*Official* England in West Indies

[Neil Pickup]

LOL at "F---" over the stump mic, and then at Cozier's masterful "exasperation for Sulieman Benn..."

 

[Richard]

Gayle drops one. Tough chance. Beautiful ball by Benn. He's toiling hard.

Hardly a beautiful ball IMO, just a shortish one that went straight through and which Strauss should've left or gone hard at. Either way, Strauss has now had at least 2, maybe 3, let-offs.

 

[Richard]

LOL at "F---" over the stump mic, and then at Cozier's masterful "exasperation for Sulieman Benn..."

Filter-avoidance from a mod, shocking stuff. Either way, I just tend to count one shout after a dropped catch as the same as another whatever's "said". Mostly it just tends to be an annoyed yell, with little distinguishable.

 

[roseboy64]

Gamble doesn't seem to have paid off then. Shame.

 

[Richard]

Can't win 'em all.

Seriously, though, if England don't make at the very least 550 here, we'll know there's a big problem. Strauss has had enough let-offs, he surely can't get another one. Shah has a massive chance to absolutely assure himself a good run in the side, and Pietersen on short boundaries like this obviously has potential for carnage.

BIG chance here and it just cannot afford to be missed. Unlikely to win the match on such a flat deck but it just has to be a cashing-in-on-what-you've-got scenario.

BTW, Ian Allen played 2 Tests in 1991 as a replacement for Patrick Patterson.

 

[pskov]

Didn't quite get to the pitch there but a good hit nonetheless. Just hope he doesn't do a KP now.

 

[superkingdave]

Don't want to put the mockers on him, but touch wood, Cook won't get a better chance to break his hundred voodoo

 

[BoyBrumby]

Thank god Miller et al had the cojones to drop Bell or we'd be stuck with him forever after he tonned up on this featherbed.

Spectacular misreading of the surface all round it seems.

 

[Richard]

Tests at The ARG do tend to be dreary affairs.

This has all the makings of a 550-plays-550. Hope I'm wrong, but that's wicket #1. No century again for Cook. Super catch.

 

[superkingdave]

Good catch actually but, Cookie cumbles again

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, he just can't convert those 50s, eh? Smart catch tho.

Big moment for Owais here.

 

[superkingdave]

Haha good shot first ball eh

 

[Richard]

G'start Owais. Lovely delivery to get first-up.

 

[GIMH]

dammit cook

 

[shivfan]

Smith is the WI's best slip fielder....

 

[Durham_CCC]

Hinds bowling slow left arm.

Is he any good ?

 

[four_or_six]

I know it's a good pitch and all, but it's good to see us actually trying to score runs rather than just stay in.

 

[shivfan]

Hinds bowling slow left arm.

Is he any good ?

He's one of the leading wicket-takers in this year's domestic season....

But his haul in Test cricket from 10 Tests is less than impressive.

 

[superkingdave]

Strauss vs the spinners has been refreshingly different today, even though he should have been out about 5 times

 

[kingkallis]

Smith is the WI's best slip fielder....

Dont know why Gayle didnt keep him there - 2 sharp chances!