Thank God they didn't enforce the follow-on. At least there'll be a fourth innings, although possibly not a fourth day.
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Decent read from the Guardian about a more hostile bowling line up.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...rick-patterson
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This is more impressive than 2009 or even 1994 in that those were amazing one man spells whereas this seems to have been destruction by a true quartet all keeping it very tight.
I would also infer that WI did their homework and realized that England are weak and collapse-prone against pace if you get into them early.
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Watching the highlights it looked to me as if the level of bounce was giving the English batsmen the most problems. The Windies bowlers bowled straight and persistently targeted the splice of the bat with their lengths, and that seemed to catch England's (admittedly seriously under-cooked) batsmen cold. Again, it comes back to the nature of modern tours that do not allow time for proper warm up matches.
Either that or England's batsmen are just crap.
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No wickets falling the day after 18 wickets fell sounds like it should be unprecedented.
England have come into this game well undercooked in all departments. Only Burns with the bat and Anderson & Stokes with the ball have performed.
The selectors also had a throwback bad Test: Choosing Curran to open the bowling in Barbados is like one of those 1980s clueless decisions.
Presently though, this is more than likely to be one of those Windies defeats that England turn around quickly after their complacency has been shaken off.Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 26-01-2019, 19:40.
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I hope you're right because it would mean the West Indies really have turned a corner. The toss will be crucial.Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 27-01-2019, 02:34.
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Shuffling the pack. Denly to make his debut but still no Broad.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...es-second-test
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