England v West Indies, 2nd Test, Trent Bridge, 25-29 May, 2012

Well done Ravi. Crikey, Straws is crabbing.

Just as well the classy Belf is there to caress the ball around.

Strauss has got to bat long. I think that he's doing the right thing here...

Especially with Bell out

Good bowling by Roach and Rampaul this morning, full balls swinging in. Good test for Bairstow I reckon, the Windies' tails are up.

Sexy 22 by Bell.

Is this the most Strauss has added post an overnight hundred, think you pointed it out in the last match.

Beaut by Roach.

Bell was just about to settle in for a treble century then...

Blowers: Bairstow's baptism of fieerrreee.

Well played Blowy.

And he's gone. Bairstow.

Bairstow looks well short of Test class. Can't play pace at all and looks dreadful against the short delivery. I guess that's what you get when you pick somebody based on their stellar record in limited-overs cricket. Oh, wait. He's been sh*t there too.

Get Jimmy in there, NOW.

Jimmy? Desperate measures for a night watchman at this stage...

Bowled him. Sammy has Prior.

Windies win that session.

Expecting a WI collapse in the second innings.

Good stuff from WI. Loose stuff from Eng. Possibly still good enough for a 50 lead, but maybe not. Our bowlers will have to be right on it.

Bairstow seemed out of his depth. Is that a surprise considering the dobber mania?

So Strauss managed to score 23 in the session.

Here's one for all you triv fans:

All things going England's way, it looks like Sammy (1-87) may go for over 100 runs in his bowling innings. If it happens, will it be the first case of scoring a century with the bat and in the next innings conceding 100 runs with the ball?

I don't know myself, it just sounds quite rare.

Strauss' HS in fc matches at The Bridge beating his 120 against Notts here in 2007. This is his first Test century on this ground. He has scored centuries on 5 of England's (including Wales) 9 current Test grounds with Edgbaston, The Riverside, Sophia Gardens and The Rose Bowl being the omissions. He has scored 5 Test centuries at his home ground of Lord's.

Brass Monkey wrote:Here's one for all you triv fans:

All things going England's way, it looks like Sammy (1-87) may go for over 100 runs in his bowling innings. If it happens, will it be the first case of scoring a century with the bat and in the next innings conceding 100 runs with the ball?

I don't know myself, it just sounds quite rare.

Will have a look but I suspect all-rounders like Kapil Dev and Imran would be prime candidates in run-fests on billiard-tops in India.

Brass Monkey wrote:Here's one for all you triv fans:

All things going England's way, it looks like Sammy (1-87) may go for over 100 runs in his bowling innings. If it happens, will it be the first case of scoring a century with the bat and in the next innings conceding 100 runs with the ball?

I don't know myself, it just sounds quite rare.

This saves me the trouble, at least until the beginning of last year. Both Imran and Kapil are on the list as are some other famous names:

Scoring 100 & Conceding 100

Meandering now.

Allan D wrote:This saves me the trouble, at least until the beginning of last year. Both Imran and Kapil are on the list as are some other famous names:

Scoring 100 & Conceding 100

Bravo must've come close against South Africa in that match that Boucher took a wicket.

Of course it's meandering, nothing happening at all.

Top innings by Strauss.

Allan D wrote:
This saves me the trouble, at least until the beginning of last year. Both Imran and Kapil are on the list as are some other famous names:

Scoring 100 & Conceding 100

Cheers Allan, yeah it seems very rare

100/5 today. Still seems a flattie to me so WI have done very well.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Allan D wrote:
This saves me the trouble, at least until the beginning of last year. Both Imran and Kapil are on the list as are some other famous names:

Scoring 100 & Conceding 100

Cheers Allan, yeah it seems very rare

Depends how "rare" you think 48x is but out of 1991 Tests (to January 2011) you're probably right. Haven't checked if there have been any instances since then (before current match).

tricycle wrote:

Allan D wrote:This saves me the trouble, at least until the beginning of last year. Both Imran and Kapil are on the list as are some other famous names:

Scoring 100 & Conceding 100

Bravo must've come close against South Africa in that match that Boucher took a wicket.

3 runs short, although 1-121 in the match:

West Indies v. South Africa, Antigua, 29 Apr - 4 May 2005