**Official** England in The West Indies

[raju]

Another lucky 3 before lunch for the big man I suppose.

 

[luckyeddie]

Fact.... Steve Harmison was a joke a year ago, and much of the criticism was warranted.
Fact.... Steve Harmison has progressed so far in 12 months that he bears little resemblance to what we saw before.
Fact.... Rik will now take those statements and proclaim that I reckon Steve Harmison is now beyond a joke.

 

[PY]

Welcome back Eddie

 

[a massive zebra]

all batsmen (apart from Bradman) go through spells where things dont quite click

Bradman did have a spell of poor form. Have a look at his performances in the first few matches of the 1934 Ashes tour.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Jones strikes, Chanderpaul gone for 2, 113/4

DR Smith in - let's see if he has the discipline.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Jones strikes, Chanderpaul gone for 2, 113/4

DR Smith in - let's see if he has the discipline.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

oh so let me get this straight here...u are comparing an in form sarwan to an out of form michael vaughan(he was throughout the summer)??why do u look at the last 15 tests then??look at their entire careers both have played nearly the same no of test matches and vaughan averages nearly 10 more than sarwan.
and also have u been looking at the kind of wickets the 2 have been batting on?sarwan gets to bat on those lifeless wickets in the west indies while vaughan has had to bat in england and sri lanka, two very different stories i must say
and despite all of that vaughan still averages 4 more than sarwan in that period..out of form and all....tsk tsk

Perhaps you should read what I say before accusing me of such nonsense:

" Sarwan may not be one of the best in the world, but I think he certainly holds his own against Butcher and Hussain. Thorpe and Vaughan maybe not"

The comment to which you refer was blatantly 'by the way'.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Not to make excuses, but I'm a bit disappointed in Lara for playing this game. He knows that he's risking injuring himself even more seriously than he is already.

He took his net session on the concrete pitch yesterday because of the injury - he didn't want to risk injuring himself by playing on the turf. This to me definitely says that he's not match fit, because Test cricket is not played on concrete pitches.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

anti harmison fans

Lol.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Fact.... Steve Harmison was a joke a year ago, and much of the criticism was warranted.
Fact.... Steve Harmison has progressed so far in 12 months that he bears little resemblance to what we saw before.
Fact.... Rik will now take those statements and proclaim that I reckon Steve Harmison is now beyond a joke.

The duck's back!!!

I've been sooooo bored the last few months...

 

[PY]

Rain, go away and don't bother coming again another day. :!(

Not enough groundstaff!!!! Liam, get yourself down there and help!!! :P

 

[Tim]

I reckon if Harmison can do the same to NZ in June he can probably say to himself he's found a home at international level.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Harmison and England out think Dwayne Smith

Hussain moves back to square leg, Harmison bangs one in short, Smith compliantly hooks and it's catching practice for Hussain.

And people would have you believe wickets like that aren't deserved...

 

[Neil Pickup]

Bye Bye Ramnaresh.

Comments, Rik?

 

[Tim]

Ridiculous batting...either his partner should have come down the wicket & told him, or even if he saw the plan going into effect he should have known better.

You can't blame England though, they're just taking advantage of a side who look like they have lost the plot.

 

[PY]

HARMO, HARMO!!!

Another five wickets.

13 - 4 - 41 - 5

Awesome

 

[Neil Pickup]

Ridiculous batting...either his partner should have come down the wicket & told him, or even if he saw the plan going into effect he should have known better.

It's why Dwayne Smith isn't up to Test standard yet.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Brilliant bowling, although it must be said that this is poor batting.

 

[Tim]

Im not watching the match on tv, but from cricinfo commentary it seems the last 2 wickets have been fairly poor dismissals.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Im not watching the match on tv, but from cricinfo commentary it seems the last 2 wickets have been fairly poor dismissals.

Smith's was a planned trap at his inadequacies; Sarwan's was a waft it seems.