***Official*** West Indies in England (Pointless 2 T20 series for Sky's benefit)

[AlwaysProteas]

Great to see a fight from Windies.

 

[Howe_zat]

Bloody hell, we may well actually lose this.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Absolute jaffa from Mathurin. Way too good for Ravi.

See what Bluey jr can do now.

 

[Howe_zat]

Are they playing on Friday's pitch?

Yes.

 

[roseboy64]

Santa seems a lot more useful than he looks. Great slower ball to fox Hales.

He is. Criminal he hasn't played before now. One of the best T20 bowlers we have.

 

[Jacknife]

Nice stuff from Stokes.

 

[Howe_zat]

Nice. Confident way to play their best spinner on this track.

 

[OMM!]

2 straight bat shots from Stokes = 10 runs.

There we go!

 

[Jacknife]

I think it shows when a batsman hasn't seen a bowler before especially on a spinning track if he's bowling well.

 

[OMM!]

Mathurin could well be the best SLA in the history of the game.

We've had Murali for OS and Warne for LS. Now Mathurin will lead a new era of spin bowling!

 

[AlwaysProteas]

Love how he's just feathering enough of the stumps to tumble the bails off.

 

[Jacknife]

The pitch looks like it's one of those that's tricky to get started on.

 

[OMM!]

Mathurin bowled to the Lions this Winter and took 10 in the match.

Got Hildreth x 2, Taylor, Gale, Bairstow, Rashid x 2 and Adams out amongst others!

 

[Jacknife]

It's all a ploy to get Buttler in

 

[MW1304]

Sammy predictably run out. By a mile too.

Carn Jos.

 

[OMM!]

Fatel run out now. Here comes Buttler!

 

[Howe_zat]

So.... much.... fail......?

 

[zaremba]

"I think he looks a bit short" says Ian Ward of Samit Patel. Well, Ian, he looks a bit fat to me.

 

[Jacknife]

"I think he looks a bit short" says Ian Ward of Samit Patel. Well, Ian, he looks a bit fat to me.

and a bit slow.

 

[OMM!]

Not really Patels fault that. Just a bad call by Stokes. Went straight to Bishoo with Patel on the back foot.

Stokes gone now! Horrid shot! Embarrassing!

Drop all these kids for another 2 or 3 years!