*Official* West Indies Tour of England 2020

[Beamer]

In the England game, the pitch looks ridiculously slow, making Mark Wood look like a medium pacer in his first over. Has it been like that throughout the match and is the AGEAS Bowl a slow pitch generally?

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Jennings goes the second ball I see; might have been a small amount of turn for Bess.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Kyle Mayers with an attacking half century, he’s got the goods.

 

[Beamer]

Jennings goes the second ball I see

Really nice bounce from Bess there. Looks like Rakheem the dream should be a shoe in.

 

[Beamer]

Kyle Mayers with an attacking half century, he’s got the goods.

He took on Gabriel on the floodlights last night and pulled a couple of sixes. I think he's got something about him.

 

[Howe_zat]

The attack today of Archer, Broad, Wood and Bess is pretty much the test attack sans Anderson so it's not too surprising they have the oppo 49/2 at lunch.

Crawley perhaps has a chance to open instead of, rather than with, Sibley with a score. I had forgotten he hit a speedy ton in the warm up to the series that never was in SL.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

He took on Gabriel on the floodlights last night and pulled a couple of sixes. I think he's got something about him.

He’s got flair.

 

[Howe_zat]

In the England game, the pitch looks ridiculously slow, making Mark Wood look like a medium pacer in his first over. Has it been like that throughout the match and is the AGEAS Bowl a slow pitch generally?

I think the rather squashed camera angle and no noise has something to do with it, but yeah, Southampton isn't really known for being anyhting other than a blunt drop in.

That said, Mark Wood is perfectly capable of making himself look like a medium pacer if he's not quite got his rhythm.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

(The return to test cricket could’ve been directed to a sub-forum in this forum.)

The windies and England warmups happening simultaneously...

 

[theegyptian]

County teammates bowling at each other now. Wood to Stokes.

I'd love for someone to sledge the **** out of Stokes whilst he's batting here just for a laugh.

 

[Daemon]

Crawley's ridiculously tall isn't he

Bess' run up and action is a lot like Lyon's with maybe 75% of the work

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

So England will join the West Indies in donning the Black Lives Matter on their uniforms.

 

[Bijed]

Woakes bowling with Stokes and Foakes at the crease. I think this may be the closest we ever get.

 

[honestbharani]

Just ask Foakes to keep instead of whoever is keeping... Need to recreate Dilley, Willey, Lillee (did that ever happen btw)/

 

[Daemon]

Buttler just dropped a simple one, looks like he's hurt his thumb or something.

 

[honestbharani]

Great.. Foakes can take over

 

[Daemon]

He's batting..

 

[honestbharani]

Well, there can always be Woakes c Foakes b Stokes I guess...

 

[wpdavid]

Just ask Foakes to keep instead of whoever is keeping... Need to recreate Dilley, Willey, Lillee (did that ever happen btw)/

I'm pretty sure it did, when England toured Australia in 1979/80.

Here we go - 2nd innings of the 1st test.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...nd-1st-test-england-tour-of-australia-1979-80



Whilst we're on the subject, Brian Johnstone's famous line 'The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey' was never actually used in live commentary. Apparently someone wrote to him at TMS advising Johnners to be careful about saying this, and BJ did read the letter out. What's less well known is that the writer of the letter signed him/herself as 'Miss Tess Tickle'.

 

[Beamer]

Da Silva finishes on 58 not out. Wow what a case he has made. If Dowrich is injured, he definitely comes in. If Campbell messes up badly, he can come in to open also.