*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

[flibbertyjibber]

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.

Bess was shocking in SA but has a decent county record.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

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.

A 50 run deficit would be a problem though. With their line up you have no idea what will happen.

 

[Beamer]

As expected, the bowlers did the business.

Unfortunately coming up is the bit I have been dreading.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

204 reassembled is 420

campbell BLAZE IT

 

[Arachnodouche]

Good god, is Anderson going to bowl with that headband? Reverting to metro mode I see.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Hope we get a new version of Brathwaite

 

[Daemon]

Anderson bowling a perfect over of 80+mph outies at a couple of weeks shy of 38yo

What a man

 

[wpdavid]

Good god, is Anderson going to bowl with that headband? Reverting to metro mode I see.

Channelling his inner Lillee maybe.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Channelling his inner Lillee maybe.

Channelling his "Oh bugger I haven't been able to get a haircut yet" more like.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

We're on the board

 

[Arachnodouche]

Anderson looks smooth, Archer sharp from the start. We know Wood will give it his all. Going to be hard for WI.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Decent first over from Archer

 

[TestMatch]

Anderson seems faster than usual.

Anyone has stats on Holder, McGrath and Anderson's average speeds?

 

[honestbharani]

Thsi is all very similar to our 2018 start.

 

[honestbharani]

Good bowling performance, nuggety tail enders add a bit more to the score. Decent opening stand, a lot of nudging and pushing to get the runs. Then the Dukes 15 overs thing started and it all went south very very quickly.

 

[trundler]

Looks plumb

 

[weldone]

Home umpires lol

 

[trundler]

.. Other than that pitching out bit

 

[Daemon]

That looked plumb

 

[honestbharani]

It doesn't help the umpires when every bad decision seems to be the way of the home side with both bat and ball. That was a great review though. Looked rather plumb, can see why Illingworth raised his finger.

As usual, the best argument for neutral umpires is simply the fact that they won't be called bias when they make mistakes.