*Official* England in West Indies

[Uppercut]

Think you're clutching at straws a bit when someone shoulders a short ball not-quite-high-enough into the air and you praise them for having soft hands.

The dullness of this conversation will tell you how much i'm enjoying the cricket right now.

Wait, no, enjoying it again.

 

[Richard]

Chanderpaul's entry should liven things up a bit.

 

[Uppercut]

Chanderpaul's entry should liven things up a bit.

You seem much more easy-going since you returned from enforced absence.

And did anyone else think that seemed like far, far more than 27 runs from Hinds?

 

[Richard]

Would you believe it?

 

[wpdavid]

Would you believe it?

Depends whether you were one of the CWers completely writing Broad off at the start of the series.

 

[Manee]

I hate Stuart Broad.

For the record, I wasn't writing him off, just saying that this faith was unwarrented and that if the world was fair he'd have been dropped a little while back.

 

[shivfan]

Hinds is looking almost painful tbh. Sarwan's good form is distracting from how uncomfortable he's looked in this innings of 17 off 62 balls.

Ryan Hinds continues his mediocre run in Test cricket....

I'm not convinced he can make it at this level.

 

[Richard]

Depends whether you were one of the CWers completely writing Broad off at the start of the series.

Nah, it's just rare to see Chanderpaul playing such a poor stroke at such an inopportune time.

 

[Richard]

I hate Stuart Broad.

For the record, I wasn't writing him off, just saying that this faith was unwarrented and that if the world was fair he'd have been dropped a little while back.

Ind33d, it's annoying that what's in reality poor selection is now going to look inspired if he's somehow turned from nowhere into a good Test bowler.

 

[haroon510]

anyone know why this Broad kid is bowling so late in this match.. he can Bowle man.. Shiv is gone.

 

[Uppercut]

I, for one, have always rated Stuart Broad

Nah, honestly he's bowled exceptionally well today and on the third day in Antigua (on the first he was absolutely terrible). Really didn't think the boy had it in him. Not yet anyway.

 

[Uppercut]

Nah, it's just rare to see Chanderpaul playing such a poor stroke at such an inopportune time.

That said, Broad deserved the wicket 100%.

 

[haroon510]

That said, Broad deserved the wicket 100%.

Agree and the kid has bowled exceptionally well

look at his figure

8 4 5 1

it is unfortunate that he hasn't bowled much in this match so far..

 

[andruid]

Chanderpaul is Broad's bunny :where is that rabbit smiley!:

 

[Neil Pickup]

I like the way Prior is catching the nicks and missing the byes... Close your bloody legs!!!

 

[Uppercut]

Agree and the kid has bowled exceptionally well

look at his figure

8 4 5 1

it is unfortunate that he hasn't bowled much in this match so far..

He's just been rotated really. By the end of this spell the quicks will all have bowled near enough the same number of overs.

 

[Richard]

I, for one, have always rated Stuart Broad

Nah, honestly he's bowled exceptionally well today and on the third day in Antigua (on the first he was absolutely terrible). Really didn't think the boy had it in him. Not yet anyway.

Sabina, methinks.

Anyway, he's dropped a catchable one there.

 

[Richard]

That said, Broad deserved the wicket 100%.

But my "would you believe it?" was aimed at how amazed I was at Chanderpaul's lack of discretion.

It'd be a shame if he had another poor series here as he'd then basically go down as a failure at home to England.

 

[Uppercut]

Sabina, methinks.

Anyway, he's dropped a catchable one there.

Mmm, that was the big fish too. Not easy but he'll be disappointed not to have taken it.

 

[pskov]

Mmm, that was the big fish too. Not easy but he'll be disappointed not to have taken it.

You'd expect a bowler to take that 7 times out of 10 I'd say, so will be very disappointed indeed.