WI v Australia, 2nd Test, North Sound, 30th May-3rd June

So is Clark the new Pidge?

Wet outfield?

FFS

It's drizzling . . .

If you want some rain, just put some cricket stumps in the ground.....

FFS. The best way to beat Australia is to win the toss and bat first. Windies lose the toss again.....

Aye, Aus are lucky little shits.

Phurt . . . Ponting only wins the toss 40% of the time

And te pitch is a batting paradise. FFS, didn't the Windies learn anything from the Sri Lanka series? Produce pitches with some life and them and your seamers will be right in the game!

That bitter lump formed already, Trev?

tac wrote:Phurt . . . Ponting only wins the toss 40% of the time

What's the break up of home vs away tosses ?

embee wrote:

tac wrote:Phurt . . . Ponting only wins the toss 40% of the time

What's the break up of home vs away tosses ?

I didn't think he tossed much at home . . . only with Rhianna away . . .

Punter a terrible tosser? Haven't we heard that one before?

This pitch is a beaut - even Katich might get a score on it.

Katich 57*

Augustus wrote:This pitch is a beaut - even Katich might get a score on it.

And W.I. with a five man seam attack - good call..................................not!

Why do WI do it?

They were at least 'in' the 1st test until the last day.

No Spinner.

Flat pitch.

Lost the toss.

Xavier Marshall?

Oh dear!

The WI selectors must be the worst in the world. Where's Brendon Nash?

And giving 2 spinners 1 Test each and then dropping them is really terrible.

I liked the look of Benn - he seemed to have a bit about him, but he's diappeared without trace.

Basil wrote:I liked the look of Benn - he seemed to have a bit about him, but he's diappeared without trace.

Benn = Lord Lucan

Katich 75, and still playing for his future.

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Taylor to Ponting, OUT, got him! Ponting's furious with himself, and has every right to be - that was a loose stroke to a very wide delivery. A slower ball, too, and Ponting fished at it, the ball flying to Marshall at second slip who grasped a fine catch to his right

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WI almost into the tail.

Seriously, ban Australia if they put out that same gawdawful opening combination again in the next match. If anything ever kills cricket, Katich and Jaques batting together is the one with the best chance.

A bad spell for the Windies over the last few overs ...



59.4 Edwards to Hussey, no run, ooh Ramdin's dropped him. A fierce bouncer from Edwards which really hurried Hussey into a hook, and he took his eye off the ball which took a thick edge. Ramdin leapt to his right but couldn't cling on with one hand


60.1 Bravo to Katich, FOUR, monstrous! On the front foot, Katich pangs this through midwicket with a front-footed pull. Clang
Bravo around the wicket
60.2 Bravo to Katich, no run, brilliantly bowled by Bravo! A wonderful slower ball that beat Katich all ends up, ducking underneath his bat. Super comeback
60.3 Bravo to Katich, 1 run, but a waste this time. On his legs and he works it through midwicket
60.4 Bravo to Hussey, no run, driven back past the bowler and it hurtles into the non-striker's stumps
60.5 Bravo to Hussey, no run, driven to cover with a flourish
60.6 Bravo to Hussey, no run, too wide
End of over 61 (5 runs) - Australia 190/2

61.1 Edwards to Katich, 2 runs, fast delivery on middle stump but good timing gives him two, with a neat flick to leg
61.2 Edwards to Katich, 1 run, is that another one? Yes - Morton's dropped him at backward point. A simple chance which was slapped to his left, but he couldn't cling on Frustration for Edwards.
61.3 Edwards to Hussey, FOUR, shot! Oh that is pure class, back-cutting it down to third man. He just used the pace of the delivery and timed it absolutely perfectly

Seems like they're falling apart...