*Official* England in West Indies

[shivfan]

A case of lose the toss therefore lose the game?

I think a bit too much is being made of the pitch....

I wouldn't be surprised to see that there are very few demons there.

 

[Rebecca]

Do it privately please, you know CW's policy on those sorts of things.

Sorry but I'm new to this. How do we do it privately?

 

[Richard]

Interested to see who Scaly blames should we screw up, mind...

Got Corrin on <ignore>?

What are you going to have to complain about while this match is on with no Bell/Panesar in the side?

 

[Richard]

Sorry but I'm new to this. How do we do it privately?

There's all sorts of ways - email being the best - but talk of illegal activity is strictly forbidden on CW and could get a lot of people into trouble. So any mod will tell you not to do it.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Harmison for Sidebottom is LOLbad, it's like if we make a good decision or two (Bell/Shah, Swann/Panesar) we have to balance it out by dropping one of our better bowlers.

In other news, if this is the 3rd test, is it now a 5 test series?

Sidebottom was unthreatening and wasted the new ball at Sabina. His figures were economical because everything got left alone. On this track you want the bowlers who can extract the zip and bounce and life - and JT's first ball is alive!

 

[Richard]

BTW no-one seems to have posted about the fact that there's no referrals this Test. I think "thank God" is the best thing to say to that.

Strausssssssssyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and Cooookkkkkkkkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off-the-mark straight up.

 

[shivfan]

No demons in this pitch so far....

 

[Richard]

Good.

 

[Richard]

ARG = quick-scoring ground, whether high-scoring ground or not.

Even so, I'm never keen on seeing Strauss drive early in his innings. Nonetheless, at least he's playing with a full face and straight arms with high elbow rather than wrists and an open face.

 

[TT Boy]

Sorry but I'm new to this. How do we do it privately?

I sent you a message about half an hour ago...

 

[Rebecca]

Do it privately please, you know CW's policy on those sorts of things.

I sent you a message about half an hour ago...

Thank you. I didn't know there was a private message function on here. I have replied but not sure if I sent it correctly.

 

[GIMH]

Lucky escape that

 

[Nate]

Has to be a well done to those who got this ground ready. Looks to be a really good cricket wicket.

So poor from Edwards so far.

 

[shivfan]

Has to be a well done to those who got this ground ready. Looks to be a really good cricket wicket.

So poor from Edwards so far.

Well done, Andy Roberts and his team!

How many groundsmen around the world would've been able to prepare a pitch with less than 48 hours' notice?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Looking forward to this - brave England selection and very happy with the XI.

Interested to see who Scaly blames should we screw up, mind...

Still plenty of Southern softies in the side.

 

[Nate]

That looked close. Imo it probably hit some glove, but you can't give that.

 

[Neil Pickup]

That looked close. Imo it probably hit some glove, but you can't give that.

Eight replays and we still have NFI. Not out.

Bet it hurt, though.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, agree with Holding there, maybe a vague suggestion of glove, but none of the replays show conclusively that Rudi got it wrong.

 

[TT Boy]

Good toss to lose.

 

[Jono]

How can so many people, from commentators to the players, read the pitch so wrong?