*Official* England Tour of West Indies 2019

[SillyCowCorner1]

I saw this and then the Cricinfo headline "Brathwaite raises tempo after Campbell cameo ends"

Then I saw he's on 27 from 75 and now I'm confused

After the first hour he was 5 off 60 odd balls.

There's the perspective.

 

[Beamer]

Excellent first session for us. Well done guys.

Campbell did exactly what he does in FC cricket. Excellent start against incisive seam bowling and an aggressive start against spin before getting himself out sweeping.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Well we got to lunch losing only the single wicket.

Pitch is good for batting.

 

[Woodster]

Good first session from WI. A typically patient effort from Brathwaite, as it should be on the first morning of a Test when facing up to a new ball. Campbell on the other hand batted with a little more freedom, but really just put away the loose balls he got, a steady opening innings from him.

As for England’s bowling, Jimmy predictably on the mark giving very little away, not excessive swing but sufficient to keep him interested. Curran lacked any real threat with the new ball, Stokes one too many freebies but plenty of encouragement for him. Moeen got the breakthrough but nothing too much to excite him, and a decent couple of overs from Rashid before the break.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

It's definitely gonna be a cat and mouse game in this middle session.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Anderson's so miserly these days (well, the last 8 years or so really). Just gives nothing away.

 

[Heboric]

I see cricinfo has at least fixed the tab scoring issue which is nice of them

 

[vcs]

I see cricinfo has at least fixed the tab scoring issue which is nice of them

We'll only know in the 2nd innings, won't we?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Kraigg looks so antsy against Jimmy. Jimmy should bowl more stump to stump

 

[vcs]

WI bat pretty deep, good from these two. Looking fairly comfortable ATM.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Second fifty partnership stand of this innings.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I like that they are rotating the strike against Rashid. The runs are ticking by makes it even so much better. Good cricket and chemistry by these two.

 

[Woodster]

Patience required and being shown by both sides at the start of this session. Not much happening off the pitch and a hint of shape, nothing more, through the air. England trying to build some pressure through dot balls and accurate bowling from both Jimmy and Rashid, WI content at this stage with the odd single off Rashid, which team can hold their nerve for longest ?

 

[GotSpin]

WIndies need to go large here

 

[Woodster]

Two super shots from Hope off that Jimmy over, made a mess of his figures, now up to 14 runs off his 14 overs!

 

[Bijed]

WIndies need to go large here

Picking Cornwall would have helped with that

 

[h_hurricane]

Never expected a test match in WI in January. Is this a maiden thing ?

 

[Bijed]

Had a chuckle at this on the BBC's coverage:

Samit Patel talking about Stuart Broad in the Caribbean reminds me of one of my favourite cricket stories.


Graeme Swann recounts it in his autobiography - Luke Wright and Stuart Broad came down with food poisoning before the infamous Stanford T20 match in Antigua and so didn't train one day.


Patel claimed to have been stricken too so also missed training, only for the England squad to return later and bump into Patel coming back from the hotel shop with a bag full of Bounty bars.


Patel said he couldn't keep any other food down...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That drive...oh my.

Sangakkara like

 

[Heboric]

We'll only know in the 2nd innings, won't we?

eek okay them im not sure now, im sure it was wonky in the first innings in the 3rd test between Sa and Pak.

Oh just have to wait and see