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Ohhh FFS
That Cornwall chap...
UNIT.
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Yep, proper double take when he came on to bowl. Not much of a runup 😉 140kg aparrently! Desperately hoping he has to run a four at some point 🙂
Hell of a catch from the big fella.
Here he is during tea break
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I’m sure I read he had the club record for that when he was playing in England.
A proper athlete.
great last session for england!
That Cornwall chap…
Is Devon Malcolm in there somewhere as well?
That Cornwall chap....
the ball looks like the size of a golf ball in his hands!
calypso colapso
Brilliant from Windies. What a difference a day makes. Shaping up to be a fantastic match
wag wag
carnage 😀
WI bowled really well for the first 5-7 overs, but have been suckered into bouncing Broad out.
Broad. Love it!
Yes Broady.
3rd fastest 50 by an Englishman in a test. Hilarious stuff.
What a fantastic game cricket is
Let’s see how hungry Jimmy is - does he want to delay his lunch 30 minutes?
Apparently he’s seen the menu & ordered for 1305!
going to be a tough session for the windies Jimmy got it hooping both ways already!
Certainly seems that way!
stokes!!!
pitch it up woakes
It must be against the laws for the same bloke to play first and second slip?
It must be against the laws for the same bloke to play first and second slip?
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Seems that dropping Stuart abroad for the first test of each series may be the way forward. Amazing bowling.
Ouch!
Test cricket.
Bloody brilliant, isn't?
Broad looking almost nailed on as MOTM, I'd say.
Come on Broady!
(I really wanted Jimmy to bag a few this series to get him close to 600)
Tuesday doesn’t look too bad
Fingers crossed for tomorrow, I have a load of driving to do and TMS will help the day go better.
Watching the earlier days, what's with the stacking of caps? I thought I saw Holder with three or four on in one bit of the highlights prog? Has this been a thing for a while?
The umpires can’t hold the clothing so teammates have to do it instead.
Ah yes, I'd spotted the ball not being polished with spit, but had forgotten about passing clothes and equipment between participants and umpires.
A bit late, but, *ripples* for Broad’s 500th
It's a shame that a good series is ending with a WI slump.
Carlos has been a great addition to the TMS team, though.
Carlos has been brilliant, very insightful and a voice as smooth as silk.
Just need to skittle these wickets before the rain comes or the light meters come out.
Absolute nightmare situation for a side batting to save a game. Bowlers having frequent breaks, fielding team doesn't lose impetus like batters going on and off the field.
I'm still not quite sure what Holder was doing putting England in. If you opt to bowl first and lose the game it is a bit of a cardinal sin.
or the light meters come out.
I played club cricket with David Millns and still have a chat if ever I bump into him.
If I do bump into him (very unlikely obvs) I will ask him what the SP is with umpires taking players off even though neither side is complaining....
The light is something test match cricket needs to have a some discussions about. All to often if feels like the teams are taken off when the conditions are very playable, particularly with floodlights.
the fat lady is clearing her throat.
Had to be Broad!
*ripples*
Well played England
Lovely. Well played.
Sets my up perfectly as, and I apologise for being smug, I have tickets to Edgbaston on Saturday. Can't wait.
And it is a big 'THANK YOU' to the West Indies for touring here this summer.
They really didn't have to, after all.
Jeez cricket needs Windies back at the top table....
Good afternoon, evereeeebodeeee!
England win toss and bowl first. Glorious sunshine over Hampshire!
2 spinners and a lot of attacking intent in the England side. Could be fun.
Good start!
I fear this won't last long...
Oh dear.
Oof. Not good from Ireland.
Willey on fire! (#theresacreamforthat)
Oof. Not good from England.
Doh, late to the party. Still, there's Vic Marks and Alison Mitchell and an England collapse - plus the #bantz of telling Irish friends that England's captain and best batsman being a native-born Englishman...
Just got roped in to a game for the village 2nd XI tomorrow.
Please send your #ThoughtsAndPrayers
A grand day out.
Scored a patient, rusty Chesney.
We won, though!
Now, on to today's game. Roy out as cheaply as I was!
And Bairstow follows. Urgh.
It's a good job Vince can bowl, otherwise we'd be wondering what, exactly, he's here for...
You've got to love Josh Little - he's a proper filthy club cricketer who has briefly made the big time.
I'm not sure what his send-off to Bairstow was, but I enjoyed it.
You just know that when he bats, Jonny will be giving him all sorts of shit with the pithier stuff being between overs (out of stump mic range).
The test series against ****stan could be interesting.
