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Strumms

Draw, impressive bowling by Australia, their most ‘expensive’ bowler Swepson had an economy rate of 2.91.. great to see a test come down to the wire like that.

Strumms

Gillespy

Looks like it all kicked off after my last post. Cruising to hanging on. Australia can only blame themselves with all the missed chances. Babar and Rizwan were incredible, made it appear easier than it was. Miles better draw than the first drawn game.

Strumms

England win the toss and bat.

Overton taken ill overnight, Matt Fisher replaces him. England from a batting perspective have their tail a little longer.

West Indies remain unchanged..

Royale with Cheese

I don't get Cummins not enforcing the follow on. They only bowled about 50 overs, they were hardly in need of a rest. Batting last on that pitch was evidently nothing to be worried about either.

Strumms

Crawley goes for a duck, tries to leave the ball but decided too late and the ball catches the edge, ball hits bat as opposed to bat hitting ball.

West indies going all out attacking with their field.

5 slips.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118793695#Comment_118793695

yes, not like they needed much of a rest after 50 overs… let them off the hook there.

snooze fest of a first session of the England vs West Indies game, run rate of 1.56… 47 runs off 30 overs is ridiculous. Gone down to 1.51 now..

be about 180 runs in a days play, maybe, if they up the rate.

No_Hope_Club

Shot of the day.

Strumms

last 45 minutes the WI bowlers have been looking tired and that run rate has increased…..in no small part to some slack bowling that has been effectively dealt with.

Strumms

26 of the 85 overs so far have been spin, yet still West Indies won’t bowl the full complete 90 overs in time…

2 wickets have fallen, no weather delays… absolutely not acceptable. If 6 wickets had fallen and an injury we could have been deprived of 10 overs ffs… hopefully an appropriate sanction can be applied… hitting them in their pocket, be it players, Cricket West Indies or whoever, they certainly have been in no rush in between overs, plenty of chatter, gesticulating and head scratching..Jason Holder now holding up the show by spending two to three minutes between overs warming up and stretching. Taking the piss.

Run rate of 2.58 is appalling too, even more so because the number of wickets England have in hand and the docile pitch … 2.58 come on..

Gillespy

Lawrence got a bit too excited trying to get to his maiden hundred before the end of play. Four, four and out. He played well, was nice and positive after Lees slow grind. I suppose Lees did his job. Only beginning his career he needed a score so understandable. Hit the fielders a lot I noticed so he's not totally limited shot wise.

Root has well and truly stopped all the chat about his conversion rate problem. Great player.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118796250#Comment_118796250

I was watching that unfold.. and he has his captain at the other end 20 meters away letting him get on with it saying nothing… “Dan, reign it in, tomorrow is another day and we need you.”

Root is a great player totally but at times his captaincy is oddsville.

Strumms

an entertaining morning, much needed after the more or less borefest of yesterday, Stokes teeing off and some, T20 mode… Jesus an unbelievable 6 as I type. Fantastic..

already the run rate is up to 3.18 from 2.58 overnight..

Stokes 87* from 89

MFPM

England set for a very big score here, should be able to set near 500 for the WI....

VillaMad

Incredible innings from Stokes. A joy to watch. Has a chance to get a century in a session, which surely doesn't happen very often.

Strumms

Didn’t quite make it in a session but on 89 from 92 so a good chance of a run a ball century…that doesn’t happen all that often..

slowed up but an excellently entertaining and aggressive century…really enjoyable watching this…

England 401/4… they should throw the kitchen sink at it now… set for 500 if they get their mind fixed on a continuing streak of positivity and aggression, nothing to gain by going defensive.

Gillespy

Something there for Leach if can bowl better than Permaul, which shouldn't be too difficult. Twenty wickets won't be straightforward though.

Strumms

Totally, the key though will too be the timing of the declaration… 500 and Root has to declare, pointless carrying on wasting time… I’ll put money he won’t declare though..knowing him.

Permaul picks up a wicket, no sign of a declaration and they ain’t sending a batsman out just facilitate a milestone of 500… depressing.

Gillespy

Just as well there's DRS with this standard of umpiring. Made sense during covid, now's time to get back to neutral umpires from the elite panel of umpires or whatever they call it.

Mysterypunter

Some good games in the women’s World Cup do far, but West Indies can hit the spinners off the square against Bangladesh, were 40/1 off 12 overs, now 73/7 in the 37th, 33/6 off the last 25 overs, absolutely crazy batting, they rely heavily on the top 3, and you could almost argue the tail starts at 6 or 7

Mysterypunter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118800259#Comment_118800259

By top 3 I meant Dottin Matthews and Taylor, even though Taylor batted at 4 today, the change didn’t do much good, 86/7 now, could still win with around 150, but Bangladesh should just stick with the spinners until the end

Strumms

Bangladesh giving West Indies a game and some… West Indian ladies 120-8 after 46.3.

getting a bit careless in the last few overs, butchered a couple of handy run outs that they should have converted…

Mysterypunter

Finished at 140/8, could be close

Strumms

2.84 the RRR… West Indian girls going to need wickets…

Mysterypunter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118800390#Comment_118800390

And it sure was, West Indies scramble home in a thriller, Bangladesh 136 all out, and 4 short of the target, lost 3/0 to go from 60/2 to 60/5, and just sort in the end

Strumms

Good start to the morning for England, Brooks cuts Leach to Wokes at gully who takes a good catch…A really poor shot, tail ender-esque…it was dying on the big man so he does well to gather it …84-2, England well on top. 2.3 is the run rate.

Gillespy

Matt Fisher looks a bit of a find. Has good attributes and shown good consistency so far.

West Indies need Bonner to repeat his mammoth innings from Antigua. Batting looks a lot more challenging here now however.

Strumms

2.1 now, West Indies really getting bogged down.

Stokes with a shout for lbw, they don’t review when the appeal is turned down, looks seriously close…

it’s out, hitting leg, dead centre, looked out on tv in real time… worst case they’d have kept the review if clipping, umpires call, so silly play, had to have known it was close…… appealing vociferously then captain and bowler talking each other out of the review… mad… that’s what happens when you have a negative captain.

Strumms

Leach has bowled ok, looked a bit more threatening on this pitch.

West Indies gone from 101/3 and in a little difficulty to 170/3 with the very likely possibility of being able to get up to or over the English first innings total.

Braithwaite and Blackwood being let’s say watchful thus far for the most part but punishing the wayward deliveries and increasing the run rate now…. Being a little more adventurous…

Gillespy

The Stokes one seemed like it was going down. His angle and everything looked off. Sometimes you wonder with the ball tracking. It throws up predicted paths that no one expects from watching the replays. Hindsight of course it's an error not to review. I wouldn't lay any blame on the umpire though.

Another terrible pitch. Putting five days of good crowds before the game.