball and now they are Zimbabwe 😥
Terrible times and the next two will be relatively pointles sand little preperation for the Ashes
Something to buck your spirits up, guys.
😯Cook and Root defeat West Indies by an innings and 74 runs.
thats a bit harsh on the england bowling attack. Whats 19 wickets in a day anyway 😉
Ooof. A good advert for football 😐
Even a couple of years ago they had thin batting but some genuinely quick fasts, they were flakey but promiseing. Now there's nothing.
That 1999 WI v Aus test match (and series) was immense!
Windies where below par for the whole match not that it takes away a convincing win for root and the team but harder tests are needed before the ashes
Just watching the highlights - the field setting for Broad's hattrick ball 😯
I like many here grew up with the great West Indies teams of the 80's.
I'd like to see them back.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046dk10
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/40775730 ]Boom! Boom![/url]
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41010324 ]he just loves the sound of his own voice[/url].... maybe should learn to sometimes shut up.
Cracking score by Hampshire, and a great start on the field.
50-5 chasing that total?
They've got two hopes, and Bob just left town!
104 needed off the last over 🙂
104 needed off the last over
It's a long shot, but.....
😀
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Where's Hansie Cronje when you need him?
The Anniversary game on the red button/online is a joy!
The Anniversary game on the red button/online is a joy!
Properly marvellous 🙂
Well worth watching on iplayer if you missed it.
Reminded me of my days playing village cricket, really good fun games. The simple fun of messing about at sport. Was a very good show of the benefits of sport, I felt.
Swanny's opening shot was, erm..... 🙂
Morning everybody.
WI seem a little lacklustre this morning. 🙁
I'm not sure I've ever thought this seriously before, let alone written it down, because I always feel that England aren't that far away from a rubbish result and they don't need the opposition stepping up. But I do hope WI put up more of a fight this time, especially with the Ashes around the corner we don't need 3 easy wins.
Of course when we've thrashed Australia in the first 4 Tests this winter I won't be having similar thoughts at all 😉
But I do hope WI put up more of a fight this time, especially with the Ashes around the corner we don't need 3 easy wins.
Agreed. This level of opposition isn't going to tell us anything about the players on the fringes of Ashes selection.
Isn't it nice to have cricket back on in the morning? The big downside of D/N seemed to be the waiting around for it to start.
England doing what they do best 🙄
Well, you wanted a fight...
It seems we are still no closer to filling positions 2 and 3. This was supposed to be an easy series where the players in those positions scoring lots of runs would have no significance!
From what I can see, only Cook got out to a good delivery, with the rest guilty of loose shots or poor technique.
Same old, same old.
