btb Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 (edited) Follow on avoided - currently 413/5 ************************************ Sarwan 200 no ************************************ 128th over and Collingwood is brought on - Windies just need to sit tight until lunch & a draw will be the most likely outcome! ************************************ Lunch - Day 4 England 600/6d West Indies 483/5 (138.0 ov) West Indies trail by 117 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings Edited March 1, 2009 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 only one team can win this now, and it ain't England. Wonder if WI will declare half an hour before the close and have a pop at them tonight, or just bat through? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 only one team can win this now, and it ain't England. Wonder if WI will declare half an hour before the close and have a pop at them tonight, or just bat through? I'd like to think the West Indies will declare and then let loose Fidel Edwards for some fun and games towards the end of the day. However, the West Indies could possibly get a lead in excess of 150 and then put some pressure on England tomorrow. As you said, any chance of an England victory has now gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 There's the declaration! Very interesting 20 minutes afoot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 England will not lose this, don't worry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 England will not lose this, don't worry. I can quite see them being bowled out tomorrow. I really can. Either way, this tour is turning out to be a bit of a farce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 David Lloyd said on Sky Sports that if England lost this, he'd bare his backside on Brecon Beacons. They really shouldn't, but that's the sort of statement Lloyd used to come out with when he was England coach and could come back to bite him on the ...well... arse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 While it is good to see some big scores I'm not so happy with these flat flat tracks. The game needs wickets that have a bit for everybody.Bowlers and batsman. And while i appreciate the home grounds man will(on the whole) do his best to accommodate the home team,i would have hoped for better wickets. Ironic that the best game was played on the football pitch of the Rec in Antigua. Draw written all over it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shengus Khan Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 While it is good to see some big scores I'm not so happy with these flat flat tracks.The game needs wickets that have a bit for everybody.Bowlers and batsman. And while i appreciate the home grounds man will(on the whole) do his best to accommodate the home team,i would have hoped for better wickets. Ironic that the best game was played on the football pitch of the Rec in Antigua. Draw written all over it. I agree. Surely there should be some sort of regulation where the pitches have to have something in them to give the bowlers a bit of encouragement? It makes for dire viewing otherwise. I would've fancied Ian Bell to maybe even have pushed on to a mighty 30 on that wicket 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 End of over 11 (17 runs) - England 50/0 Benn on - hard to see anything other than Strauss & Cook boosting their averages. Going into the last Test 1-0 up! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kullibino Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Maybe they should award the away team 0.5 of a test win for a draw! They very certainly need to have a look at doing something, the Pakistan Sri Lanka series on at the moment seems total madness. Teams shouldn't be scoring 500+ very often at all nevermind 6 and 700+ scores, it's dull as f**k to watch too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Maybe they should award the away team 0.5 of a test win for a draw!They very certainly need to have a look at doing something, the Pakistan Sri Lanka series on at the moment seems total madness. Teams shouldn't be scoring 500+ very often at all nevermind 6 and 700+ scores, it's dull as f**k to watch too. Agree.Everybody was talking about the Antigua test. If you have Wickets that do nothing,not even take much spin after 4/5 days,then in my view it is not a true test match. We have had some cracking test matches in the last few years,but this alas ain't one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Disagree - what sort of pitch would this England attack (or The Windies for that mater) have got 20 wickets on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kullibino Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Disagree - what sort of pitch would this England attack (or The Windies for that mater) have got 20 wickets on? One with either some pace, bounch and carry or one that disintegrated a bit. If they had held their catches the WIndies could have knocked England over for sub 300. Edited March 2, 2009 by kullibino 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'll take your points in reverse order. If they had held their catches the WIndies could have knocked England over for sub 300. Exactly! England - One with either some pace, bounch and carry or one that disintegrated a bit. Trent Bridge, Old Trafford, Headingly. Anderson, Broad & Sidebottom (What a name for a Prog Supetrgroup B) ) are the sort of English bowlers who regularly get knocked all over the shop when playing overseas. Slating the pitch is the easy option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kullibino Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'll take your points in reverse order.Exactly! Whats that got to do with the Windies attack or the Pitch? Trent Bridge, Old Trafford, Headingly. Anderson, Broad & Sidebottom (What a name for a Prog Supetrgroup B) ) are the sort of English bowlers who regularly get knocked all over the shop when playing overseas.Slating the pitch is the easy option. I'd agree with that to an extent, but as far as 750! Anderson Averages 29 at home compared to 35 overall, Sidebottom averages 26 at home compared to 27 overall and Broad averages 46 at home compared to 41 overall so I can't really see where your coming from. I don't think it was a very good England bowling attack but I don't think many sides would have taken 20 wickets on that pudding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'll take your points in reverse order.Exactly! Trent Bridge, Old Trafford, Headingly. Anderson, Broad & Sidebottom (What a name for a Prog Supetrgroup B) ) are the sort of English bowlers who regularly get knocked all over the shop when playing overseas. Slating the pitch is the easy option. It is, but in this case, and in the 10 ball test, the pitches were not up to standard for international cricket. If there's anything in the next pitch at all, Harmison will get recalled and probably do a decent job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Lots of selection issues for the next Test, can't remember the last time there were so many different players in contention - as well as the current eleven, Prior, Harmison, Monty, Amjad Khan and even Rashid will be in consideration (the last is unlikely but still possible if they're worried about weakening the batting by playing and extra bowler). There's only so much point in speculating before we hear anything about the pitch. Pleased for Cook today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Terrible news from Lahore.No cricket in Pakistan for the foreseeable. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7920260.stm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'd agree with that to an extent, but as far as 750!Anderson Averages 29 at home compared to 35 overall, Sidebottom averages 26 at home compared to 27 overall and Broad averages 46 at home compared to 41 overall so I can't really see where your coming from. I don't think it was a very good England bowling attack but I don't think many sides would have taken 20 wickets on that pudding. For A,B&S I should have been more specific and said hot countries - if you take New Zealand out of the equation you'll see the difference. For Anderson in Australia Av 82.60 in England Av 29.80 in India Av 29.30 in New Zealand Av 35.37 in South Africa Av 74.50 in Sri Lanka Av 126.00 in West Indies Av 49.60 For Broad in England Av 46.46 in India Av 67.00 in New Zealand Av 31.25 in Sri Lanka Av 95.00 in West Indies Av 32.33 For Sidebottom in England Av 26.04 in New Zealand Av 17.08 in Sri Lanka Av 63.60 in West Indies Av 181 That was a poor England attack everybody knew this before the game yet somehow the fact they lived up to their dismal "hot country" form is being used for pet theories about "result" pitches. You say you don't think many teams would have taken 20 wickets on this pitch yet in your previous post you said if the Windies had held onto their catches they could have bowled England out for less than 300. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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