Fully agree, always seems to happen when someone loses a wicket however there are 4 balls left.
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Fully agree, always seems to happen when someone loses a wicket however there are 4 balls left.
That's the point isn't it? There is nothing in the cupboard to change the batting lineup, hence so many bits and pieces to make it all work. A 50 here, a key wicket there, a run out, a catch, it all adds up in the end. I do agree that Curran is an unnecessarily cautious selection in the context of this game.
How did Hetmyer play? Was lovely to watch him play against India in ODI's. Ridiculously talented.
Dropped on 3, but was impressive from there. Very aesthetically pleasing, particularly when lofting the ball.
Looks a proper talent.
Hope he goes on and is a great player, cricket needs a strong West Indies.
England 150 all out here.
Double whammy for Bairstow.
We'll be lucky to make 100.
Paying for the absolutely toothless bowling attack.
Paying for the absolutely toothless bowling attack.
Agreed. You could see a mile off that they were going to pick a one-paced bowling attack with Curran as a spearhead. How much more dangerous would we have been with Broad in the side?
Do feel like it was a good toss to win though. Pitch is becoming an absolute minefield. Hopefully we can roll them second time.
Buttler and Stokes should go for this. No point sitting in because you'll get an unplayable ball sooner or later.
Sky studio during the innings break were asking 'are Windies still in the game?'
What the absolute feck is this.
Ali is hilarious 
I meant we'll be lucky to get 70.
This is fairly typical England under Bayliss though. He seems absolutely unable to keep this side grounded after a good result. Can't wait till he fecks off from the test side.
This is fairly typical England under Bayliss though. He seems absolutely unable to keep this side grounded after a good result. Can't wait till he fecks off from the test side.
@ChaddyP jinxed England with his whitewashing comment.
Same old England, play well in SL then fail here! So frustrating!
Genuinely can’t believe this is my West Indies I’m watching here
Must be great, happy for youGenuinely can’t believe this is my West Indies I’m watching here
Wtf England
Thanks mate. Can’t remember the last time I saw us bowl this well
I am equally happy to see west indies find a few batsmen here and there.
9 now. I wouldn't enforce follow on. What do you guys think?
Nah, no chance.
Only way England stay alive in this game is by Windies enforcing it and hoping to eek out some sort of lead for Rashid and Ali to bowl at.
What were we doing, I went out an hour ago and we had 6 wickets left
Don't enforce. The only chance Eng have of winning is going in again, scoring 350 and bowling WI out. Pitch is only going to get worse.
England's chances are still slim, but if WI bat again, the chance is absolutely zero.
Had I more confidence in the team, I would have preferred to enforce the follow on. As we are these days, I would prefer to have a bat again and bat England out of the game instead of going for the throat now. That being said that’s primarily because I have such a pessimistic outlook on our team these days. If they do enforce the follow on I won’t be that upset.
No reason not to bat again*. It's tea on day 2.
*unless the forecast is dodgy
*unless the forecast is dodgy
Agree about Bayliss. We haven't really progressed under him.
But I don't think we've done a lot wrong today. Just caught WI on a good day in ideal conditions for them. Anyone who remembers Edgbaston 97 will know that even the best sides have days like this.
They just said they think it’s a follow on
Edit: now saying maybe not
Edit: now saying maybe not
No eff it, force the follow on
If you're bowled out for 70 you've always done something wrong.
I agree Roach bowled really well, but those were by no means impossible conditions. Just another example of this England team being unable to face remotely threatening bowling.
And as an aside, why on earth would you not use the heavy roller?
Now they're saying 'never judge a pitch until both teams have batted'. Oh the irony.
Really hope we don’t enforce it
Yeah I think you’d be mad to make us follow on, go out there and pile more runs on us is what I’d do.
What's the difference between the heavy and light rollers? Been watching for ages and never knew this
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Really happy that this has happened. England take the fecking piss with their XI. Sam Curran instead of Broad was such a fecking defensive pick.
Well weight, obviously. There's a worry that on dry, hard pitches the heavy roller can cause cracks to open up (although no one can ever recall it happening), but in theory it should flatten rough areas, make the bounce more consistent and smooth out the pitch.
Baffled by the decision not to open with Stokes here too.
He's riding the Curran/Broad selection all the way off the cliff.
Look out for Shai Hope too. Another excellent talent