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HEADLINE: Easy tour opener for England

 
CaribbeanCricket.com Apr 7, 2015, 3:22:20 AM 


England’s tour of the West Indies began with the gentlest possible examination as they dominated day one of their warm-up match at Warner Park yesterday.
They dismissed a compliant St Kitts & Nevis Invitational XI for just 59 in the morning session before captain Alastair Cook and the returning Jonathan Trott helped themselves to scores of 95 not out and 72 respectively.
England finished on 181 for one and will be pleased enough with their efforts - particularly Ben Stokes’ impressive spell of three for 10 and a solid start for their latest opening partnership - but the gulf in class was so dramatic that little of note will have been learned.
The bowlers were underworked in the extreme, with the hosts failing to last 27 overs after deciding to bat first, and only Stokes palpably advanced his claims on a Test spot.
Chris Jordan and Stuart Broad both claimed two wickets, but spinners Adil Rashid and James Tredwell were confined to bit-part cameos.

 

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Cornfused Apr 7, 2015, 3:36:50 AM 

Jokey is not the word , do we have a plan for development ? Why not send some Ateam players from these areas? Is that you're so "cash strapped" that we cannot put some potential West Indies players to a do a home evaluation . I think better is expected from all West Indians involved here . The value of this aspect of the tour is negative.

 
camos Apr 7, 2015, 3:48:09 AM 

the 2 day game finish in one?
lol

 
dayne Apr 7, 2015, 5:50:04 AM 

Well, this situation is not surprising, Cameron was re-elected, the leader who was too occupied to go to India to sort out an issue that is now costing his organization 42 million Dollars, in any other part of the world Cameron would of been shown the door

 
BeatDball Apr 7, 2015, 1:39:04 PM 

It gwine be easy like, tea & watah (as d guyneez used to say)! Lol.