Re: West Indies v England, 3rd Test, Bridgetown, 1-5 May, 2015

by Lindsay no.2 Sat 02 May 2015, 21:29

Nice review you little ginger shrew.

by beamer Sat 02 May 2015, 21:34

Well, it was missing off, and leg... not out twice over! My first instinct was "that's swinging down leg by a mile" I have to admit, but then again I'm not a cricketer or an umpire...

All down to Ballance and Root once again. WI could win this by lunch tomorrow...

by beamer Sat 02 May 2015, 22:07

And... no nightwatchman? When we typically use them at 400-3?

by Big Dog Sat 02 May 2015, 22:16

by beamer Sat 02 May 2015, 22:29

The Burnley Lara must be somewhat frustrated at not being called upon here!

No idea what the tactics should be from here, perhaps just get someone to have a slog and try and set them something close to 200?

by skully Sat 02 May 2015, 22:40

Crikey, it's carnage in Barbados!!! 18 wickets - WTF??? Shocked

Well done to Jimmeh on his 6. Looking forward to seeing the highlights. Got home late last night after a night out and caught the quick end to the England innings. Didn't expect another 15 to go down while I slept. Shocked

by Growler Sun 03 May 2015, 00:00

beamer wrote:The Burnley Lara must be somewhat frustrated at not being called upon here!

Not as frustrated as he must be at the cream of English batting, beams, after ripping out the top order for bugger all - then cleaning out the tail in short order. It's not that far fetched to see him outscoring Cook, Trott, Bell, Root and Ali combined ...... and still be on the losing side.

No idea what the tactics should be........

........ neither did any of the fcukwits we call batsmen by the look of things.

I've just couriered a stone of home grown rhubarb to Geoffrey, begging him to dig up his mum (and grandma, come to that.)

by PeterCS Sun 03 May 2015, 00:58

The possible upside of this latest Gran' Collapso:

Any cruising sense of satisfaction in deckchairs the management, captain or whoever else might have slipped into from what seemed to be heading towards a result of a 2-0 away series win (errr, don't emphasise against what opposition) ... will now not only be plainly misplaced anyone those outside the goldfish bowl, but should be clearly ludicrous to all: even those in the bubble.

So, time for a serious heads-down in planning, strategies, and co-ordination of best solutions. Including players, their skills and roles.

In normal circumstances, that would be a big potential gain.

by PeterCS Sun 03 May 2015, 01:04

ewww, Growls .... no need to get quite so ghoulish? I love you

by Red Sun 03 May 2015, 01:26

Big Dog wrote:

Always funny. Bell always keeps his fans on tenterhooks.

by Paul Keating Sun 03 May 2015, 04:16

Fark I though this was a two test series and did not even know this was on.

18 wickets in a day? FMD.

by skully Sun 03 May 2015, 08:24

Jimmeh was very impressive. I loved his late inswinger to Marlon that made him look like a complete dick shouldering arms.

by Basil Sun 03 May 2015, 08:37

Jimmy was awesome. Quite what he thought of the batting that followed is, I suspect, unprintable.

by Brass Monkey Sun 03 May 2015, 09:50

Catastrophic batting. It was a manual of how not to bat. We won't get to 70. WI will get there with 4 down.

by Guest Sun 03 May 2015, 10:12

Windies haven't exactly covered themselves in glory with the bat either. All's not lost.

by Ethics? The Gall! Sun 03 May 2015, 10:22

vilkrang wrote:Windies haven't exactly covered themselves in glory with the bat either. All's not lost.

it will be if you save this match cos then nothings gonna change before the ashes
except trott will probably be ****** off. poor buggers been screwed over totally by management but thisll be the end of his international career. maybe thats what they really wanted

by Guest Sun 03 May 2015, 10:24

We're f*cked for the Ashes either way. Australia have a much better team and we are a bunch of pussies.

We have less chance than we did in 2001.

by taipan Sun 03 May 2015, 10:24

Ethics? The Gall! wrote:
vilkrang wrote:Windies haven't exactly covered themselves in glory with the bat either. All's not lost.
it will be if you save this match cos then nothings gonna change before the ashes
except trott will probably be ****** off. poor buggers been screwed over totally by management but thisll be the end of his international career. maybe thats what they really wanted

Aye, they are knocking off the Saffies one by one.

by beamer Sun 03 May 2015, 12:24

vilkrang wrote:We're f*cked for the Ashes either way. Australia have a much better team and we are a bunch of pussies.

We have less chance than we did in 2001.

Well, we certainly shouldn't be building this Aussie team up as being in the class of the 2001 vintage, they're nowhere near. That team had perhaps five all-time greats at the peak of their powers. Our fragile top order, negative approach and complete reliance on Anderson with the ball means England probably have little chance, but give the opposition too much respect and it will be 5-0 before a ball has been bowled.

by Guest Sun 03 May 2015, 13:36

beamer wrote:
vilkrang wrote:We're f*cked for the Ashes either way. Australia have a much better team and we are a bunch of pussies.

We have less chance than we did in 2001.
Well, we certainly shouldn't be building this Aussie team up as being in the class of the 2001 vintage, they're nowhere near. That team had perhaps five all-time greats at the peak of their powers. Our fragile top order, negative approach and complete reliance on Anderson with the ball means England probably have little chance, but give the opposition too much respect and it will be 5-0 before a ball has been bowled.

They aren't anywhere near the 2001 Australian team but that didn't stop them dicking us 5-0 even more emphatically than in 2006-7.

by beamer Sun 03 May 2015, 13:45

Exactly, that was the worst performance ever seen from an England cricket team. Perhaps any sport. Every chance of a repeat on this evidence, but if we're scared of them it will only increase the chances. Need to stand toe-to-toe and, if necessary, out-qunt them. And preferably bring something new to the table without too many battle-scarred players from last time.

by Guest Sun 03 May 2015, 14:36

Not saying I don't agree with you, but there isn't a great deal I can personally do about it.

by beamer Sun 03 May 2015, 14:37

vilkrang wrote:Not saying I don't agree with you, but there isn't a great deal I can personally do about it.

What the f*ck? scratch

by Guest Sun 03 May 2015, 14:45

Hehe just felt like you were saying my attitude would make a difference or something, my mistake Very Happy

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by Basil Sun 03 May 2015, 15:32

So 62/6 from 39/5 - I suppose this must count as a recovery

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