19th Match - England v West Indies

[Meridio]

Surprisingly quiet in this thread. Presume people are just shocked beyond words that a game of cricket has broken out?

Interestingly poised at the moment, solid-ish start by both teams.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hope seeing off the new ball beautifully here

 

[91Jmay]

Hope seeing off the new ball beautifully here

Should get his fifty just after tea.

 

[91Jmay]

Massive wicket. Plunkers Plunkett middle over wickets.

Poor shot that.

 

[trundler]

Shot deserving of a Pakistani batsman.

 

[MW1304]

Thank goodness.

Just 5 dangermen left to come then.

 

[Burgey]

All on Hope. He’s batting in Braille. Puts so much pressure on his partner. Just spudding it up

 

[mr_mister]

Hetmyer is a way better ODI bat than Hope and I've been saying this for a while

 

[trundler]

This would be just about the perfect time for these 2 to come good.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That's a pretty bad innings.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Has he become more of a stick in the mud? He seemed far more fluent on that England tour a couple of years ago.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Hope has played some damn good ODI knocks in the recent past.

That wasn't one of them.

 

[Burgey]

I’ll go so far as to say that’s as bad an ODI knock as I’ve seen in years. Soaked up so many balls and didn’t even bat deep. Just a horrible, turgid, rancid innings from a bloke I frankly thought better of. Another false dawn in WI batting. Just utter junk. Shai Nohope

 

[91Jmay]

That was such a poor decision. Stone dead.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I’ll go so far as to say that’s as bad an ODI knock as I’ve seen in years. Soaked up so many balls and didn’t even bat deep. Just a horrible, turgid, rancid innings from a bloke I frankly thought better of. Another false dawn in WI batting. Just utter junk. Shai Nohope

Over the top. That is almost TJB level hyperbole

 

[Stapel]

I’ll go so far as to say that’s as bad an ODI knock as I’ve seen in years. Soaked up so many balls and didn’t even bat deep. Just a horrible, turgid, rancid innings from a bloke I frankly thought better of. Another false dawn in WI batting. Just utter junk. Shai Nohope

That's harsh! Todays innings was rotten indeed, but otherwise? A keeper/batsman with an ODI average of 50 is more than fair.

 

[MW1304]

Too many wides. Stop.

 

[Burgey]

That's harsh! Todays innings was rotten indeed, but otherwise? A keeper/batsman with an ODI average of 50 is more than fair.

Nah it was woeful. Needs the cricketing judo chop. If you can’t up the ante in a game like this then you aren’t a contender.

 

[morgieb]

Hetmyer is a way better ODI bat than Hope and I've been saying this for a while

Hope scores heaps of runs but his SR is unacceptably low for this era. I think I’d probably take Hetmyer first too.

 

[Stapel]

Nah it was woeful. Needs the cricketing judo chop. If you can’t up the ante in a game like this then you aren’t a contender.

Perhaps it is just not his day?