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Now you know what its like being a Scotland rugby fan! As Mrs TJ says - its the hope that gets you
What an absolute fiasco! Why no follow-on?
the trend has shifted away from enforcing the follow-on. There’s a school of thought that it’s better to keep your bowlers fresh if you can, rather than sending them straight out again.
Sports science as well isn't it.....
it's now far more recognised that fatigue rather than absolute workload is the main contributor to injuries. And with test coming thick and fast, keeping bowlers as fresh as possible reduces the risk longer term.
So in this case - the likelihood is that they'll win anyway, there's no time or weather pressure forcing their hand towards a 3 innings victory, but they can rest their bowlers because they can, and at the same time make the England attack go and toil again after barely 3 hours sat down.
lead nearing 500, this is a thrashing and no mistake!
Only 628 to win. Plenty of time 🙂
Only two and a half days to bat. Probably only need a few runs an over.
Anyone else get luck in the lords ticket ballot?
Day 2 of the ashes test for me 🙂
I hope it’s not like this test!
228-7 only another 400 to win.
Oh well.
I will be going to the Lords Test but very grumpy about the Wednesday start.
231-4 overnight to 277 all out is quite frankly pathetic.
Do we have a game on at last?
is that taking it to 4 days ?
I think you'll find 231-4 overnight to 277 all out is quite normal for England for the last few years.
Sadly true.
Still - getting a bit more interesting now.
Well at least we have some bowling going on 🙂 Certainly not going to make 4 days at this rate
The consensus was 230-4 overnight was well above par in conditions!
Oof... Broad's just taken a decent catch!
Was a stunning catch and wood gets his 5, great game for the lad!! And now all eyes on Jennings
Crikey.
Bit of a turnaround from the last test!
West Indies enjoying a holiday and the English playing better when the pressures off.
England/County Cricket need to stop producing pitches for 75mph trundlers, and concentrate on more proper pace bowlers. Wood has looked a class apart.
^ +1 - and same with the batting. Bumble's just said, he saw Jennings score 3 big commanding hundreds last year - but they weren't against 150kph bowling.
looking like another 20+ wicket day, crazy test cricket. perhaps not just the 16
England in April/May is not exactly conducive to preparing fast, hard pitches. And when things do dry up a bit 20/20 seems to take over.
But having fast pitches and quick bowlers doesn't explain the current crop of Aussie batters, does it?
Players need to spend more time in other places, they need county level games in Oz and India etc. get some games under their belts and get over the novelty of being overseas
Like pretty much every sport, the season has extended so much opportunities are limited, I will be going to my first county game this year in April before Easter, a couple of weeks after the end of the Sheffield Shield. Likewise the season almost finishes in October nowadays.
Really pleased for Wood, such an enthusiast, and well done Jennings for making it to stumps after all the grief he has been getting, it is a big boost to be none down.
Well a very sedate evening here while I wait for the Newcastle game to start, few overs with the new ball to come but they look like they are after a ton each
Calypso collapso!
31-3 chasing 454!
That opening spell from Anderson was amazing. Beat the bat almost every ball!
So maybe Sri Lanka aren't so bad, stunning performance from Perera.
Blimey - England/Jason Roy are giving this chase a damn good go.
Going to the wire, I reckon.
Seen the Scotland scores over the last couple of days?
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Blimey – England/Jason Roy are giving this chase a damn good go.
Going to the wire, I reckon.
I too thought it would be a tight one but scores nowadays are easily 20% higher - I remember when 300 was big number!
(OK, we 'still' need 40-odd at a run a ball but the bookies have Windies at 50/1 and they still won't be getting a pound off me)
23 off 4 overs, 7 wks in hand, should cruise this!
They made that look easy.
Yep - i know Gayle's running is a factor and of course he ain't gonna change now.....but WI hit I think 23 sixes, and 21 fours but at the same time had about 130-odd dot balls; England only hit 6 sixes but way less dot balls (80-odd) and as a result chased at 7 an over at a canter.
Smashing. Would love to be having a few cold ones at Oistins tonight!
Helped a bit by a few spills from the Windies. Great effort though - does scoreboard pressure not exist in the one dayers?
Yep; the hosts didn’t do themselves any favours in their fielding. Another big scoring match on Friday?
does scoreboard pressure not exist in the one dayers?
I think it depends on what you have done already, if the mindset is there is 400 runs in the top 5 anything is possible
Smashing. Would love to be having a few cold ones at Oistins tonight!
This +1
Great result, I'm celebrating in Yorkshire 🙂
Roy dropped Gayle on 9 too, so it cut both ways
Very poor game by the local umpire Brathwaite tonight. Refused to give a leg side wide off Gayle and Curran’s decision was dreadful.
Interesting game though!
Well exciting finish to come
BAIRSTOW SMASH PUNY BALL!
89-0 after ten overs?
Crikey.
Can Hales play sensibly through the middle overs? He seems intent on swishing away after the powerplay.
Top order all batting well!
Slowed a bit, but still good!
They heard you!
Is anyone following the India v Convicts?
Glenn Maxwell*(rhb) 101 off 51 6 4s 8 6s S/R 198.03
:-O
Yes- got two screens running. Nice one, Glenn!
They heard you!
😂
First 50 in 45 balls. Second in 15!
A few overs of The Hulk Stokes to round it off, then.
I do wonder how many overs Ali & Rashid will bowl, given the pasting England gave to the WI spinners.
Because the WI seamers were so economical??
Gayle's not going quietly....... Frankly these games are getting daft, he's just hit a yorker over long off off the back foot.
Bat restrictions is the only way.
decent strike rate from Hetmyer, didn't stay long though
Some game this.
it comes to something when you bowl something less than perfect and are happy it 'only' goes for four
mental game this
could go either way
windies favourite
england favourite
windies favourite
could go either way
could go either way
windies favourite
england favourite
windies favourite
could go either way
could go either way
windies favourite
england favourite
windies favourite
could go either way
- and then Rashid takes 3 wickets in 4 balls
edit - 4 in 5 balls
Make that 4!!! And a dropped catch!
WI must be a bit gutted.
This is a case for WTF!
Buttler kept well today, esp to the leggy. 2 stumping, almost 3 if the 3rd ump had looked at the right angles.
Wow!
Never in doubt...
Over 800 runs evenly distributed and ends in 2WW.WW. Just toying with them.
So when did 418 become chasable! Great game there though
Shall we talk about something else for a while?
Not a good day in the TJ household as Mrs TJ is a big cricket fan and Edinburgh got humped at rugby 🙁
Bat restrictions is the only way.
It has to happen. Rank mis-hits fly for six nowadays.
What do you deem an acceptable size? Was the new law not enough? People always bleat on about bats but never seem to mention minuscule boundaries, field restrictions, the pitches prepared, balls used, etc, etc which all skew things in favour of the bat in the shorter formats. With the way the game is approached now in terms of mentality and training you could give these guys a twig and they'd still play these ridiculous shots for 6. It isn't the bats hitting those shots
161 is the target.
Oh, look! A squirrel!
Here we go again
Hmmmm...
Master Chef at 9 o’clock looks promising.
Is Buttler resting for the IPL?
oh ye of little faith
Oh, I say! Game on