***Official*** West Indies Tour of the UK 2017

[TheJammyTurtle]

Chase looked all at sea for that innings

 

[wpdavid]

Chase, the West Indies one recognised batsman.

Yeah, but conditions where he made those runs were very different to here.
Jimmy could achieve some spectacular figures here.

 

[MW1304]

I thought missing out on a few more early wickets yesterday might prove frustrating, but er, nah.

 

[Bijed]

Jimmy too good

I think my comments in the SA thread to the effect that he may be on the way out may be the most wrong I have ever been, or likely ever to be, about anything.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Jermaine '8k' Blackwood

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good advert for 2 tier system this.

 

[Starfighter]

Just looking at Anderson's stats on the live thingo. 490 test wickets is a lot of test wickets. Good to se his average down below 28, I hope it stays there.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Anderson's average has dropped like crazy these past couple of years when he supposedly 'in decline'.

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah I think about 27s is fair reflection of him as a bowler. Below ATG category but better than 29-30 calibre.

 

[wpdavid]

All 23 overs bowled by the openers so far. I wonder what the record is.

 

[mr_mister]

Anderson's average has dropped like crazy these past couple of years when he supposedly 'in decline'.

luckily many nation's batting line-ups are declining at a faster rate

 

[ImpatientLime]

since 2014 the dude has 150 wickets @ 21.

 

[mr_mister]

be interesting to see if blackwood can pull out one of those famous counter attacking run-a-ball 50s

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah I think about 27s is fair reflection of him as a bowler. Below ATG category but better than 29-30 calibre.

Would say 26s is about right if he could get there. As good as someone like Gillespie but below Pollock, McGrath, Donald and Waqar.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Good advert for 2 tier system this.

This applies to many overseas tours played recently tbh

 

[vcs]

Looks like this series will be an even more one sided annihilation than India-SL.

 

[91Jmay]

This applies to many overseas tours played recently tbh

Like Ind vs Eng

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This applies to many overseas tours played recently tbh

This is a lot less of a contest though than some of the others.

Think back to the SA series we just had and if they hadn't dropped chances at certain stages of the game that ended with a big score by the batsman then it would have been a lot closer than it was. This is just a cat playing with a half dead mouse here.

 

[Howe_zat]

Would say 26s is about right if he could get there. As good as someone like Gillespie but below Pollock, McGrath, Donald and Waqar.

He hasn't really 'averaged 26' for any time though has he? He's averaged high 30s in his first few series, and then low 20s for this decade punctuated with the odd poor tour.

Really this kind of conversation reminds me that career averages tell you less than just about any other stat

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is a lot less of a contest though than some of the others.

Think back to the SA series we just had and if they hadn't dropped chances at certain stages of the game that ended with a big score by the batsman then it would have been a lot closer than it was. This is just a cat playing with a half dead mouse here.

Even if that's the case, I just don't like the mentality of 'these two teams have a big gap in quality so they shouldn't play each other'. It's that attitude that has contributed to cricket only being played by 10 or so countries. It's the complete opposite of what should be happening.