Fourth Test Thread (WI vs Eng, Barbados)

[SpookyFrank]

193-0

 

[TrippyLondoner]

200-0

 

[agricola]

193-0

200 up.

 

[embree]

how long till tea? will head for the pub for the evening session

 

[TrippyLondoner]

First session was 30 overs,i guess this one will be the same so not long until tea i think.

 

[agricola]

Tea is scheduled to start in 15 minutes (1840 our time), embree. If you go to the text commentary for the match at Cricinfo it tells you the scheduled times for lunch and tea at the top of the card.

Just another reason why Cricinfo is the king of the interwebs, IMHO.

 

[embree]

Tea is scheduled to start in 15 minutes (1840 our time), embree. If you go to the text commentary for the match at Cricinfo it tells you the scheduled times for lunch and tea at the top of the card.

Just another reason why Cricinfo is the king of the interwebs, IMHO.

Yeah, am following on cricinfo, just confused about the time difference. Thought it was five hours for some reason.

Over a hundred in each session, nice

 

[embree]

best ever opening stand for England v West Indies

still 80 runs short of Greenidge and Haynes' 298 v England at St Johns in 1990

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Cooks on 84.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

221-0 at tea, brilliant stuff.

 

[embree]

they better not have the fucking football on in the pub

 

[TrippyLondoner]

They might have the darts on...

 

[embree]

there's Villa fans round here, they're always in there watching them. Best get down there now

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Cook out for 94,241-2.

 

[agricola]

Shah gone.

 

[agricola]

KP dropped after skying one, awful drop by Taylor.

edit: fidel edwards is going mental - drop, followed by wide, followed by four byes, followed by no ball.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

KP dropped after skying one, awful drop by Taylor.

edit: fidel edwards is going mental - drop, followed by wide, followed by four byes, followed by no ball.

hahahahaha

 

[agricola]

hahahahaha

he followed it with a 90mph+ ball aimed at Collingwoods neck.

 

[agricola]

Nick Knight is crickets Jamie Redknapp.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Nick Knight is crickets Jamie Redknapp.

I agree.

 

[embree]

Third session looked like going the Windies' way but in the end worked out as 80-3 so a bit more even. Great day overall - let's see if we can bat until teatime tomorrow with some serious runs to go with it.

10,000 English (and Scots, Welsh etc) out there. Bloody hell.

 

[embree]

It hasn't been mentioned on here yet so I'll say it - that ball that got Strauss out was a doozy and a half No batsman in the world could have kept that one out by anything other than luck.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Poor old Shah

Still, Bell's got himself out for not much on equally good batting pitches more times than it's worth counting so maybe Shah doesn't need to be too worried just yet.

I predict we'll be all out for 520-odd shortly before tea. Although I wouldn't rule out an England batting collapse tomorow morning either.

 

[embree]

Weirdly, the England score is exactly the same as at the end of the first day in St John's

Andrew Strauss is now 10th in the all time England century makers list - ahead of Stewart, Atherton and Hussain and behind only Vaughan amongst recent England captains His average as captain is over 60

 

[Badgers]

I watched a bit of this at The Oval yesterday

 

[Badgers]

I watched a bit of this at The Oval yesterday

Well....

When I said 'The Oval' I actually meant the Hanover Arms by Oval station but you get my drift.

 

[agricola]

KP goes lbw to Edwards, one of the most idiotically hopeful referrals follows.

And fails, to noones surprise.

 

[Santino]

KP goes lbw to Edwards, one of the most idiotically hopeful referrals follows.

And fails, to noones surprise.

I would say it's nearly always worth a referral on Pietersen. Better than saving it up for the No.11.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

And...another catch dropped!

 

[agricola]

I would say it's nearly always worth a referral on Pietersen. Better than saving it up for the No.11.

Yes, but this was one of those referrals that wouldnt have been covered by "nearly always" then - it was absolutely plumb.

Also Taylor has just dropped Bopara, again off Edwards' bowling (who must internally be going absolutely fucking mental at his teammates complete inability to catch the ball).