*Official* Match 36 - England v West Indies

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Shahzad out of the tournament. It's a physio's nightmare out there. And a British Airways dream.

 

[Daemon]

How would you score runs if Sammy and Pollard kept bowling wide outside off with a 6-3 offside field?

 

[Spark]

**** me the keeper is funny in his pleas to run people out

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Wish Thomas could bat. Love everything else about his game.

 

[Spark]

Time for Bell to start hitting some gaps, one feels.

 

[Spark]

Drop. Not a good one either.

 

[Adamc]

Huge wicket. Collapse now pls.

 

[Spark]

Horrid.

 

[Bringbackbondy]

Bishoo > Tahir

 

[Woodster]

Tame ending for Trott who had looked so good. A risky shot against the spin looking only for a single. Come on Morgy!

 

[Blaze 18]

First ODI wicket for Bishoo!

 

[Woodster]

Think the sweep shot, if Trott wanted to play the ball in that area, may have been less risky. He's trying to turn the ball into the vacant area on the legside but keeping the bat kind of vertical giving him a much smaller area in which to make contact, when turning his wrists on it. Going against the turn always represents an element of danger.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Early reports suggest that Devendra Bishoo is not Mahendra Nagamootoo incarnate, as some feared.

 

[vcs]

Think the sweep shot, if Trott wanted to play the ball in that area, may have been less risky. He's trying to turn the ball into the vacant area on the legside but keeping the bat kind of vertical giving him a much smaller area in which to make contact, when turning his wrists on it. Going against the turn always represents an element of danger.

Got out playing across the line against India also, didn't he? It's such a productive scoring area for him that you have to take the occasional dismissal as well, I suppose.

Having said that, the guy is an absolute run machine and his temperament at the crease is so reminiscent of Kallis (I know it's been said before but the resemblance is striking).

 

[Jono]

Loving Bishoo here.

 

[Woodster]

Got out playing across the line against India also, didn't he? It's such a productive scoring area for him that you have to take the occasional dismissal as well, I suppose.

Having said that, the guy is an absolute run machine and his temperament at the crease is so reminiscent of Kallis (I know it's been said before but the resemblance is striking).

Yes going across the one against India was part of his downfall there. It is an area he is strong, but there is a danger with the odd delivery really ripping here playing with a vertical bat against the turn, I just thought playing the sweep into the same area would have contained slightly less risk.

He doesn't make many errors in shot selection, he is becoming a really high class batsman, and batted beautifully again today, just a shame he couldn't go on.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Gibson loved that one.

 

[grecian]

GTFO Bell, WTF is the point of you

 

[Burgey]

Roach. WAFG. Great ball first up, Bell embarrassed by it, frankly. Roach has been so good today.

Shades of Vaughan and Flintoff's dismissals to McGrath at Lord's in 05.

 

[Woodster]

Bell gone now, big blow. The advantage of being able to bring on a genuine wicket-taking threat in these middle overs with a batsman set. Didn't look to keep as low as Bell suggests with his shot and reaction, but probably skidded onto him if anything.