West Indies A in England.

[andrew_nixon]

Schedule

21st July: 3 day game v Durham at Chester-le-Street
26th July: 3 day game v Leicestershire at Grace Road
30th July: 1 day game v Worcestershire at New Road
2nd August: 3 day game v Warwickshire at Edgbaston
6th August: 1 day game v Derbyshire at Derby
9th August: 1 day game v Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens
12th August: 2 day game v Pakistan at Shenley
16th August: 3 day game v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge
20th August: 1 day game v Hampshire at The Rose Bowl

Squad

I'm a little disapointed that there are no games against England A now that they're playing games at home again.

 

[Sureshot]

Should be a good learning curve for alot of them.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Durham v West Indies A Result

Durham 1st innings: 310 all out (Harmison 105)
West Indies A 1st innings: 364 all out (Morton 105)
Durham 2nd innings: 148 all out
West Indies A 2nd innings: 95/2

West Indies A win by 8 wickets

 

[andrew_nixon]

Leicestershire v West Indies A Result

Leicestershire 1st innings: 205 all out
West Indies A 1st innings: 349 all out (Simmons 100)
Leicestershire 2nd innings: 271/5 declared

Match drawn

 

[kookaburra69]

a great start to the tour for runako morton,he looks to be a handy player.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Worcestershire v West Indies A Result

Worcestershire innings: 213 all out (Sillence 94)
West Indies A innings: 204 all out (DS Smith 62)

Worcestershire win by 9 runs.

 

[barmyarmy]

Incidentally the Ben Harmison who hit a century for Durham is SJ Harmisons wee brother.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Warwickshire v West Indies A Result

West Indies A 1st innings: 235 all out (Shantry 5/49)
Warwickshire 1st innings: 414/9 declared (Westwood 178)
West Indies A 2nd innings: 173 all out

Warwickshire win by an innings and 6 runs

 

[FreddieFan]

Good performance by Warwickshire, nice to see wickets for Loudon (I think it was 4-16 off 10 overs) in the second innings.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Derbyshire v West Indies A Result

Derbyshire innings: 306/6 (Stubbings 56, Birt 53, Smith 57)
West Indies A innings: 276 all out (DS Smith 62, Morton 95, Botha 5/60)

Derbyshire win by 30 runs

 

[Sureshot]

Is Botha the Irish chap?

 

[andrew_nixon]

Is Botha the Irish chap?

No that's Andre Botha, this was Ant Botha. They're not related.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Glamorgan v West Indies A Result

West Indies innings: 326/6 (DS Smith 135, Simmons 61, Morton 89)
Glamorgan innings: 328/6 (Cosgrove 69, Hemp 79 not out)

Glamorgan win by 4 wickets

Despite the loss, this is a big improvement for the West Indies A side. They'll hope to continue this improvement when they come up against Pakistan this weekend.

 

[Nightwatchman]

yeah i thought that since WI A were touring, a match against their English counterparts could have been arranged?

 

[andrew_nixon]

yeah i thought that since WI A were touring, a match against their English counterparts could have been arranged?

Apparantly not. England A have only just started playing games at home again after a long period only playing away though.