West Indies v England, 1st Test, Kingston, Feb 4-8

Both. Taylor's been superb. England have been abject. Rabbits in the headlights.

Like we've seen a million times before.

PlanetPakistan wrote:Hope this makes the W indians mad and they bowl England out for 46....

i could have asked for a lot more e.g

IND PAk peace
Peace in middle east
peace in Sri Lanka
betterment of ZIM/Sudan
A better job.....

or even something as trivial as "her"....

How dare Flintoff and Sidebottom be having a laugh at the crease.

Ultimately, English cricket deserves this. I'm partly distraught, partly delighted.

Flintoff makes double figures. Surely raising the bat is in order?

We're going to do this.

Come on, lads. Ten to go.

Headingly 81...

Yesss!!!

In your face, previous lowest score against the West Indies.

In. Your. Face.

WIFAN wrote:God this is fun.

Can't wait to read the British newspapers who were on a bout this being a warm up to the Ashes.

Why are people so bothered about what our newspapers are saying FFS! Can't you just enjoy it for winnings sake!

I hadn't noticed before that Ian Bell was Adidas Man these days: bat, gloves, pads, boots - team kit manufacturer.



Is it possible that he's a sponsor's pick?

Augustus wrote:Ultimately, English cricket deserves this. I'm partly distraught, partly delighted.

Well, they've picked players in their batting order who have been on borrowed time for too long.

If Bell survives this then we should build our new warships out of him.... indestructable.

It's not that those in the side are that much worse than those challenging to get in. It's that they're complacent when they've got absolutely no right to be...

50 up, records avoided. Never mind MBEs, give these two a knighthood!

I am surprised Gayle went for Powell instead of Edwards. Edwards usually does a fair job with tailenders.

Referral...

Sidebottom's such a tough little blocker. We need more county heroes in this England team, not less. Technically brilliant little squirts like Ian Bell get you nowhere. Marquee bowlers like Harmison get you nowhere.

Anyway, have we lost yet?

To be honest, I'm having a lot more fun here than I should be! The perverse sense of justice is over-taking the feeling of pure horror. Yes, England, you're shit. We've been saying it for years. Dare you realise now at your lowest ebb? Because if you ****** DON'T, you're not the idiots I took you for. You're just knobs.

Pietersen must be privately smiling a little - he was very, very right in some respects.

Execrable. Insipid. Disgusting. Woeful. Useless. Abominable. Atrocious. Deplorable. Despicable. Detestable. Wretched. Revolting. Horrific.

I'd cry in my teacup if I had one.

What a waste of time.

This referral thing has ruined LBWs.

lol! "london bridge is falling down" is playing on the ground speakers

Clamson wrote:Execrable. Insipid. Disgusting. Woeful. Useless. Abominable. Atrocious. Deplorable. Despicable. Detestable. Wretched. Revolting. Horrific.

I'd cry in my teacup if I had one.

Did you trade it for a thesaurus?

Will we see Harmi at his slogging best here? A couple of clean hits and he could be second top scorer.

8 down....

I'd quite like them to hang on for the day, just so they have to linger at the ground for a bit longer.

JK, I know what you mean, but it is the arrogance of the media from before the Stanford Series that has made the 2nd consecutive humiliation of the England team that much more enjoyable.

Augustus wrote:

Pietersen must be privately smiling a little - he was very, very right in some respects.

Sage, indeed.

Augustus wrote:Sidebottom's such a tough little blocker. We need more county heroes in this England team, not less. Technically brilliant little squirts like Ian Bell get you nowhere. Marquee bowlers like Harmison get you nowhere.

Anyway, have we lost yet?

To be honest, I'm having a lot more fun here than I should be! The perverse sense of justice is over-taking the feeling of pure horror. Yes, England, you're shit. We've been saying it for years. Dare you realise now at your lowest ebb? Because if you ****** DON'T, you're not the idiots I took you for. You're just knobs.

Pietersen must be privately smiling a little - he was very, very right in some respects.

I'm confused.
You have a WI flag as your emblem and yet you say have we lost yet?