*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

[vcs]

Woakes can look really pedestrian sometimes

Yeah, when it's not overcast and swinging basically. Anderson and Broad sometimes can go through patches like that also but they're still much more of a threat.

 

[GotSpin]

He really can, yeah.

Speed gun has him at about the same velocity as Jimmeh (or close as), but never seems to hurry the batters like Anderson does.

To be fair to Woakes though, he's already had a far more substantial test career than I pegged him for when he first emerged.

Genuinely good bloke too, so don't wanna bag him too much.

Yeah I generally rate him but he looks average when he starts banging it in back of a length

 

[vcs]

Well that looked dead.

 

[Groundking]

Beautiful Broad, he's been so good this year.

 

[Howe_zat]

That's a real 'I'm the captain and I don't want to be out' review.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Broad always gets written off then comes back stronger - very similar to Tim Southee. Actually that would be an interesting comparison. Southee would probably only just edge it.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Kudos to Broad. Has looked a much better bowler since he made the decision to bowl a fuller length a couple of years back.

Was driven a couple of times, but kept his nerve and got his reward.

 

[GotSpin]

Yeah that was plumb

So many Windies bats just sit back without getting a stride forward

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Cornwall has a list a av of 33 (4 100s) and 1st class of 23, so hopefully another decent partnership here.

 

[Howe_zat]

Kudos to Broad. Has looked a much better bowler since he made the decision to bowl a fuller length a couple of years back.

Was driven a couple of times, but kept his nerve and got his reward.

I swear we were having this same conversation in about 2011. I never noticed his length dropping back, but it must have slowly drifted back after that amazing period he had in the early part of the decade, and we didn't notice because he was become a tighter, more experienced bowler at the same time.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I see Bess hasn't bowled. How is the over rate?

 

[vcs]

If Rahkeem can bat, now would be a good time to show it. You feel WI need to consume at least this session to give their bowlers a semblance of rest.

 

[Flem274*]

bugger

broad has a chance of getting to 500 in this game, which would be cool. i still remember the 2009 ashes breakout series then the would broad make india thread.

come on rakheem lets goooo.

 

[Howe_zat]

Dowrich-Cornwall has got to be the biggest weight difference in a batting partnership since Will Jefferson used to bat with James Taylor for Leicestershire.

 

[Pothas]

I swear we were having this same conversation in about 2011. I never noticed his length dropping back, but it must have slowly drifted back after that amazing period he had in the early part of the decade, and we didn't notice because he was become a tighter, more experienced bowler at the same time.

The 'enforcer' role is certainly a long time ago now. That wicket just there really has become his thing in the last couple of years though.

 

[GotSpin]

If Rahkeem can bat, now would be a good time to show it. You feel WI need to consume at least this session to give their bowlers a semblance of rest.

Yeah time is just as important here

 

[Pothas]

Broad always gets written off then comes back stronger - very similar to Tim Southee. Actually that would be an interesting comparison. Southee would probably only just edge it.

This might just be parochialism on my part but Broad is better than Southee right?

 

[Woodster]

Missed Archer’s first spell this morning (while managing a rather wretched hangover) did he look penetrative at all, where was his pace at ? Just heard the comms saying England as a whole have been rather sluggish this morning, so I guess no one’s bowled particularly well yet.

 

[Woodster]

This might just be parochialism on my part but Broad is better than Southee right?

Close one as I do really like Southee, but I think these last few years just have me edging for Broad here.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Shot Rakheem

As soon as he gets out my interest in this game is done tbh