England in West Indies

[manee]

Interesting that people were saying "Yes, he's improved" after the first two tests of this tour. Jumping on the bandwagon as per normal, he is not a bad keeper, he is having a bad game.

People were not me, at least, I don't think so...

 

[King Pietersen]

If only we'd bowled this well earlier in the series. Has only been Amjad that's struggled.

 

[Themer]

It looked outside the line on hawkeye to me but the machine said it was inline so Yay!

Get Nash soon and this could be a great finish.

 

[King Pietersen]

14 overs, 8 maidens, 3-8. Graeme Swann. What a bowler.

 

[manee]

Monty has bowled just as well, itbt.

 

[barmyarmy]

This will be a great confidence booster for WI if they win the series as it will have been achieved without runs from Sarwan and Chanderpaul.

 

[Sureshot]

As someone who has watched Prior more than most, he has improved, this match has been poor, and to be fair to the guy, he does have a new born son, so could you really blame him if a part of his game wasn't up to scratch? He has been poor, his keeping vs the spinner needs work. But if people want a keeper who will take everything (let's take someone like Foster) then you forgo a batsman who is averaging high 40s and is arguably better than some of our specialist batsman. Is he Adam Gilchrist? No. Is he good enough to play Test cricket for England? Yes. I hate this, "one bad game and out" view that so many have, very rarely is it justified.

 

[Dare]

I don't think manee or I said that he should go out, just that his keeping isn't that good.

 

[King Pietersen]

Who said to drop him after 1 bad game? I said we could consider dropping him if he consistently starts to under-perform again (like he did in Sri Lanka, although that was only 1 or 2 bad games to be fair to him). If he has another shocker soon then his place could be under threat, as frankly he can make as many runs as he wants, but if he's not catching the ball he can't keep. He is good enough as an overall package, but without his batting he'd never be in the side. I'm sure it's just a 1 game blip, but if not, we have to look at the other options, with Foster and Davies being next in line I think.

King Pietersen added 2 Minutes and 9 Seconds later...

Jimmy you're a god. Nash gone early. Big wicket. England well and truely have a chance!

 

[ZexyZahid]

Chanderpaul and Nash are out and now I believe England will win the game. I am guessing that Gayle will come out to bat.

 

[barmyarmy]

Let's see how well Gayle can bat. The ball is actually doing something for the first time in the series which is my main ground for optimism.

 

[King Pietersen]

Who'd have thought we'd ever have West Indies 85-5 at the start of this innings? Even if we don't win the bowlers deserve a massive pat on the back. I just think if we had Flintoff instead of Amjad we'd have a serious chance. At the moment it's just a glimmer of hope. Still think it'll be a draw though.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Great stuff. A football commentator is guessing about the game of cricket.
Yes, actually Tensport is showing UEFA champions league Juventus Vs Chelsea instead of cricket match and a football commentator speaks about cricket match whenever wicket falls and comes update. According to him it still would be a draw.
Anyway Chelsea all the way.

 

[Adarsh]

Some good bowling by England. That said, the West Indian defensive batting is quite shocking. Guys like Simmons, Hinds, Ramdin, Smith are pretty awful when they're defending against spinners especially.

 

[barmyarmy]

Looks like Strauss has decided we have some runs to play with