10th Match - Australia v West Indies

[trundler]

The Australians are asleep, it seems.

****ing Smith, wasted a lot of balls for nothing. Root is clearly his superior by some distance. It's not 1985.

 

[91Jmay]

Windies need to these two to take this deep, their depth in batting isn't the best let alone with Russell probably not being able to bat.

 

[trundler]

Windies need to these two to take this deep, their depth in batting isn't the best let alone with Russell probably not being able to bat.

Brathwaite and Nurse are both decent sloggers. They bat to 9.

 

[Neil Young]

The Australians are asleep, it seems.

****ing Smith, wasted a lot of balls for nothing. Root is clearly his superior by some distance. It's not 1985.

Shai Hope certainly thinks so. He's got a Bruce Edgar strike rate from the era going on.

 

[Spikey]

poo

 

[Moss]

Hope starting to captialize on scoring opportunities. This is a good pair to have at the crease right now for the Windies, they seem to be doing it sensibly for now.

EDIT: Jinxed it, and how.

 

[wrongun]

What a catch! I was hoping Aus get Pooran out. One hand Hope is slowing down the game but on the other he is also my favourite non aussie batsmen to watch. The tragedy!

 

[wrongun]

Hetmeyer could get out cheaply here trying to attack Zampa. This is a bad time for him to come in within the context of the game.

 

[mayor]

WI only hope is to keep their RR above 5 regardless of wickets.

 

[Howe_zat]

That's a blow for the West Indies, but there's still Hope.

 

[mayor]

Win predictor 54% to Aus? I'd say it's more like 80% Aus

 

[wrongun]

WI only hope is to keep their RR above 5 regardless of wickets.

Yea I have feeling thats why Maxwell was brought on before Zampa. Maxwell (as useless as his bowling seems and often is) tends to dry up runs. Frustrate the batsmen and let them take a risk with zampa. It has worked well with getting Pooran out.

 

[wrongun]

Win predictor 54% to Aus? I'd say it's more like 80% Aus

This is skewed since Win predictor takes the aggregate of the last few games. Could be wrong , please feel free to correct me. Last few games at Trent Bridge are pretty high scoring hence 289 may seem an average score.

 

[h_hurricane]

Starc is either spray gun or gun. Nothing in between.

 

[Neil Young]

Shimron Hetmyer sounds like a car.

The all new 2-litre Shimron Hetmyer. Alloy wheels come as standard.

 

[BSM]

Hope may be slowing the game down a bit but reckon he can afford to. If it gets to the last ten overs with 100 with Russel still in/to come they are in a good position considering it's a fairly difficult chase. The alternative might be for him to be exposed too early. They can only afford one more wicket max before the last stages of the game. Should be interesting

 

[Neil Young]

I think Zampa should get corn rows.

 

[Moss]

Hope may be slowing the game down a bit but reckon he can afford to. If it gets to the last ten overs with 100 with Russel still in/to come they are in a good position considering it's a fairly difficult chase. The alternative might be for him to be exposed too early. They can only afford one more wicket max before the last stages of the game. Should be interesting

Yeah, the current RR isn't bad at all from a West Indies POV. Was very slow to begin with but Pooran covered for him at the time. Doesn't look like the easiest pitch to come in and hit the ground running, so I don't see the Windies winning without him making a substantial score.

 

[Isura]

Pooran has a little mix of Chanderpaul and Lara. Hope he has a long career. Guy looks pure class.

 

[mr_mister]

These two young guns have been known as the future of WI batting for a while now and I can't recall many memorable partnerships they've had together. Wonder if today will be the day