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[cornfused]

Scoring runs on this wicket is not easy. We rolled up SA for 116.

[fokhan_96]

WI form coming back... another 3 day test.

[bluefete]

BOOM! WI LOST BY 87 RUNS.

So I putting these here - especially dogg - because he has been spot on before.

WI - faced 3 balls before lunch and are 0/1 - Skipper Brathwaite is out for duck.

Next few hours will be reeaaalll good - either for SA or the WI.

Meanwhile, SA 314/8. Fairly even days play, given that SA was running away with the first innings.

Even you say?
You realise this is the West Indies playing right?

Any score over 250 is a mountain for them!
I'll be shocked if they make 200 in either innings.

So WI has 2.5 days to chase down a target of 247 runs.

Surely they can't mess this up.

[DMan7]

That lost by 87 runs still ALOT better than what I and most likely alot of WI fans thought they would do before this test match.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

BCCI coming under heavy fire for the pitch being played on atm. Their plan backfired though, aussies are through to the WTC.

[dogg]

that was easy to predict. You all check out the batting averages of the batsmen?

Not even the test averages eh, the FC averages.

BOOM! WI LOST BY 87 RUNS.

So I putting these here - especially dogg - because he has been spot on before.

WI - faced 3 balls before lunch and are 0/1 - Skipper Brathwaite is out for duck.

Next few hours will be reeaaalll good - either for SA or the WI.

Meanwhile, SA 314/8. Fairly even days play, given that SA was running away with the first innings.

Even you say?
You realise this is the West Indies playing right?

Any score over 250 is a mountain for them!
I'll be shocked if they make 200 in either innings.

So WI has 2.5 days to chase down a target of 247 runs.

Surely they can't mess this up.

[DMan7]

C'mon dogg, we all know this is the gif which defines WI cricket.

[2ndchance]

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[bluefete]

South Africa on course for a 350 -400 runs, on the opening day of the 2nd test - unless WI can pull them back.

[bluefete]

WI pulled it back a bit: SA 311/7 at close of the 1st day.

[dogg]

barring something exceptional, WI will lose by an innings.

[DMan7]

This time WI will lose by an innings for sure instead of just 87 runs. Motie took 3 wickets already the most out of any of the bowlers, now just imagine what Maharaj will do to the WI batsmen who already are terrible against even average spin bowlers.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Looking to be a repeat of the first test

[fokhan_96]

I love WI approach to test cricket though. You work for 3 days but get paid for 5 days. Clearly these fellas just on the team to collect a salary at the end of the month.

[bluefete]

[quote="fokhan_96"]I love WI approach to test cricket though. You work for 3 days but get paid for 5 days. Clearly these fellas just on the team to collect a salary at the end of the month.[/quote]

WI playing real collapso cricket now.

[trinigamer]

WI all out for 251, behind by 69 runs, better than expected.

[Dizzy28]

I think its without a doubt WI has the worse middle order in Test cricket.

[DMan7]

A rare flash in the pan performance by a lower order batsman does not make WI ongoing woes go away.

[fokhan_96]

WI improving... they make it to day 4 of a test ... loosing on day 4 instead day 3 is still an improvement.

[trinigamer]

Windies will be chasing 400+ tomorrow. Will probably lose by 250.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Windies reply would be around 220

[Dizzy28]

South Africa middle order almost as suspect as WI.
With that said I wouldn't have any money on WI batting on a day 4/5 Bullring pitch and chasing a 350+ target. But one can hope!!

[wing]

South Africa middle order almost as suspect as WI.
With that said I wouldn't have any money on WI batting on a day 4/5 Bullring pitch and chasing a 350+ target. But one can hope!!

Hope for rain

[Dizzy28]

South Africa middle order almost as suspect as WI.
With that said I wouldn't have any money on WI batting on a day 4/5 Bullring pitch and chasing a 350+ target. But one can hope!!

Hope for rain

Accu weather has a 0% chance of rain tomorrow or Sunday in Johannesburg.

[bluefete]

Yup. WI well on their way to getting a serious cut-arse from South Africa.

25-3 chasing 391.

Edit #1- 26/4

Dem fellas feel the plane will takeoff without them so they hustling to lose.

Edit # flicking 2 - 26/5.

De plane waiting for takeoff today.

Absolutely brainless cricket. And it is not even lunchtime yet.

Edit # %%$$##&&** 3 - 34/6

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Yup. WI well on their way to getting a serious cut-arse from South Africa.

25-3 chasing 391.

Edit #1- 26/4

Dem fellas feel the plane will takeoff without them so they hustling to lose.

Edit # flicking 2 - 26/5.

De plane waiting for takeoff today.

Absolutely brainless cricket. And it is not even lunchtime yet.

Edit # %%$$##&&** 3 - 34/6

When I said the tail starts from 3....allyuh vex

[fokhan_96]

Them fellas finish wok early... the contract was for 5 days but they finish it in 4 days... them must be soo proud of themselves.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Well done king kohli well done

[Dizzy28]

Now that he has a hundred Cricinfo had a graphic up with ppl with most International hundreds.

Forgot how good Kallis was - 45 test centuries. Kohli not yet at 30

Well done king kohli well done

[bluefete]

New Zealand v Sri Lanka - WOW!

Even a movie could not have scripted a better ending.

NZ won by 2 wickets off the very last ball of the test match.