*Official* England in West Indies

[Richard]

Nah it'd work plenty in tests to make it worth doing. It would work here, for instance, if the umpires turned round and added 10 runs to England's total every time Gayle decided to fap about.

I know it'd work under normal circumstances, but I don't think it'd help here. At all.

Apart from anything else, you'd never be able to have a situation where it was at the Umpires' discretion, that'd be chaotic. It'd need to be a stipulation.

 

[Kweek]

what the bleeb is going on?

England giving away momentum I feel.

 

[Kweek]

if there was any I must add.

 

[GIMH]

No point declaring now as the overs will just be lost...pull out over lunch as TT Boy said

 

[Scaly piscine]

No point declaring now as the overs will just be lost...pull out over lunch as TT Boy said

They'd take an early lunch, so no overs would be lost.

 

[Richard]

No point declaring now as the overs will just be lost...pull out over lunch as TT Boy said

Should've declared at the end of the over Pietersen got his century (not the ball he got it, as some suggested).

10 minutes before Lunch if there's some sort of break (ie, wicket or declaration), then Lunch is taken.

 

[Jamee999]

Declare here, surely..

 

[Richard]

Pietersen out and that's Lunch.

Declaration to come over Lunch, surely?

 

[King Pietersen]

What's Ian Botham on about? How would pulling out 10 minutes before lunch have any impact on West Indies chasing the target?

Anyway, great innings from KP. Was 2005 KP but with abit of 2009 sensibleness. Brought out all the shots, the switch hits, that stood up flick sweep shot. They should have pulled out once KP reached his hundred as well, would have helped his career stats as well

 

[GIMH]

They'd take an early lunch, so no overs would be lost.

Should've declared at the end of the over Pietersen got his century (not the ball he got it, as some suggested).

10 minutes before Lunch if there's some sort of break (ie, wicket or declaration), then Lunch is taken.

yeah, forgot that, my bad

 

[sammy2]

This is going to be so sweet, the mighty England came down to practice and will be heading back to England properly beaten.

 

[GIMH]

66 overs - one wicket every 6 overs and win with 6 to spare - easy

 

[Richard]

This is going to be so sweet, the mighty England came down to practice and will be heading back to England properly beaten.

Good job there's a nice home series to reverse the result immediately.

 

[Scaly piscine]

This is going to be so sweet, the mighty England came down to practice and will be heading back to England properly beaten.

Yea would be a good one Test series win. Going beyond that falls foul of the 'properly beaten' element.

 

[WindieWeathers]

Good job there's a nice home series to reverse the result immediately.

Nah, the scars will be too deep for any revenge to take place!! , and with us having Bravo back it's looking even more rosey, as long as England's bowling line-up continues to be the joke it currently is the return fixtures will remain a toss up.


COME ON WI LETS FINISH THEM OFF ONCE AND FOR ALL!!.

 

[garage flower]

Baker's got his Test average below Powell's now.

Despite not being very effective in this game, he's looked a lot better to me than he did on debut. I'd back him in for an extended run ahead of Powell when Taylor returned.

I'd back Marlon Black's recall ahead of Powell's continued selection!

I think it's more a question of whether Baker can hold off some of the domestic bowlers such as Tonge, Rampaul and Richardson. Either way, Sammy should certainly make the squad and probably the team.

 

[King Pietersen]

Isn't anywhere near a proper beating. West Indies beat us in 1 session thanks to some woeful batting and 2 good Jerome Taylor deliveries to Pietersen and Prior. Without that 1 session in Jamaica this would have been a dull 0-0 series, and have been considered even worse a series than it has. Just hope we actually see result tracks in England, which I imagine we will.

 

[garage flower]

Good job there's a nice home series to reverse the result immediately.

The same kind of hubris that has contributed to England's impending defeat in this series?

 

[Scaly piscine]

TMS's lunch section just reminding everyone what biased know-nothing scum most journalists are, it's a shame so many gullible people allow themselves to be influenced by these utter nilwits.

 

[Daryl Harper]

Isn't anywhere near a proper beating. West Indies beat us in 1 session thanks to some woeful batting and 2 good Jerome Taylor deliveries to Pietersen and Prior. Without that 1 session in Jamaica this would have been a dull 0-0 series, and have been considered even worse a series than it has. Just hope we actually see result tracks in England, which I imagine we will.

No one was brining up caveats of flat pitches in predictions beforehand. Reason being that no one even considered it would be significant enough to be a factor, because they overrated England's attack and considered it just a matter of turning up.

"England will win by two clear tests" etc was the general consensus. Victory was taken for granted so much that there was no need to cover themselves.

So Aus, SA & India would also have only been able to manage a 0-0 too? Nothing to do with the attacks at all?