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

[BazBall21]

Hope Kraigg goes big. Has looked at home barring the first two overs from Wood.

 

[BazBall21]

Yeah it’s something they all look to do regularly these days. I don’t remember it being anywhere near as common to change the ball back in the day. I mean, teams still tried it but the umps seemed stricter on allowing it

Yeah it's become more prominent very recently.

 

[BazBall21]

Couldn't ask for better batting conditions for this

 

[Beamer]

It was career-endingly bad

In which case Root and Brook need to retire . They don;t have lack of experience as an excuse for their shots!

 

[Burgey]

Bashir seems to be bowling a bit flat for my liking the last couple of overs

 

[quincywagstaff]

Yeah it’s something they all look to do regularly these days. I don’t remember it being anywhere near as common to change the ball back in the day. I mean, teams still tried it but the umps seemed stricter on allowing it

Wonder if they'll have to bring in a rule limiting how many times a fielding side can ask to have the ball changed during an innings? Gradually creeped in to the game so it's now a standard tactic.

 

[BazBall21]

Atkinson's bouncer is hard to read. Unlike a Woakes where you see the ball all the way.

 

[Burgey]

Atkinson's bouncer is hard to read. Unlike a Woakes where you see the ball all the way.

Looks like he’s got an unusual trajectory in general. Seems the sort of bloke it would take a while to get used to.

these tactics are itstl 22 overs into the innings. Got it done though. Brathwaite will be pissed about that

 

[BazBall21]

Kraigg (like all WI batters who grew up in the 2000s) is vulnerable v the short ball. They are front foot players due to the wickets becoming sluggish in that period. Brathwaite has low hands and rigid grip/body agility too.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Looked in trouble from opening ball of that over and how jittery he looked against that first short ball.

 

[BazBall21]

Looks like he’s got an unusual trajectory in general. Seems the sort of bloke it would take a while to get used to.

these tactics are itstl 22 overs into the innings. Got it done though. Brathwaite will be pissed about that

Different to John Snow overall but something about the early process of his delivery stride reminds me of him and he has a very compact action like Snow too. Snow could disturb batsmen with bounce off a variety of lengths.

 

[MW1304]

Properly mockered him. Will take it.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

We go on about the Bazball dismissals but how soft have the West Indies openers been with theirs?

 

[Blenkinsop]

You can see why England think Atkinson will be a good option in Aus.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

How does Darren Bravo not get a game for West Indies

 

[morgieb]

WTF was that?

 

[grecian]

Eek that's just pish batting.

 

[mackembhoy]

That would be a no ball for me

 

[Uppercut]

You can see why England think Atkinson will be a good option in Aus.

Yeah first time seeing him today and this was my first thought too.

 

[CartyDurham]

Afternoon/morning all

not seen much today but I did see the last wicket and think England and Bashir got a bit lucky on a potential no ball