Decent wheels for a sixth former!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRck54fAWw
So James Vince. 57(?) runs this series, 1 wicket and a howler of a dropped catch. He's not good enough for the Test side; it's tough to argue he's good enough for the ODI side
So James Vince. 57(?) runs this series, 1 wicket and a howler of a dropped catch. He’s not good enough for the Test side; it’s tough to argue he’s good enough for the ODI side
I can't remember which commentator said it today, but it was something along the lines of:
"You can watch him bat for a hour in a game and think he is one of the classiest players we've produced, but if you go away on holiday, don't follow the cricket and come back the figures will show that he's scored a hundred runs in five innings and has had a poor series".
He just doesn't do his talent justice. He will wear the 'enigma' hat as well as Graeme Hick.
Excellent explanation!
Superb batting performance from Ireland there.
Worthy winners!
And we're back underway again!
****stan opting to bat under leaden skies. Bold.
****stan opting to bat under leaden skies. Bold.
I don't think so. It is windy which means the effects of cloud cover are vastly reduced. The wicket is dry and flat and more likely to break up than any of the wickets so far this summer.
There will be balls hitting the seam and beating the bat, the opening bowlers have 1000+ test wickets between them, but once the shine and hardness have gone I think it will be very good batting conditions.
Wasn't sure they had the batting to back it up!
Nicely balanced start to this game though, England possibly just nudging ahead.
great tight bowling this morning.... putting the squeeze on!
@CaptainFlasheart
Wasn’t sure they had the batting to back it up!
To be fair, if the captain wins the toss, opts to bowl and gives the reason as "we haven't got the batting to back up the decision to bat first" they either need a new captain or they should get on the next plane back!
Not that it doesn't happen in practice. Quite a few mid-90s England 'put-ins' in Australia had the whiff off "we don't fancy this at all, so let's put off the inevitable for a day or two".
But you don't, as a rule, admit to it publicly!
My prediction: ****stan will win this. Properly quick bowlers and two world class spinners. Pitch is dry and the foot marks were chewing up on day 1.
300+ with the length of their tail is a fail by England.
I reckon England will trail on 1st innings and end up batting last on a minefield.
The big danger for ****stan is if one of the seamers goes around the park and forces the leggies to have their first bowl against well set batters.
England let ****stan get 50 runs too many methinks.
Agree dannyh, this'll be a touch match to win. Burns gone early as well.
Related, is Ben Foakes in the bubble and can he come into the next match? Buttler is not looking good behind the stumps.
****stan are all over England here!
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Sibley gone.
I had a fear that having 2 openers with very unconventional techniques would get taken apart by better bowling. I'm just not sure you can play against quality bowling in the way those 2 do.
Stokes gone, 12-3.
Ah, a good old-fashioned England top-order collapse. Haven't seen one of those for a while; now to wonder if it becomes "grimly hang on for the remaining 3 days and make the inevitable draw feel like a win" or "just carry on in this vein until the whole sorry affair finishes with a heavy loss inside 4 days".
Such a stark contrast with the last WI test - now it's clear the lineup's unbalanced with not enough batting depth. And the additional bowling strength didn't really pay off today
Woakes at 7 is scary enough before a collapse happens, that he’ll come in so early is very worrying. That Buttler is coming in at 6 is also a touch concerning.
Woakes at 7 is scary enough before a collapse happens, that he’ll come in so early is very worrying. That Buttler is coming in at 6 is also a touch concerning.
I was just thinking about that because Buttler is nearly as bad as Iron Mitts Bairstow behind the stumps.
Given the number of allrounders we supposedly have (admittedly when Stokes can bowl) you would have thought we could afford a proper keeper. But then you see Woakes at 7 and the doubts set in.
On a totally unrelated point, much as I am mega excited by Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, I don't see them having long careers, and certainly not as out and out quicks. The reason is this:
Despite Aggers et al going on about Naseem as having a beautiful sideways on action, he actually doesn't bowl with the classic (if you are talking side-on) cartwheel action. Both of them bowl with what I call a 'fold-away' action. The front arm doesn't pull straight down and away, but pulls back across the body. Both of their arm swings that actually propel the ball are pretty short. Not wanting to tar them with this brush, but think Martin McCague (if any remembers). He was notionally 'side-on' but he actually bowled the ball with a flick of the arm that began with the arm pointing down, not a full swing around.
This type of bowling action suits a youthful, whippy physique. As they both fill out, I expect they will lose pace.
I guess time will tell, but for now it sure is great viewing/listening.
Given the number of allrounders we supposedly have (admittedly when Stokes can bowl) you would have thought we could afford a proper keeper.
I actually think Stokes at 5 really unbalances the side, they could never drop him if he's not bowling but should they bring another bat in instead and leave him at 5? Bring in Denley who can bowl spin along with Root and leave out a spinner maybe?
The 2 openers are to be persisted with for the moment, though I think Sibley will get found out against good bowling, James Bracey could be the answer here. Pope will end up at 3 I suspect.