*Official* West Indies Tour of England, JULY 9th to 25th, 2024-- 3 TEST MATCHES

[SillyCowCorner1]

Entertaining today bar the bad light farce but my phone is about to die

enjoy the rest of the play all

Have a good rest of the day, see you tomorrow

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Motie's skill is showing here.

 

[Howe_zat]

Gus Atkinson has the best bowling average of all time



This is with a qualification of 5 wickets.

If the qualification is removed, Atkinson's average of 6.42 is in 15th, right between Mark Boucher's 6.0 and Alastair Cook's 7.0.

 

[Howe_zat]

Since the start of the 2023 season Zak Crawley is the leading run scorer in Test cricket.

 

[Shri]

Since the start of the 2023 season Zak Crawley is the leading run scorer in Test cricket.

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wow moral victory strikes again

 

[CartyDurham]

@SillyCowCorner1

this is one of those Hawkeye decision which missed on sky tv coverage. This image is from the bbc highlights show

the comms said wickets missing . That looks like it went through middle and leg

 

[GIMH]

wow moral victory strikes again

Er no, just good output

 

[Beamer]

Well that could not have gone much worse. The bowling apart from Alzarri was decent, but wow that lower middle order batting was awful.

Atkinson looked good, he has the basics to be a test class bowler.

I do think we were a little meek today, even Athanaze was blocking half volleys. They need to find the balance between patience and keeping the scoreboard ticking.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Well that could not have gone much worse. The bowling apart from Alzarri was decent, but wow that lower middle order batting was awful.

Atkinson looked good, he has the basics to be a test class bowler.

I do think we were a little meek today, even Athanaze was blocking half volleys. They need to find the balance between patience and keeping the scoreboard ticking.

They need someone at the top who can fling bat. A Dwayne Smith type. We get bogged down by our approach early on and fail to realize that dot ball buildup leads to rash shots and then not being in control. It’s just as important as hitting boundaries.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

@SillyCowCorner1

this is one of those Hawkeye decision which missed on sky tv coverage. This image is from the bbc highlights show

the comms said wickets missing . That looks like it went through middle and leg

It’s from the angle at which Holder delivered the ball, quite extreme.

 

[Beamer]

They need someone at the top who can fling bat. A Dwayne Smith type. We get bogged down by our approach early on and fail to realize that dot ball buildup leads to rash shots and then not being in control. It’s just as important as hitting boundaries.

Agreed. Kraigg has been stinking up the place recently. Not setting good tone.

 

[Shri]

Er no, just good output

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Agreed. Kraigg has been stinking up the place recently. Not setting good tone.

Another perspective is the weak middle order. Blocking balls trying to get themselves in can work with this approach, it’s just that you gotta back it up with your skills. Not fall prey to stupidity.

 

[Beamer]

Another perspective is the weak middle order. Blocking balls trying to get themselves in can work with this approach, it’s just that you gotta back it up with your skills. Not fall prey to stupidity.

They are also all under prepared. They spent ages in Australia ahead of the tests. Here they're well short of match readiness. As soon as they lost that toss, it was pretty inevitable given the quality of our batting.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

They are also all under prepared. They spent ages in Australia ahead of the tests. Here they're well short of match readiness. As soon as they lost that toss, it was pretty inevitable given the quality of our batting.

Understood, they were cows for the slaughter.

 

[trundler]

Jason Holder isn't a test #6's arsehole

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I guess the only way to crash England’s party on Sunday is to win this test match.

Why? Because they are going to win the Euros

 

[Hungry Llama]

Woof Woof

 

[Hungry Llama]

Well done Olly Watkins!

 

[Hungry Llama]

oops