No major harm done thankfully. I'd say that was a pretty sharp chance really, even if the BBC are saying it was easy.
England Cricket Summer 17 - South Africa & West Indies
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Good Night Nurse.
Bairstow gets his hundred. Easy win for England.
And with the win yesterday for England comes confirmation that the West Indies will have to go through qualifying for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Barmy when you think about the talent they possess and the fact they are reigning T20 Champions (albeit thanks to the worst over of them all from Stokes!).
Great chance for JB to really establish himself in the side now I think.
Wonder if Morgan will drop himself, have Roy back to open and Bairstow at 4, Morgan hasn’t scored 11+ in his last 10 innings in all formats
Joe Root in getting another 50 shock.
Not sure we're going to get a game in here, but this is a really odd one.
Can't work out if England have made a pigs ear of this on a good pitch or if the seamers are getting a lot out of it and the Windies have fecked it by bowling their spinners for too long.
Can't work out if England have made a pigs ear of this on a good pitch or if the seamers are getting a lot out of it and the Windies have fecked it by bowling their spinners for too long.
Moeen started that over on 39 off 39, then went 6,6,2,4,6 63 off 44 
I love Moeen when he goes on a mad one.
Unbelievable hitting this.
Unbelievable bowling too...
Unbelievable bowling too...
Moeen started that over on 39 off 39, then went 6,6,2,4,6 63 off 44
39 off 39 to 100 off 53.
Yep, 8 6s in those 14 balls and even a dot ball as well39 off 39 to 100 off 53.
Taylor ran in and tried to bowl when he didn’t have the ball 
Gayles looking good here!
Gayle you lazy bastard! Run out
God I love watching bat, buy by god if I don't love it when he does something daft as well.
Shame he got run out like that as could have been very interesting.
Stokes being a silly boy again.
Stokes being an unlikable twat, who could have possibly imagined?
To be fair there's being an unlikeable twat and then there's getting arrested after a night out ahead of a massive winter and in mid series.
ABH, apparently.
Surely Stokes is a player you love if he's on your side. That's how I feel anyway. Like a Geordie Keane!
Pfft all this Stokes nonsense distracting the world from Worcestershire getting 3 batting bonus points and just needing 9 wickets in 110 overs to secure promotion. Priorities people.
Who are we against?
Durham, it should be fine, especially as your lot on the south coast have smashed a huge 500+ on Notts so they'd need a miracle to get a win.
I've not been compromised yet, I'll have you know!
Good stuff. We'll get relegated next year but it's all part of the fun.
Yep I'm sure it'll be short and sweet but always nice to be allowed to play with the big boys for a little while.
Gayle gone 1st over for 2
Woakes again 2 wickets in 2 overs hope gone for 11 WI 19/2
was hoping for a massive smashathon 100 from Gayle. But now he is out, its gonna be a rubbish mis match. Damn.
They COULD make 300 from here but even so, fancy us to knock off whatever they set more or less.
Evin Lewis is playing very well 104NO off 96 balls
3 dropped catches so far, Roy the latest dropping Lewis
This is more like Lewis. His first 100 runs were so out of character.
Morgan has had a stinker today, Ali and Rashid should have been bowled out by the 40th over now they are being smashed around
You can put an extra fielder out after the 40th over so spinners are regularly held back to bowl between the 40th and 45th.
These two have batted well on what looks like a road. Not much that you can do.
Unfortunate way to end an innings this.
With the next game Friday he looks highly unlikely to play