****the official CRICKET thread*****

[Country_Bookie]

After watching around 1600 runs scored in 5 days in England to now watch WI scrape 88 runs in 47 overs is hard.

It's a test just to watch !!

England have all their best players avaliable to play. Root doesn't play IPL. Our best batsmen play IPL and have no interest in first class and test cricket. All our aggressive batsmen no longer interested in tests..... which is why we struggle to score quickly.


Shakes, all the series you mentioned are played by England, Australia and India, or the ICC Big 3. Those countries plus New Zealand, are all high income countries who can pay their players big salaries for national duty. The problem is the other countries who don't have those resources to compete with IPL. That's why you see so many players retire from test cricket to focus on T20.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

The introduction of that test championship would ensure test cricket stays. It may not be a big deal to some nations...but Eng, NZ, Australia and India......most definitely!

Windies players need a lot more exposure in county cricket in order to up their game. Look at Lara and Viv. I believe test cricket is more of an individual choice and it takes a lot of discipline which happens to be lacking ah whole lot in the Caribbean.

How many upcoming players in the Caribbean can we look forward to? All I could think about is Solozano and young chanders

[shake d livin wake d dead]

See the difference between England playing Netherlands and west indies playing Netherlands.....realllllll wood

[fokhan_96]

See the difference between England playing Netherlands and west indies playing Netherlands.....realllllll wood

Dem too wicked... Morgan like he gone thru though...

[bluefete]

England showed the WI just how they should have played the Netherlands in 50 overs.

England - A WORLD RECORD 50 OVER SCORE - 498/4 (3 centurions) (50 overs)
Netherland - 126/3 (25 overs)

See the difference between England playing Netherlands and west indies playing Netherlands.....realllllll wood

[bluefete]

Bangladesh putting up a little resistance.

[DMan7]

^Resistance ended!

And by a Roach.

[bluefete]

WI 9/3 chasing 84.

Bangladesh, eh!

That is what you get when you batted dotish in the 1st innings.

[DMan7]

WI doesn't deserve to win anything. Netherlands should've cut their tail too in the ODI series, if only they slightly had a bit more experience.

[bluefete]

WI doesn't deserve to win anything. Netherlands should've cut their tail too in the ODI series, if only they slightly had a bit more experience.

LOL. We deserve to be where we are right now.

Them fellas playing like a deer in the headlights.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I wondering if to watch out that game tomorrow. Ind vs SA instead yes

[DMan7]

[Dizzy28]

WI Bangladesh 2nd test on today.
Bangladesh 134-5 just after lunch today. Didn't even know this was on but I opened Cricinfo to check on the Eng NZ game. Eng went from 55-6 to 264-6 at close of play!!!

[DMan7]

Most of those wickets today are Bangladesh's wickets, those batsmen are too aggressive for their own good causing their own demise chasing after balls that should be left alone.

[Dizzy28]

WI really hates spinners
Now looking at the team and realize Phillips was bought in to replace Motie.

Not even on fast Australian pitches earlier this year for the Ashes did either Australia or England leave out a specialist spinner with the exception of one match IIRC where England left out Leach.

[bluefete]

England's lower order playing some serious "calypso cricket".

[DMan7]

Uncle Blue what you think of that win bai? I ain't hearing from ya at all! Like you supporting Bangladesh awa?

[bluefete]

Uncle Blue what you think of that win bai? I ain't hearing from ya at all! Like you supporting Bangladesh awa?

. No man. I so busy these days, I barely have time to watch cricket. I did not even know when the game started today because of that embarrassment of a wet pitch.

Happy for the team though. BUT, I am sure you have noticed that we beat Bangladesh and Netherlands. Pakistan cut our tail.

Who is next? India?

[DMan7]

Uncle Blue what you think of that win bai? I ain't hearing from ya at all! Like you supporting Bangladesh awa?

. No man. I so busy these days, I barely have time to watch cricket. I did not even know when the game started today because of that embarrassment of a wet pitch.

Happy for the team though. BUT, I am sure you have noticed that we beat Bangladesh and Netherlands. Pakistan cut our tail.

Who is next? India?

We have 3 T20s and 3 ODI's against Bangladesh. After that is India in July and New Zealand in August, only T20's and ODI's. We also have 2 T20s against Australia in Australia in October before the T20 World Cup also in Australia. The next test matches is in December against Australia in Australia.

[bluefete]

^^ Thanks for that. Let's see how our guys do. They might surprise us.

[Dizzy28]

Bumrah dealing with Broad on the way to the most expensive over in test cricket

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I real enjoying this final test! Pant played his natural game!

[DMan7]

Now if we could only get Hetmeyer and Pooran to play similar.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Every time they stop for a rain delay and come back out...Bumrah taking a wicket....that is sourness!

[DMan7]

Anyone watching the 1st T20 match at 1:30PM against Bangladesh?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

^When the 2nd day coverage finish( Eng vs Ind) blasted rain!

[fokhan_96]

Trying to figure out why Buttler not in that England side with the form he in.

[Dizzy28]

Trying to figure out why Buttler not in that England side with the form he in.

He was poor in the Ashes and hasn't played much red ball cricket since as he's been on the T20 circuit . England not being tempted by the white ball form into red ball cricket.

[DMan7]

WI 193/5

194 for Bangladesh to win in the 2nd test.

[trent]

WI 193/5

194 for Bangladesh to win in the 2nd test.

2nd T20I
Good job WI
3rd T20I this Thurs