*Official* West Indies in Sri Lanka 2010

[vcs]

Woo-hoo!

 

[WindieWeathers]

Yesssssssssss shilly gets him and we've forced the follow on!!!.. Come on wi!!!

 

[GotSpin]

yes! CARRRNNNNNNNNNN

 

[GotSpin]

Yesssssssssss shilly gets him and we've forced the follow on!!!.. Come on wi!!!

music to my ears hearing 'we're gonna bowl again'

 

[NasserFan207]

Well they managed it in the end.

Still think they should've just taken the new ball, but whatever.

 

[vcs]

Now to see whether WI can make inroads again, the effort of taking 10 wickets will have drained them.

 

[Himannv]

Exceptionally poor performance with the bat. 4 batsmen getting past 50 and none of them hanging around to make a big score. Very poor performance from SL here with the possible exception of Samaraweera.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well done WI.Lost control of tv to poorly spotty minors so not watching this but a great performance by WI.

Good to see both WI and NZ performing way above expectation on foreign soil at present.

 

[GotSpin]

Now to see whether WI can make inroads again, the effort of taking 10 wickets will have drained them.

Yeah it's going to be intense.

 

[smash84]

wow....SL follow on.....game on

 

[Zinzan]

Got em ! Prasanna Jayawardene will be gutted, what a lame shot needing just 3 runs after all that hard work

 

[vcs]

Yeah, that was poor especially after Thushara had shown he could bat a bit.

 

[WindieWeathers]

I do have fears about this i must admit!!..they won't be easy to bowl out again at all, Sangakara could be a nightmare to deal with!!.. we'll need at least three or four wickets today to make a fight of this.

If we can get them all out for 300-360 by lunch tomorrow then we'd have a great chance of winning this, but we MUST start well now.

 

[Zinzan]

I do have fears about this i must admit!!..they won't be easy to bowl out again at all, Sangakara could be a nightmare to deal with!!.. we'll need at least three or four wickets today to make a fight of this.

If we can get them all out for 300-360 by lunch tomorrow then we'd have a great chance of winning this, but we MUST start well now.

I may be wrong, but I'm not convinced enforcing the follow-on was the best option here, this is assuming the pitch will deteriorate further on Day 5 & the bowlers will have had a break.

 

[vcs]

The Galle wicket didn't seem to deteriorate much on day 5 in the recent India-SL Test, our tail stuck around for a long time and their openers chased 96 in less than 15 overs after tea.

 

[Himannv]

Openers need to perform much better than what they did in the first innings.

 

[Bahnz]

Not sure if this is the best idea, not just because it means the Windies will be batting last, but also because the bowlers will be shattered in the second dig. If Sri Lanka manages to put up 400-450 it could be a thriller on the last day.

 

[Zinzan]

The Galle wicket didn't seem to deteriorate much on day 5 in the recent India-SL Test, our tail stuck around for a long time and their openers chased 96 in less than 15 overs after tea.

Ok, If that's the case then enforcing probably was probably the best option, certainly a less risky way to force a victory.

 

[smash84]

Not sure if this is the best idea, not just because it means the Windies will be batting last, but also because the bowlers will be shattered in the second dig. If Sri Lanka manages to put up 400-450 it could be a thriller on the last day.

Are you saying that Sri Lanka put up 400-500 in just 2-3 sessions at the most???? That might be too much to ask actually. I think it is the right decision.

 

[vcs]

WI cannot lose this match now, enforcing the follow on has pretty much ensured that.