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*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Yeah... I understand he does not always make the side with so many good bowlers to choose from but he is a bit like Stokes (not in terms of quality exactly, but IIRC, Stokes was playing as a bowling allrounder against us back in 2014 too) as an X factor player. You gotta back the kid.
 
TestMatch

TestMatch

U19 Cricketer
Curran got that Ben Stokes X-factor. Should have two wickets to his name.

Can't see WI hanging around much tomorrow. They look tired and dejected.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Nah.. kid will learn to reverse or something. He finds a way, and has that spark about him. I remember thinking that way about Stokes in 2014 when he was batting at 8 and playing as a frontline seamer against us.
 
Beamer

Beamer

International Vice-Captain
TestMatch said:
Curran got that Ben Stokes X-factor. Should have two wickets to his name.

Can't see WI hanging around much tomorrow. They look tired and dejected.
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Let's see. This team fights much harder than their predecessors. That might not be enough but I don't think they'll just roll over.
 
Bijed

Bijed

International Regular
honestbharani said:
Nah.. kid will learn to reverse or something. He finds a way, and has that spark about him. I remember thinking that way about Stokes in 2014 when he was batting at 8 and playing as a frontline seamer against us.
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Haha, I'd forgotten Stokes batted 8 in that series. Think he literally averaged 0, mind.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
gg windies, kinda glad i didn't follow through on my threat to put this on last night but it might have been more competitive than titans v storm (had a storm fan in the room too) and wests v broncos (they didn't even cry this week, 0/10).
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

Audio File
Draw has come in considerably since this afternoon, it's at 2.87 at the time of writing. Weather doesn't look good for tomorrow unfortunately.
 
Cruxdude

Cruxdude

International Debutant
I don't think Sam Curran will have anything like a Ben Stokes career. I have a feeling he will end up similar to Irfan Pathan in tests and would be lucky to have as good a career in ODIs. This despite what he did to us in 2018.
 
J

JOJOXI

International Captain
Howe_zat said:
Draw has come in considerably since this afternoon, it's at 2.87 at the time of writing. Weather doesn't look good for tomorrow unfortunately.
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Putting it kindly, looks like it could rain all day, a few hours ago the Met Office suggested there could be a shower around 1pm on Sunday - it seemed isolated but just checked and that seems unlikely now but even if there are no interruptions on Sunday if it rains all day tomorrow this is the match position with 2 days to go. Then pressure on West Indies batsman not just for pride but bat out the day on Day 4 and you are past the follow on target - pressure then on England to get quick runs it'll be interesting if the top 3 remains the same if West Indies are bowled out with deficit of 170/180. 120 in 25 overs by England on Day 5 perhaps, even then you are giving yourself 2 sessions to ensure West Indies don't retain the Wisden Trophy
 
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