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

[Pup Clarke]

Obviously I'll learn never to put that much faith in Gayle...

 

[Richard]

Perhaps it was the slower ball?.... If it was then surely credit must go to the bowler in decieving the batsmen?.

Nah, wasn't a slower-ball from what I could see. Just seemed to check his shot... but not quickly enough.

Wish they'd show a replay of the bowler's hand so we'd know for sure, though.

 

[Pup Clarke]

You don't usually see checked shots for seam up deliveries do you?. I'm guessing it was the slower ball.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Let's hope for my sake that Marlon Samuels stays in for a while yet.

 

[wpdavid]

Sidebottom needed that, or else we might have been looking at one of the shorter oneday careers.

 

[Richard]

You don't usually see checked shots for seam up deliveries do you?. I'm guessing it was the slower ball.

See it a bit from Gayle, TBH - it's the way he swings his bat. Always has less control of it than some. Have seen him dismissed like that a few times before.

Of course, it's a fault that also enables him to play those massive flowing drives and pulls, and he averages pretty well, so it's just something you've got to live with, but as I say, it will cause problems from time to time.

 

[Richard]

Uh oh, Chanderpaul's limping - beware!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The_Bunny]

........

Best looking smiley around

 

[Richard]

Nah. I think you should read:
Roll-eyes: Impact and effect on today's society. Hiemstra, R., & Brier, E. M. (1994).
Melbourne, FL: Krieger Publishing Company. 152pp., ISBN 0-89464-660-5

 

[Richard]

Dimi looking pretty reasonable so far. 3-7-0. Worried yet Hakon?

 

[Scaly piscine]

So anyway why does Cricinfo have Mascarenhas as FM...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Dimi looking pretty reasonable so far. 3-7-0. Worried yet Hakon?

I blame Anderson for taking wickets.

And it's 7-25-0, so he's only ten behind schedule. Hopefully scoring rate pressure will get to Chanders soon.

 

[Richard]

A BOUNDARY!!!!!!!!!!!! I Don't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Richard]

And Collingwood dropping a relatively simple chance too...

 

[Richard]

Haha, Prior takes the bails off before Samuels lifts his foot!

 

[Pup Clarke]

Don't think it's that funny tbh. As the commentators said, keeping is instinctive.

 

[wpdavid]

WI will be pretty happy with this, won't they? Admittedly I haven't seen a single delivery, but in the conditions you'd really expect about 90 for 4 at this stage.

 

[Pratters]

No rain? :o Ball swinging like crazy?

 

[wpdavid]

You have to fancy Samuels chances against Yardy, no? WI looking set for 270+ if he stays in.

 

[Richard]

Don't think it's that funny tbh. As the commentators said, keeping is instinctive.

Oh, it's not poor wicketkeeping, certainly not. But I did find it a bit funny.