The Official Cricket Thread

[Jairzinho]

Chris Gayle gives it some licks.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

England v West Indies...England won the toss and put the Windies into bat...can see them being all out for under 180.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Anderson gets Powell for 5 with a beautiful in-swinger, 13/1.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

If Anderson keeps this up it's going to be a low score.

[RobbieOR]

That was a peach that delivery.

 

He's unplayable in these conditions.

[Ian Sea]

Great bowling for the wicket, Anderson set him up from the start of the over.

 

Got a fiver on the Windies scoring 226 or less at 5/6. Can't see them enjoying these conditions.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Anderson strikes again, Edwards plum LBW for 1, Windies 32/2.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

He's class. Absolute class.

[RobbieOR]

As I said, unplayable.

[Jairzinho]

Only Steyn is a better pace bowler.

 

Wouldn't be surprised if no West Indies batsman apart from Chanderpaul got a 50 in these tests.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Only Steyn is a better pace bowler.

 

Wouldn't be surprised if no West Indies batsman apart from Chanderpaul got a 50 in these tests.

 

I'll also be surprised if they make over 250 in any of their innings.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

83/2 at lunch. Windies have looked untroubled on the whole once Anderson was taken out of the attack. Could do with a quick wicket or two after lunch as Barath looks set and bravo looks a class act.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Barath out for 42 to a great catch by Anderson off Broad's bowling. 86/3

[Yozzer]

My main man Bravo still batting well, saw him a couple of years ago and you could definitely see he was a quality test player. He'll be West Indies key batsman in this series along with Chanderpaul, if both of them go then England should have an easy time of it.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Bravo with a major slice of luck there, could easily have played on.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Swann just drops a dolly from Chanderpaul.....dear me.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

100/4 now, Bravo out after a comical run out.

[Yozzer]

Motherfucking swing on that delivery! Not out though.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Chanderpaul lucky in a way, should never have left that Anderson delivery.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Finally get another wicket, Broad gets Samuels out for 31, 181/5.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Broad gets another, Ramdin out for 6, 187/6

[Jairzinho]

128 not out from Gayle today. From 62 balls. Fair to say West Indies could do with him.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

128 not out from Gayle today. From 62 balls. Fair to say West Indies could do with him.

 

Excellent player but disruptive and greedy as far as his international career went. Plus his style is more suited to T0, 1 day cricket, although a decent batsman at test level he never excelled in the same way.

[lifetime fan]

219/7

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Looks like Chanderpaul could be left short of another century here.