Northern Red Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 18 minutes ago, hodge said: Doesn't look fun out there by any stretch, especially with some of the windies bowlers up around the 90mph mark. Indeed. Better teams than this England one would struggle batting in those conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Overall good day for England overall, could be a wash out tomorrow but Saturday looks decent weather, given Windies low score this could easily now be a 4 day game so the rain may not be such a big factor. Stokes, Malan, Bairstow and Ali could easily add a decent amount and build a bit of a lead in the sun on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsRed Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Can't wait for us to face Starc, Hazlewood and Pat Cummins in the winter... **** me we are in for a treat... As for cricinfo, todged it up completely... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 26 minutes ago, EmersonsRed said: Can't wait for us to face Starc, Hazlewood and Pat Cummins in the winter... **** me we are in for a treat... As for cricinfo, todged it up completely... That top order are going to get blown away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Ben Stokes takes 6 wickets then has a higher score than the top 5 combined. On his day he is simply superb and is the sole reason I feel we won't get whitewashed again, though almost certainly lose the series down under. Our top order as a whole is simply embarrassing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Ben Stokes takes 6 wickets then has a higher score than the top 5 combined. On his day he is simply superb and is the sole reason I feel we won't get whitewashed again, though almost certainly lose the series down under. Our top order as a whole is simply embarrassing Could easily bat him 4 or 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Super said: Could easily bat him 4 or 5. As our lower order is arguably the best lower order in Test cricket I'd be inclined to leave it alone. How hard can it be to find a 2,3,5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Very open game now. If we can get a lead of 50 say, that would be invaluable in these conditions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Very open game now. If we can get a lead of 50 say, that would be invaluable in these conditions! over 60 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Broad and Anderson outscore the top 5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Good effort that from the tail, now the clouds can start circling again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Should be a result- seems to be no rain forecast for the remainder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 21 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Broad and Anderson outscore the top 5... Easier conditions. Sunshine, tiring bowlers and the freedom to go for their shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted September 8, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 WTF are they smoking in the TMS box....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said: WTF are they smoking in the TMS box....... What did they say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted September 8, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, hodge said: What did they say? They had some bizarre West Indian cricket poet in there, off his head on something by the sound of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 11 minutes ago, Robbored said: Easier conditions. Sunshine, tiring bowlers and the freedom to go for their shots. You could also add that the ball wasn't new either. But the fact still remains that five men, two of whom are among the worlds elite, who's job it is to bat, failed to score as many as the two worst batsmen on the team. Conditions or no conditions, indefensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 OH JIMMY JIMMY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Number 500. Congrats Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Back where it all began #500WicketsLater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: You could also add that the ball wasn't new either. But the fact still remains that five men, two of whom are among the worlds elite, who's job it is to bat, failed to score as many as the two worst batsmen on the team. Conditions or no conditions, indefensible. I can't agree with you there WttJ. Your comments are very harsh imv. All top batsmen fail at times and yesterday the conditions were ideal for bowling. Both teams struggled to cope with the swinging ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, hodge said: OH JIMMY JIMMY! He enjoyed that and rightly so. Nice to get it knocking the stumps out in all directions too - better than a reviewed LBW! I sense some iconic photos coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted September 8, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Proper way to get a 500th, fair play to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Fantastic effort jimmy. Well done. The catching in this series has been awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Robbored said: I can't agree with you there WttJ. Your comments are very harsh imv. All top batsmen fail at times and yesterday the conditions were ideal for bowling. Both teams struggled to cope with the swinging ball. My issue being that it is all the time our top order fails. If Broad and Anderson had made 100 between them then you could understand. But they didn't. They made 46 and our top order made 40...an average of 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Jimmy won't like that damage to his 500th wicket ball He'll have to have that as the back when its mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 9 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: My issue being that it is all the time our top order fails. If Broad and Anderson had made 100 between them then you could understand. But they didn't. They made 46 and our top order made 40...an average of 8. England's top order has been fragile for ages. Finding an opener to partner Cook has been a 'mare. The only other world class batsman is Root who likes to come in at 4 so positions 2 and 3 are where the weaknesses are. But.....England do bat way down the order which kinda compensates for the fragile top order. Bairstow and Stokes are capable in the middle order with Moeen after them. Not a bad line up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 If needed I expect Bairstow could bat 3 (depending how long he's been in the field) and Stokes could easily bat 5, however England like their solid lower order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Windies still very much in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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