***Official** West Indies in England***

[Richard]

Oh righteo, I wasn't sure whether you were watching or not so thought I'd clarfiy

Certainly am. Got a report to write!

And on that subject... Mr Lewis, what are you up to on Saturday?

 

[TT Boy]

I disagree. The bounce has been high, but (as Jimmy said) it's been true.

True my ass, the ball has taken off and has kept relatively ‘low’ on a few occasions.

 

[Richard]

That's two extremely strange shots of that nature from Vaughan this morning.

 

[four_or_six]

I hope so. I hope, whenever Vaughan has to go (which I hope isn't for another couple of years), that someone like Owais Shah will come back in, and who knows, not long after that there might be the Sam Northeasts and Ben Godlemans to come in.

Yeah, maybe. I'm just not totally convinced about specialist batsmen as no.6's in the long term.

 

[wpdavid]

Certainly am. Got a report to write!

And on that subject... Mr Lewis, what are you up to on Saturday?

Looking after the kids for most of the day - I can't see me getting near a computer for any length of time. Is that what you had in mind, or were you offering to buy me a lunchtime pint?

 

[TT Boy]

Fifty up for England, going at six runs an over...

 

[Richard]

True my ass, the ball has taken off and has kept relatively ‘low’ on a few occasions.

I can think of 1 occasion where it's kept a bit low, and that's it. It's never yet crawled along the ground.

 

[Perm]

I haven't seen the ball keep low too much, but the bounce has been consistently high. Edwards in particular has looked dangerous because of it, in between the tripe obviously.

 

[cover drive man]

Shocked at the early wicket.

 

[Richard]

Looking after the kids for most of the day - I can't see me getting near a computer for any length of time. Is that what you had in mind, or were you offering to buy me a lunchtime pint?

I'd happily do that, but, well... distance problems.

Was hoping someone might be able to finish a report at around 17:50 or so and upload it. Anyone else up for that, please say.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Never knew Vaughan was born a Lancastrian. . Thought he was born in Sheffield.

 

[Richard]

Shocked at the early wicket.

I'm starting to expect it, TBH. Can't see Strauss lasting much longer, ITBT. Sad thing is, there's not exactly any outstanding openers up and down the country.

And that's a helluva stroke.

 

[Perm]

Cook looking superb here.

 

[wpdavid]

I haven't seen the ball keep low too much, but the bounce has been consistently high. Edwards in particular has looked dangerous because of it, in between the tripe obviously.

If he sorts out his radar, he's going to be a real handful on this track. You feel that if WI get it right, England could lose a few quickly, even after this start. Bravo will certainly fancy his chances.

 

[Richard]

Never knew Vaughan was born a Lancastrian. . Thought he was born in Sheffield.

Haha, nope. Was one of the biggest reasons for the abolition of the county-born-only policy. Sheffield-raised, but Worsley-born.

 

[Perm]

I'm starting to expect it, TBH. Can't see Strauss lasting much longer, ITBT. Sad thing is, there's not exactly any outstanding openers up and down the country.

And that's a helluva stroke.

They'll bring back Trescothick I'd say.

 

[TT Boy]

Edwards and Taylor can't land two balls in the same spot. Really terrible bowling this is.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Is that any great surprise...

 

[Perm]

If he sorts out his radar, he's going to be a real handful on this track. You feel that if WI get it right, England could lose a few quickly, even after this start. Bravo will certainly fancy his chances.

Edwards has two lengths, full and short, he rarely bowls anything in between which is poor considering a lot of the short stuff is either too short or too wide.

 

[Richard]

They'll bring back Trescothick I'd say.

Let's hope so, but there still seems to be considerable indecision there.