England v West Indies 2020

[jbswagger]

Just a heads up the 1st test starts on the 8th July.

[nealeh1875]

Can't wait, just had the cancellation email for the England vs Ireland ODI at Edgbaston in September,

Was really looking forwad to that as haven't been cricket before .

Glad it's back though

[pequod]

Shame it's not live on one of the terrestrial TV stations (BBC, Ch4, etc) as many fans wouldn't necessarily subscribe to SKY, but at least the Test matches are resuming albeit in an empty ground.

Will they 'take the knee'?

[nealeh1875]

pequod said:

Will they 'take the knee'?

Hopefully not

[pequod]

nealeh1875 said:

pequod said:

Will they 'take the knee'?

Hopefully not

Will be interesting to see whether Cricket WI decide this political gesture started in the USA is their obligation to follow suit or leave it to individual choice.

[nealeh1875]

pequod said:

nealeh1875 said:

pequod said:

Will they 'take the knee'?

Hopefully not

Will be interesting to see whether Cricket WI decide this political gesture started in the USA is their obligation to follow suit or leave it to individual choice.

It will be, i missed the F1 yesterday but hear a few didn't take the knee yesterday and tweeted their reasons why.

I enjoyed the SA tour over the winter, so i'm really looking forward to this. Working from home on the sofa may be on the cards

[pequod]

nealeh1875 said:

pequod said:

nealeh1875 said:

pequod said:

Will they 'take the knee'?

Hopefully not

Will be interesting to see whether Cricket WI decide this political gesture started in the USA is their obligation to follow suit or leave it to individual choice.

It will be, i missed the F1 yesterday but hear a few didn't take the knee yesterday and tweeted their reasons why.

I enjoyed the SA tour over the winter, so i'm really looking forward to this. Working from home on the sofa may be on the cards

May be a different scenario from F1 drivers, TTK?

If they do, the England team will be compelled to follow suit, unless this is considered a challenge, like the Haka? I jest of course, but it's getting a little silly when sport gets dragged into politics.

[thegreenhell]

Rain. Typical English summer.

[spikeyhead]

We've won the toss and will bat, C'mon England

[SydneyBridge]

Hooray... cricket

In the background, with sound off, whilst I work

[thegreenhell]

Stunned silence from the crowd at that leave from Sibley.

[SydneyBridge]

And we are done..

And back

Edited by SydneyBridge on Wednesday 8th July 14:46

[spikeyhead]

It's a frustrating day to be batting.

[Gargamel]

spikeyhead said:

It's a frustrating day to be batting.

Not for Sibley. He made it into a nice day off.

[Cheib]

thegreenhell said:

Stunned silence from the crowd at that leave from Sibley.

Stunned silence from me too...5 mins before Burns had got away with an Umpires Call (not out) on a similar leave and would have been LBW. Thought it was a punchy decision to bat on a grey and humid day. I’d have fancied Jimmy A to have had the ball doing all sorts.

[spikeyhead]

I've been busy today, so not followed play, it's now 158 / 8

Should we just declare and put them to the sword if batting conditions are that poor? or have we forgotten how to bat?

[thegreenhell]

The Burnley Lara at the crease now. We'll be out of trouble in no time.

[TheAngryDog]

WI bowl us out for 204. We can't buy a wicket and WI are 43/0.

Stuart Broad would have had a field day in these conditions. Ridiculous decision to bat first.

Amazingly, how poor is the umpiring? WI 6/6 for over turning reviews. We would have burned through them in no time.

[toastyhamster]

TheAngryDog said:

WI bowl us out for 204. We can't buy a wicket and WI are 43/0.

Stuart Broad would have had a field day in these conditions. Ridiculous decision to bat first.

Amazingly, how poor is the umpiring? WI 6/6 for over turning reviews. We would have burned through them in no time.

Had a chat with a colleague today exactly along the lines of if we would have bowled first and the WI would have bowled first, wtf was Stokes thinking? Same for Broad, did nobody look at the pitch and conditions beforehand? Wood and Archer or Woakes and Broad (or a mix). We're completely baffled.

[pequod]

toastyhamster said:

TheAngryDog said:

WI bowl us out for 204. We can't buy a wicket and WI are 43/0.

Stuart Broad would have had a field day in these conditions. Ridiculous decision to bat first.

Amazingly, how poor is the umpiring? WI 6/6 for over turning reviews. We would have burned through them in no time.

Had a chat with a colleague today exactly along the lines of if we would have bowled first and the WI would have bowled first, wtf was Stokes thinking? Same for Broad, did nobody look at the pitch and conditions beforehand? Wood and Archer or Woakes and Broad (or a mix). We're completely baffled.

Windies bowled well in the first innings, but the conditions weren't conducive to batting, IMO, so the decision to bat first was very risky. Is Ben now regretting that choice??

I wonder what Joe would have chosen at the toss?

Nonetheless, we have the bowling line-up to keep this first Test competitive!