West Indies Tour of England - July 2020

[Dutch]

Bess The Beast!

 

[Ed Smith]

That's Buttler in for another year at least.

 

[Dutch]

A tired Windies will need to face an hour of Broady and co....[DOUBLEPOST=1595005143][/DOUBLEPOST]Broady to skittle the top order just to rub the nose of the selectors in it: dont leave me out you twats!

 

[Aislabie]

I'm continually baffled by the existence of John Campbell, Test opener. Of course he could very well go out there and prove me wrong, but it seems particularly strange with the likes of Da Silva and Moseley in the squad to persist with him. I'm not saying either of them is guaranteed to be a long-term answer, but as both are young, patient players they must be worth a go

Unusual John Campbell statistic: he has never not opened the batting, has only one fifty and has never carried his bat - and yet Campbell has finished over 20% of his Test innings so far unbeaten.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I'm continually baffled by the existence of John Campbell, Test opener. Of course he could very well go out there and prove me wrong, but it seems particularly strange with the likes of Da Silva and Moseley in the squad to persist with him. I'm not saying either of them is guaranteed to be a long-term answer, but as both are young, patient players they must be worth a go

Unusual John Campbell statistic: he has never not opened the batting, has only one fifty and has never carried his bat - and yet Campbell has finished over 20% of his Test innings so far unbeaten.

He's averaging 30 over the last two years which by my reckoning puts him third out of West Indies players who have played more than a couple of matches; double that of Braithwaite, almost double of Hope and almost triple that of Bravo. So he might not be setting the world on fire but he's somewhat of a rock compared with the others who have been in the top order.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

If you play it well, there's no more risk really than sweeping conventionally. (Unless you switch your stance) it's the same footwork and a similar one-two hand motion. I personally find it easier to play against leg spinners, and easier to hit hard (there's more of a wrist snap than a conventional sweep)

I suppose it depends on the player. But you surely wouldn't try a reverse-sweep against a fast bowler, especially on the second day of a Test match when you're batting at 176, right?

 

[Aislabie]

I suppose it depends on the player. But you surely wouldn't try a reverse-sweep against a fast bowler, especially on the second day of a Test match when you're batting at 176, right?

I mean, I've spent 20 minutes batting in the nets where my goal was to reverse sweep every bowler in the uni (success!). I'm also not an especially good batsman. So on all counts I'm probably not the best person to ask

 

[Aislabie]

So he might not be setting the world on fire but he's somewhat of a rock compared with the others who have been in the top order.

Semi-appropriate image.

 

[Dutch]

Curran!

 

[Dutch]

And a nightwatchman: all my dreams are coming true!

 

[Ed Smith]

Curran should have been more adamant about that 2nd review - plumb as plumb can be

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Curran should have been more adamant about that 2nd review - plumb as plumb can be

Broad would've been all over it.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Century for Buttler before stumps. Heard it here first.

Spoke too soon

 

[CerealKiller]

Spoke too soon

Not my fault he decided to channel his inner BJ Watling

 

[Dutch]

Englands slow going over de last session and a bit is going to bite them
In the Keaton Jennings