***Official*** West Indies in England

[GIMH]

you couldn't help yourself....


people, we must pace ourselves or there will be no more onion jokes left!

Yeah agree. Come on mods delete all posts containing onion jokes. Sure you'll have to chop the thread up, but sometimes that's the price you have to pay, my brain is fried with all this bad humour

 

[superkingdave]

Yeah agree. Come on mods delete all posts containing onion jokes. Sure you'll have to chop the thread up, but sometimes that's the price you have to pay, my brain is fried with all this bad humour

Indeed, we've got ourselves into a right pickle

 

[Burgey]

He has too many layers to be peeled off, and Aussies will end up crying.

So, England's secret weapon this time is going to be Onions instead of mints?

Never forget, never.

 

[Top_Cat]

So, England's secret weapon this time is going to be Onions instead of mints?

Never forget, never.

Maybe you should consider eating some bread. I've heard it eases the tears.

If not, maybe consider changing your shampoo?

 

[popepouri]

Next cricinfo headline:

Onions make Windies weep.

Didn't see that one coming.

Now we can make full sentences:
Broad swans cook prior onions.

 

[aussie]

Onions looks kind of lame to me. Sort of reminded me of Richard Johnson taking 5 for againts Zimbabwe in 2003.

ATM i still rather have Sidebottom back once fully fit in the side.

 

[gvenkat]

Onions cuts windies batting line up and makes windies cry...

 

[_Ed_]

I think it's necessary for me to make an apology. I laughed at the selection of Onions, and I thought he would be completely ineffective at Test level. He proved me wrong. Good on him.

 

[Prince EWS]

I think it's necessary for me to make an apology. I laughed at the selection of Onions, and I thought he would be completely ineffective at Test level. He proved me wrong. Good on him.

Well done to him for the performance, but I wouldn't be so quick to eat your words. I still think you may be right in the long run.

As someone said before, he certainly has more chance of success than most bowlers who average 32 in county cricket, but I'd still be surprised if he lasted very long TBH.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Would love to see sammy2's reaction to how the test match has unfolded so far, but his absence is for the best.

 

[Goughy]

Any legit highlights available online of yesterdays play?

 

[Flem274*]

Speaking of English bowlers surprising, even though it was a dire, dire, dire pick, Pattinson did reasonably OK. Would rather him than Amjad Khan or the Plunkett/Mahmmod types

 

[tooextracool]

Any legit highlights available online of yesterdays play?

If you can send me your email address, I can send you a link to the highlights for yesterdays play

Cheers

 

[zaremba]

So, England's secret weapon this time is going to be Onions instead of mints?

Never forget, never.

England's secret weapon will be overarm bowling, unassisted by banned diuretics.

 

[tooextracool]

Fair call. Some egg on face.

Not quite sure how both Broad and Onions have both managed to crank it up to 90mph, though.

Wouldnt pay too much attention to that, even Bresnan was clocked at 88mph. The pitch was noticably quicker than yesterday and even though speedos are supposed to clock speed out of the hand, its usually the case that bowlers are clocked faster on quicker decks.

 

[Burgey]

England's secret weapon will be overarm bowling, unassisted by banned diuretics.

That's ok. Your bowlers only stayed on the field for 20 odd minutes last series before going off for a towel down, a drink and some instructions. No wonder they all fell in a heap when that practice was curtailed and they had to play out an entire session.

 

[Evermind]

England's secret weapon will be overarm bowling, unassisted by banned diuretics.

PWNED hard.

 

[Uppercut]

Wouldnt pay too much attention to that, even Bresnan was clocked at 88mph. The pitch was noticably quicker than yesterday and even though speedos are supposed to clock speed out of the hand, its usually the case that bowlers are clocked faster on quicker decks.

Only because bowlers crank up the pace when there's something in conditions for them. To be fair, the pitch didn't look that much quicker when Swann was taking to the West Indian attack. Some degree of the pitch looking faster has to be put down to England's better bowling.

 

[zaremba]

That's ok. Your bowlers only stayed on the field for 20 odd minutes last series before going off for a towel down, a drink and some instructions. No wonder they all fell in a heap when that practice was curtailed and they had to play out an entire session.

I liked Ricky Ponting's approach, which was to convince himself that the substitute fielder wasn't legitimate* and therefore convinced himself that the sub wasn't on the pitch at all. No wonder he was surprised when he was run out.



*Simon Jones was towelling down in, er, hospital, with a career threatening injury.

 

[wpdavid]

Minor point of interest - the best batsmen on both sides departed first ball, which may not have happened too often.