England in Sri Lanka and West Indies

[Ricky Otto]

They should have taken Roy, plays the quicks exceptionally well.

I love Roy as a one day and t20 player but not as a test player. Need someone who'll stay in and take the shine off the new ball, not someone who will hit a quick score.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

I love Roy as a one day and t20 player but not as a test player. Need someone who'll stay in and take the shine off the new ball, not someone who will hit a quick score.

Best way to take the shine off the ball is to hit it onto some concrete

 

[kaymac]

Better still hit the r*ddy thing rather than keep swiping and missing it !!!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

WI win the toss and elect to bowl first, 2 changes for England - Denly and Broad in for Jennings and Rashid

 

[Blueronron]

Rashid gone home for birth of child, back for ODI

 

[Blueronron]

Burns gone early doors 4-1

 

[Blueronron]

Denly survives review for LBW phew, only 40 % hitting the stumps !!!

 

[Ex-Member1]

As long as they beat 70 odd all out? I do get a bad feeling about this series though. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Blueronron]

Denly out was probably the worse shot he will ever play in ten life times !!!!

16-2

 

[kaymac]

Time to get back to basics on how to bat and how to bowl. If necessary, field one side suited to the hit-and-run game and another side who understand (and can play) the more technical test match standard over five days. It's patently obvious our players cannot cope with both formats of the game.

 

[The Big Dady]

Tea - England are 172 for 6

Bairstow lbw b Roach 52
Moeen not out 55
Foakes not out 32

Update

England 187 all out

 

[kaymac]

Poor.

 

[mattitouk]

**** poor you mean.

 

[kaymac]

The cricket is on a par with the England rugby team, touted as world-beaters and a / the leading nation but when it comes to producing the results that count it's the same old story every time. At least with our national football team most people's expectations are kept at more realistic levels.

 

[Blueronron]

A lot is with preparation and I do not think we treated this with respect as we will do come Ashes or maybe SA/India

Happy to get beaten, if it means focus on coming series, but saying that I have not forked out a shed loads of cash to watch them live, only on Sky

 

[RobM]

I wouldn't say our batting collapses but we can be 200/3 then 150 all out!

 

[kaymac]

WI 124/1......hmm

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Decent fight back but Windies now edging a lead and on this pitch every run is priceless.
Take points about preparation but it’s been this way for years now due to international schedules and various T20 tournaments, I don’t see a easy way around it otherwise they would have done it by now.

 

[kaymac]

The prevalence of so many one-day / limited-over games is killing 5-day cricket. The hit-and-run stuff is not the right preparation for test matches and never will be. Seems very other week there’s a so-called ODI, never used to be like that.

Nothing will change whilst money Is being pumped into the one day game, hence we have 20 over and 40 over variations and recent proposals for yet another format to be introduced. Test cricket is suffering badly.

 

[kaymac]

Series all but over ?