And Its Smith

Windies 20-1 to win so bookies not all convinced they will go for it. Hope they do as will make for a great last few hours

Captains always bat on for too long in my opinion which is understandable really so I am sure they will set them closer to 300 than 250

270 would be enough. They can’t get that in 2 sessions surely. I’d give them 5 overs before lunch if we get enough. Highly likely a draw but it might start turning

England going for it!

A Barnsley win certainly makes life more exciting for us all!

Lawrence will be gagging to get out there

He’s nearly 28 so not sure he’s the future anyway. England are poor at the moment and the next couple of years will be tough but if we can get the correct people at the top of the game then I’ve got high hopes. England football changed the structure of youth football years ago playing smaller sided games etc and we now see the benefits of that. The cricket opportunities and coaching in the youth game has really taken off over the last few years. My one criticism is that it is too 20/20 focused (all the games are 20-30 overs so not too surprising) and most kids still cannot adapt when they come out to bat at 30/4 with 15 overs left to bat but from recent webinars I’ve seen that may well be changing. It’s certainly on the radar.

Personally I think it’s different. Batsman form is more up and down than bowlers by the very nature of the different jobs they do. Any batsman can play a bad shot or get a bit of bad luck, therefore judging over a longer period of time negates luck and the odd bad shot to give a truer picture of ability. With bowling, you bowl a bad ball and the damage is limited and quickly forgotten so bowlers can be judged a bit quicker. Overton for example, has never looked a test bowler and again doesn’t in this test. It seems highly unlikely to me that he will improve enough (or even at all) if we picked him for the next 18 months.

Kalas is injured Kalas injured according to Pearson. Think he played RB rather than RWB

This wicket is a joke. Offers nothing to the bowlers after about 10 overs. If the batsman fail again I think it might be a new low, even if they score 250. Just need to bat 4 sessions and ignore the run rate

Answer is wheels

Good manager in charge then that’s why….

Roman Abramovich sanctioned. All UK assets frozen. Chelsea can still operate under a special licence but sale now on hold. Club will not be allowed to sell any more tickets - only season ticket holders can go to games for the foreseeable future.

Course it is. Would be surprised if he WASNT doing it really.

You should tell the England management. Don’t think anyone has realised that yet !

Rory Burns has at least one I think. Maybe Carberry Plenty of openers have come in and started well, just then have been worked out and found to not be up to it. Compton was hard done by I thought. Looked good enough and dropped too soon

If England can get to 300 they will feel ahead of the game. Lose no more wickets today and it might turn out to be England’s day. West Indies have 3 very good bowlers but will be interesting to see what their batsman produce tomorrow

Beautiful from Seales. He’s an impressive bowler

It couldn’t be closer to being not out but was umpires call. Most would give that not out I reckon

Lees was about 2mm from being not out so wouldn’t say plum. Thought he was a bit unlucky. A lot of umpires give that not out.

Spoke too soon.

I hate Stokes’ new technique. Can’t remember him batting well with it yet Lawrence looking good so far

Root dropped. Should have been taken edit: Bowled him next ball!!

Poor from Crawley. 17/2

Lees was a tad unlucky. Umpire shouldn’t be giving that