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24-03-2022 2:30pm

It would be nice to see Pakistan get the win, although this Aussie team has become somewhat more likeable since Wade was cancelled. Only problem would be the abuse that Cummins would probably get from his own country's supporters.

Meantime in Grenada, the Windies have inserted England. Will Lees crawl to 17* by lunchtime, or will he be gone before the sun passes the yard arm?

EDIT: Oh dear! Crawley beat him back to the changing room!

Strumms · 24-03-2022 2:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118828551#Comment_118828551

There are now 3 DRS reviews available to each team per innings… The ICC put this down to less experienced local, non neutral umpires taking charge of matches since the pandemic due to increased risks for and from travel etc…

my estimation is that this will last beyond the pandemic… there will be a call for it to. It was two before this.

the standard of umpiring though even at top level is piss poor these days. Shockingly bad.

I can’t find the most up to date numbers.

but in 2016… 32% of DRS referrals showed the decision being incorrect and having to be overturned.

32 matches and 32% were overturned.

It says something when the most critical decision an umpire can make in the sport, is wrong almost 1 in 3 decisions which they try and make…a third of the time they are wrong.

bowlers bowl faster and that’s certainly a mitigating factor… but the integrity of the sport is dependent on how it is umpired….the umpires performance….

24-03-2022 3:53pm

One significant umpiring improvement is that no balls are far more likely to be called now that it's left to the third umpire.

VillaMad · 24-03-2022 4:01pm

The West Indies picking a side without a spinner shows that this pitch has a good bit going for it and the England openers began well before Crawley hit a poor shot straight to Braithwaite.

Crawley is a good talent but his eyes light up too many times and out comes the booming drive when the field is hoping for that exact shot. Also feel with him that he likes to feel bat on ball too much and as an opener you should just let the ball go as much as you can and then cash in when batting conditions are a little easier.

MFPM · 24-03-2022 4:26pm

Already looking like a more interesting test than the first two. England 30/2 with Root out for 0!

VillaMad · 24-03-2022 6:08pm

Normal service resumed by the English batting lineup.

MFPM · 24-03-2022 6:34pm

This is some collapse! They really do struggle on pitches that offer anything the bowlers.

24-03-2022 7:06pm

Egg on my face after Lees top scores for England with 31 from 97 balls! 😒 (But I still don't believe that he's a test level batsman.)

Strumms · 24-03-2022 7:28pm

4 out of 10 English batsmen acquire a score in double figures.

3 out of those 4 are bowlers

30/2 to 112/8

Strumms · 24-03-2022 8:02pm

4 runs taken by England from their last 33 deliveries….

37 overs remain in the day but it’s unlikely they’ll get through all of those id imagine.

probably unlikely England will still be batting come the close of play … certainly won’t now as Woakes gets done by a good fullish second ball after tea…he misses out on easy runs the previous delivery that Seales dragged down leg side…

the England scorecard is pathetic.

VillaMad · 24-03-2022 8:07pm

The last 2 overs before tea were gentle lobs from Bonner and Blackwood and instead of attacking them, Woakes and Leach just batted for tea with basic forward defence. Not sure why as the batting was hardly going to get any easier. They should have tried to whack them out of the ground as every run matters on a pitch like this.

SeeMoreBut · 24-03-2022 8:15pm

Mayers 5 overs 5 maidens 2 wickets. Not bad. I guess Holder doesn't want to ruin his figures

MFPM · 24-03-2022 9:09pm

Poor enough by the WI in the last hour or so, the efforts of earlier are probably taking their toll but they haven't looked overly threatening. Leach and Mahmood have looked comfortable enough...

MFPM · 24-03-2022 9:34pm

This is rubbish by the WI, and really valuable runs for England

Strumms · 24-03-2022 9:46pm

80 runs for a 10th wicket partnership is very decent… but poor from the West Indies they look leggy out there…

Numbers 10 & 11 and bowling two part timers like Nkrumah Bonner ??? AND Kraigg Braithwaite ???….The hell is that all about ? Absolutely mindless captaincy, brain dead…. Your seamers are wrecked ? Well bowl them, get that final wicket, everyone gets a rest.

MFPM · 24-03-2022 10:03pm

Agree, Braithwaite's captaincy has been poor in last few hours, he was off the pitch getting instructions. No pressure on the batsmen, no one around the bat..boundaries coming now with the new ball..

The only thing the WI can cling too is that if two tailenders can bat like this surely their top order can get runs.

24-03-2022 10:05pm

At this point it might be wiser of WI to leave the tailenders in until stumps, rather than have to bat for a few overs and risk losing a few cheap wickets.

So Joe should declare on the basis that the Windies don't want to bat tonight!

Strumms · 24-03-2022 10:11pm

Declare when you have less then 200 runs on the board….not sure Joe will go that way.

90/8 - 200/9 is some recovery..Lazarus be proud of that.

Joseph bowls it about a meter and a half down leg stump, no wide called… circus level umpiring.

MFPM · 24-03-2022 10:34pm

Hard luck to Mahmood there, thoroughly deserved a 50...WI will be delighted to get that final wicket but they were terrible in the evening session.

24-03-2022 10:35pm

I don't think he will either - but he should.

Too late now anyway!

Strumms · 24-03-2022 11:35pm

He shouldn’t but either way..

great wag in the tail but still a very much low ball score and England start day two behind the 8 ball…

a result is very likely now, unavoidable you’d say… an interesting days play tomorrow… can England come back into this ? Or will the West Indians consolidate their superiority ? First couple of sessions will be unmissable..

weather will be windy and overcast, for the remainder, ball should swing …

Strumms · 25-03-2022 4:45am

I’ll back Pakistan vs Australia… huge and brilliant effort getting through to the close 73/0…. Just a hair under 3 an over required…. Very doable with all their wickets intact.

MFPM · 25-03-2022 1:01pm

Well Australia pulled off the victory. Lyon took 5, Cummins took 8 in the match. Khawaja rightly picked as player of the series..

25-03-2022 2:12pm

25-03-2022 3:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118831881#Comment_118831881

Well, the great Brian Close would have - but Joe is no Brian Close!

Strumms · 25-03-2022 3:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118832424#Comment_118832424

Well, I was dead wrong, Pakistan lost their last 7 wickets for 43 runs, hell of a collapse…

Mysterypunter · 25-03-2022 6:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118834455#Comment_118834455

Abullah Shafique, the Pakistan opener faced nearly 1000 balls in the series, 996 I think, was a good series played on poor pitches, a bit like the West Indies v England one, Bonner the blocker just out, maybe I’ll turn it back on, would put you to sleep

Strumms · 25-03-2022 6:19pm

83-5… England bowling has been good, WI batting, scrappy and scratchy…excellently poised test though… England break this partnership they are into the tail.

the third innings, Englands second will decide this probably.

Strumms · 25-03-2022 6:33pm

Foalks after great work earlier drops a sitter, courtesy of poor footwork but Woakes traps Blackwood lbw next ball, just, umpires call. The wicket keeper is a relieved man one would suspect.

95/6…

mad considering that this pitch has always been batsmen friendly…

MFPM · 25-03-2022 6:42pm

West Indies carried on their form from last night, woeful. If England build any sort of decent second innings they should win this.

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