England Cricket 2024

[Spymaster]

How did they get that shot going right around the ground?

Surely they don't have a drone flying over everyone?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Woakes is well down on pace. Anderson a lively 84mph. Woakes struggling to reach 80.

 

[Petcha]

How did they get that shot going right around the ground?

Surely they don't have a drone flying over everyone?

Yeh. they usually have drones up these days.

The new young keeper, who looks about 14, is doing really well. that ball is moving all over the show after it passes the stumps.

 

[Petcha]

Woakes is well down on pace. Anderson a lively 84mph. Woakes struggling to reach 80.

I gather Atkinson's quite quick. Time to bring him on? He had the great honour earlier of being presented with his cap by.... Ollie Pope The WI debutant got his from Viv Richards.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yes, I'm sure he'll be on very soon. Might not be a bad idea for Stokes to have a go, see if he can swing it.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And here he is... second ball wicket.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Decent start for Atkinson then...

 

[two sheds]

I knew it would be good playing Anderson

 

[Petcha]

If Anderson's not good enough for the whole series then I don't think he should be just playing one game - agreed ahead of time. Should have signed off at the end of the last series. It's a Testimonial. Which is a bit weird.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

88-3, recovering nicely...

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If Anderson's not good enough for the whole series then I don't think he should be just playing one game - agreed ahead of time. Should have signed off at the end of the last series. It's a Testimonial. Which is a bit weird.

To be brutal about it, he shouldn't have played four games last summer. Should have been dropped, probably after the first but definitely after the second, and very very definitely the third.

I don't mind him getting this one game. And let's face it, it's not going to matter either way.

 

[two sheds]

5 in his first test innings

 

[Petcha]

McCullum strikes me as quite a brutal character so god knows what the conversation was here, a new role with the setup perhaps for jimmy? Whos going to come in to replace him then?

 

[Spymaster]

We should make them follow-on.

 

[Elpenor]

Anderson took 5 on debut too

 

[QueenOfGoths]

7 wickets for Atkinson. Blimey!

 

[Sasaferrato]

To be brutal about it, he shouldn't have played four games last summer. Should have been dropped, probably after the first but definitely after the second, and very very definitely the third.

I don't mind him getting this one game. And let's face it, it's not going to matter either way.

At 106 - 8, no it isn't going to matter.

As I type 106 - 9. The mighty Windies, what has happened to you?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

8-43 the best ever figures on test debut...

 

[Petcha]

T20 is what happened to the Windies test side

 

[littlebabyjesus]

8-43 the best ever figures on test debut...

7-45 in the end.

Not quite matching Anderson's best ever, which is 7-42

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Pleased enough for Atkinson. But I wanted WI to make a better fist of it today.

 

[Petcha]

3 days max here. batting practise for england so they might draw it out.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

wow how was that missing?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Crawley looks good. Pope looks sketchy as fuck. Been in bad form this summer, and looks it.

 

[two sheds]

Last time I remember Crawley he was having difficulty getting above 10 has his form come back?

 

[Petcha]

Last time I remember Crawley he was having difficulty getting above 10 has his form come back?

Yeh he actually came good... I guess proves showing faith in a player does work. He would have been dropped under previous coaches.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And to be fair to Crawley, he did pretty well in India. No hundreds, but a series average of 40. He's actually become very consistent, weirdly.

Pope is still there. Still looking sketchy.

 

[Petcha]

England scoring at 5 compared to the Windies 2.2. Bazball alive but I wish it was a better opposition.

 

[Wilf]

3, maybe 2.5 day test. Makes me nostalgic for when the Windies were good.

 

[Petcha]

This is gonna be a bloodbath. Perfect batting conditions and the two best batsmen set.