Cricket v Windies

[hornetrider]

1st ODI in progress.

Eng 130/4 off 27.

Morgan 39, Stokes 1.

[BlackLabel]

A decent total for England after a tough first 10-15 overs. Can't see WIs getting anywhere close to chasing this down - their batting line up looks dire.

No Gayle, Samuels, Bravo (both of them), Pollard, Simmons, Ramdin etc. Who on earth picks this side!

[spikeyhead]

BlackLabel said:

A decent total for England after a tough first 10-15 overs. Can't see WIs getting anywhere close to chasing this down - their batting line up looks dire.

No Gayle, Samuels, Bravo (both of them), Pollard, Simmons, Ramdin etc. Who on earth picks this side!

Someone who insists that they play for their islands in order to be eligible, rather than earning millions on the sub-continent.

Good batting from England.

[Gargamel]

This was a surprise to me, this mini series.

Anyway decent performance so far

[spikeyhead]

Well bowled from England, nothing can go wrong from here.

[Gargamel]

Yep not bad that, should be a comfortable chase. Root to top score here.

[hornetrider]

England chasing a low total but the wheels are falling off.

117/5 off 24 chasing 227.

[spikeyhead]

Recovered well in the end. It's a good job we bat as deep as we do.

[Gargamel]

And we are back, Hales swinging off his toes at the moment, 162-1 after 30

Should be 325 plus

[Baron Greenback]

Sorry my fault, every time I start listening wicket fall! Still good going from us!

[hornetrider]

Collapse in progress. Normal service is resumed.

[hornetrider]

Stokes hasn't read the script.

[Baron Greenback]

Oh dear, thought they would of made a match of this!

[Gandahar]

England got battle hardened in India, plus perhaps a bit of PTSD, and now are reaping that series against a team who have not gone through that and seem rather that they want to be on the beach.

[Gargamel]

Gandahar said:

England got battle hardened in India, plus perhaps a bit of PTSD, and now are reaping that series against a team who have not gone through that and seem rather that they want to be on the beach.

A WI team shorn of all their best players by the WI Cricket Board strange attitude to the best players playing overseas and not for the islands..

Anyway - can only beat whats in front of you, comprehensive 3-0 victory.

Still got that soft middle - the curse of English cricket. Prefer having Bairstow coming in at five.

[Cheib]

There's nothing sadder in sport than the state of West Indies cricket....a modern day sporting travesty.

Never going to change either sadly too much money in T20 overseas now so we'll never see another great Windies side unless the ICC actually did something proactive and channelled money so that the players can get paid proper money for playing for their country!