*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

[SillyCowCorner1]

200 up

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah.. Windies are losing the advantage big time here..

 

[vcs]

Just when we thought England's lower order trolling was a thing of the past.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bess justifying his place at 8 here. Lad is talented.

 

[honestbharani]

Maybe Bess is going to Sam Curran Windies, afterall..

 

[morgieb]

Hate to say it, but this partnership seems crucial. 200 would feel a lot better for England than 180, though admittedly the problem is that the WIndies batting is so **** that they'll struggle to compete with even good performances with the ball.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Crap bowling from Roach. Military medium, short and wide.

 

[Flem274*]

bad timing given the treatment he's getting but i have been impressed with kemar roach for a while. 200 odd at 27 is a good effort for a short bloke with now modest pace.

 

[honestbharani]

He should have had at least 2 or 3 this dig too, should Roach.

 

[trundler]

Got iiiiim. Smart sucker balls

 

[Neptune]

Anderson gone. Great, useful little partnership at the end. Didn’t know Bess could bat really, but England always seem to find tail enders who can bat.

 

[morgieb]

Well the wag wasn't that severe after all. Still, gives England a little more to bowl at.

We'll see how the WIndies batting fares.

 

[wpdavid]

Bess justifying his place at 8 here. Lad is talented.

He's done far better than we had any right to expect after his batting in SA.

I guess we'll soon find out whether 204 is adequate against these opponents on this track.

 

[Uppercut]

204 is probably more than enough.

 

[vcs]

Well, that's a very good performance by WI all in all. If they can get a handy 50 run lead or so, it could prove to be very crucial.

 

[Flem274*]

the windies can't bat and it's a home test under cloudy skies for england so jofra and wood will probably show up bowling 150kph

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

204 reassembled is 420

 

[TestMatch]

Expected Joseph to be a bit better, but overall an excellent bowling performance by WI.

Now it's up to Brathwaite to block out the rest of the day, and hopefully stress the English.

 

[morgieb]

For all the hand-wringing about England's tail wagging, their record with the lower order over the last 5 years while solid isn't as excellent as you might think.

Though in fairness it's also a pretty inconsistent matter IMO - either the lower order runs are really crucial or they completely fold.

 

[wpdavid]

For all the hand-wringing about England's tail wagging, their record with the lower order over the last 5 years while solid isn't as excellent as you might think.

Though in fairness it's also a pretty inconsistent matter IMO - either the lower order runs are really crucial or they completely fold.

Our lower order isn't quite what it was when Swann was around, Broad hadn't had his nose broken by that Indian quick, Moeen still knew which end of a bat to use and Curran or Woakes was in the side.