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Quality start from England, bowling some very threatening areas. Interested to see how Blackwood plays here after all the talk about how he's "changed his game", let's see.
 
Those three prove the theory we had years ago.

Posh lads can't field ?
 
Fair play to WI, theyve chased these down relatively easily after a bad start. Blackwood been superb albeit had a few bits of luck, especially when cymbals dropped him on 20.

England made a string of errors from start to finish, were far from clinical when needed, plenty to do before Old Trafford on thursday
 
Mudball said:
Well done to the Windies... some questions for the English.. Denly?
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Think there will be at least 2 if not more changes

Root will return, should be for Denly but hes one of Ed Myths golden children so every chance they make the wrong choice

Be amazed if they dont dont make 1 if not 2 changes to the bowling. Pretty sure Wood has a rest, but wouldnt be surprised if hes not the only one. Broad will come back in but theyll consider Woakes/Curran too Id think

Sadly we will be stuck with another of Myths golden kids behind the sticks
 
England were poor all the way through really and the mistakes and dropped catches today when everything had to stick was just the conclusion to a lacklustre performance. They looked out of sorts from the first period of play and definitely need to have more of a spark and play better at Old Trafford. Fair play to the West Indies as they were on it with the ball at the start and batted well in the first innings especially. I think they are a decent young side and perhaps not being over-rated in many quarters has taken some pressure off
 
fundy said:
Think there will be at least 2 if not more changes

Root will return, should be for Denly but hes one of Ed Myths golden children so every chance they make the wrong choice

Be amazed if they dont dont make 1 if not 2 changes to the bowling. Pretty sure Wood has a rest, but wouldnt be surprised if hes not the only one. Broad will come back in but theyll consider Woakes/Curran too Id think

Sadly we will be stuck with another of Myths golden kids behind the sticks
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Left arm round the wicket... anyday...

We have a chinaman in our U10 squad, the kids have yet to figure out what he does..
 
fundy said:
Think there will be at least 2 if not more changes

Root will return, should be for Denly but hes one of Ed Myths golden children so every chance they make the wrong choice

Be amazed if they dont dont make 1 if not 2 changes to the bowling. Pretty sure Wood has a rest, but wouldnt be surprised if hes not the only one. Broad will come back in but theyll consider Woakes/Curran too Id think

Sadly we will be stuck with another of Myths golden kids behind the sticks
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i do feel sorry for JD, prob should have been picked 10 years ago, when he was opening for Kent, but had is chance, what's that 3 or 4 series without a big score now, he's looked good a few times but just not kicked on when he's got in
 
patricks148 said:
i do feel sorry for JD, prob should have been picked 10 years ago, when he was opening for Kent, but had is chance, what's that 3 or 4 series without a big score now, he's looked good a few times but just not kicked on when he's got in
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Averages 29 in 15 tests, 6 fifties and no tons in 28 innings, only gone past 60 3 times

Lots of pretty 20s and 30s no use from a number 3 at test match level, have to make some game changing innings, time for Crawley to have his chance


Could say the same about the "matchwinning keeper batsman" who has 1 50 in his last 20 innings (since start of last years Aussie series) too!!!
 
fundy said:
Averages 29 in 15 tests, 6 fifties and no tons in 28 innings, only gone past 60 3 times

Lots of pretty 20s and 30s no use from a number 3 at test match level, have to make some game changing innings, time for Crawley to have his chance


Could say the same about the "matchwinning keeper batsman" who has 1 50 in his last 20 innings (since start of last years Aussie series) too!!!
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yes, Crawley looks good and teflon needs dropped like that chance off Blackwood:LOL:
 
HomerJSimpson said:
England were poor all the way through really and the mistakes and dropped catches today when everything had to stick was just the conclusion to a lacklustre performance. They looked out of sorts from the first period of play and definitely need to have more of a spark and play better at Old Trafford. Fair play to the West Indies as they were on it with the ball at the start and batted well in the first innings especially. I think they are a decent young side and perhaps not being over-rated in many quarters has taken some pressure off
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Agree, way off the mark, but no surprise to me.

- The batting was poor, but has been for several years now, we only have one world class batsmen and he wasn't even playing.
- I thought the bowling was pretty decent, the problem was we picked the wrong bowlers for the conditions.
- Fielding was below par. Maybe that was to be expected after such a long break from competitive matches.

I expect England to bounce back in the 2nd test, but this WI side are no pushovers.
 
fundy said:
Think there will be at least 2 if not more changes

Root will return, should be for Denly but hes one of Ed Myths golden children so every chance they make the wrong choice

Be amazed if they dont dont make 1 if not 2 changes to the bowling. Pretty sure Wood has a rest, but wouldnt be surprised if hes not the only one. Broad will come back in but theyll consider Woakes/Curran too Id think

Sadly we will be stuck with another of Myths golden kids behind the sticks
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No Denly

Wood and Anderson rested

:)
 
Oh Jofra. Excluded from the Test for breaching the bio-security protocols. Muppet. So leaves us with Broad, Woakes, Curran, Bess and Robinson as the bowling options.
 
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