1st Test England v West Indies at Southampton, July 8-12 2020

[jargan83]

Zak Crawley looks like the work experience kid

 

[Twizzle]

England 204 & 284/8 (104 ov) v West Indies 318
Stumps

 

[hineyrulz]

Windies will find a way to blow this.

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms already enough

Will go 1-0 up around tea time today..

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Poms already enough

Will go 1-0 up around tea time today..

I woke up to the score and thought similar. But my heart is saying Windies.

The way Joseph was bowling before lunch I thought the poms could get rolled for a lot less. He looks a real talent.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Windies 2 down for 7 chasing 200

 

[Pommy]

Not a bad start, do the windies push on or try to bat it out for a draw?

 

[8Ball]

Potentially turning into a great game..All 3 results possible

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Hope and Chase together, maybe a sign?

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Cmon Windies. I’m gonna stay up for this one... could be a fantastic finish..

 

[Sphagnum]

Lol, England wasted their review. Only
Got 25 left now...


Wtf?

 

[Sphagnum]

England have been the best team in the world since 2005 ashes. Just ask them. They have won ever ashes and World Cup since then and are well on there way to winning this game.

 

[undertaker]

Cmon Windies. I’m gonna stay up for this one... could be a fantastic finish..

Yep, I'd like to see the Windies win. They've performed better throughout the test.

Potentially turning into a great game..All 3 results possible

Definitely wasn't going to be a draw after England could only add 29 more runs to their overnight total.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Lol, England wasted their review. Only
Got 25 left now...


Wtf?

Its the first I’ve watched much of the test, so might be slow on the uptake... but I I heard “still have 3 reviews”.... WTF have I missed???

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Yep, I'd like to see the Windies win. They've performed better throughout the test.
.

The key will be Archers spell after tea. You just know he’ll come out after the break with a rocket up his backside. He could win it in the blink of an eye... but if the Windies can hold on and stem the damage they should get the win.

 

[8Ball]

Bit of reverse swing now. Could make things interesting if England can take a wicket

 

[undertaker]

Before the start of the day, I thought England needed at least a 250 lead to have a realistic chance of a victory.

Windies just lost their 5th wicket, but I still feel that England are at least 50 runs short. If you add another 50 runs to the target, and take off the number of overs England would've chewed up to get those 50 runs, the Windies would've been under much more pressure compared to the current scenario where they only needed to score at 2.3 runs/over chasing 200 off 87 overs.

 

[undertaker]

Blackwood will be very disappointed with his dismissal. Would've got a century had he not had a brain explosion going for the glory shot.

Nevertheless, an excellent innings of 95 and Man of the Match performance.

 

[Bazal]

Yay Windies

 

[hineyrulz]

Well done Windies. They are an improving young side.