*Official* England in West Indies

[ozone]

Heart says COME ON ENGLAND.

Head says we can't really win this. 5 wickets in 23 overs is a huge ask, especially with a bowler playing in his first test match bowling. Anyone who reckons WI are still going to win this is either completely deluded or trolling on an epic scale.

 

[superkingdave]

If a spinner (whether Swann or MSP doesn't bowl again within the next couple of overs we've had it).

Should be one replacing Jimmy now, then he's got a bit of a rest and maybe time for a final burst

 

[Richard]

Any seamer bowling now should be bowling into rather than accross the batsman and aiming for at least 3 Yorkers per over.

Or better, spinners should be on at both ends.

 

[superkingdave]

Amjad should be off after this over anyway

 

[BoyBrumby]

Heart says COME ON ENGLAND.

Head says we can't really win this. 5 wickets in 23 overs is a huge ask, especially with a bowler playing in his first test match bowling. Anyone who reckons WI are still going to win this is either completely deluded or trolling on an epic scale.

Bingo.

Wide for Amjad now; had been decent-ish over til then. Needs to bring one back into Hinds.

 

[pskov]

First up Monty!

 

[Richard]

Alec Stewart reckoned WI might pay for wasting a referral... and he might just've been right.

(This was at Tea when they still had 1 left)

 

[ozone]

If a spinner (whether Swann or MSP) doesn't bowl again within the next couple of overs we've had it.

Good call skip.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Dunno about that, I have to say. Still if you piss away your referrals....

 

[superkingdave]

Hmm, rueing running out of referrals there

 

[wpdavid]

Amjad should be off after this over anyway

Shouldn't have been on in the first place. For an educated chap, Strauss makes some very odd calls indeed.

 

[Uppercut]

This is one of those wanker-matches that always does just enough to keep you interested but will inevitably not work out.

 

[sammy2]

loooooooool


Good try

 

[sammy2]

WI will still make it

 

[Richard]

This is one of those wanker-matches that always does just enough to keep you interested but will inevitably not work out.

Reckon it's gonna be a thriller whichever way it goes now.

We can certainly win this. Whether we're good enough to remains to be seen.

 

[wpdavid]

RRR 6.5 - Gayle will fancy this

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

My joy at the wicket is tempered only by the fact that Viv Richards has just started his stint on TMS.

 

[King Pietersen]

Bet the West Indian players are loving Devon Smith at the minute, he threw a referral away with a crap shot. 1 more wicket and the gate's opened.

 

[pskov]

Hmm, rueing running out of referrals there

Their own fault for wasting everybody's time with the two decisions they did refer. Just as umpires are still learning the system, so are the players. I think they'll pretty quickly realise that unless it's a catch and they know they didn't hit it or an lbw and they know they did, it's not worth referring it.

 

[Rebecca]

I'm giving Anderson the prize for most improved player. I don't think he could've tried harder this series and when you take into account that he's had a bad tum, I think he's done really well. He's had a lot more fight about him and suddenly I feel I can take him seriously as a front line bowler.