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England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jamie Smith (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Gus Atkinson, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Shoaib Bashir

West Indies: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), 2 Mikyle Louis, 3 Kirk McKenzie, 4 Alick Athanaze, 5 Kavem Hodge, 6 Jason Holder, 7 Joshua da Silva (wk), 8 Gudakesh Motie, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Shamar Joseph, 11 Jayden Seales

10.30am: West Indies win the toss and bat, Kraigg Brathwaite reckons "the pitch looks a good one. We've got to believe and work hard." Shamar takes his place in the XI, which just features one change, Motie coming in for the crocked Sinclair.

Blockers Delight!

In reply to Drapsey


Kraigg hits the first boundary of the day....

WI 13-0

Brathwaite 13*
Louis 0*

Good analysis by Mark Butcher of Louis's lack of a backfoot game.

Work to be done before the Test series against South Africa.

Finally off the mark....

WI 16-0
Brathwaite 14*
Louis 2*

In reply to mikesiva

That should have been identified before he got into test cricket if wi had a proper cricket structure

In reply to mikesiva
Finally off and running

In reply to velo

Totally agree!

It worries me that these youngsters are being thrown in at the deep end....

Lovely drive down the ground for four by Kraigg!

And another through extra cover.

24 0 from 9

In reply to Chrissy

Good morning!

Louis gets his first boundary...I hope the youngster keeps his concentration, and goes beyond the 20s today.

It's a bit cloudy, but fairly warm weather, so should offer something for both the batsmen and the bowlers.

37/0 from 10

In reply to mikesiva
Hi there

Edgbaston, the best cricket ground ,to me in England.

In reply to mikesiva

Yes good analysis by Butcher re Louis. The young man is a predominant front foot
player as of now and he bats well outside crease too. His backfoot play will develop with more
experience. He just needs to put value on his wicket for now and builds his game.
No young player is a finished product...Coaches need to work with Louis and others
whose weaknesses are easily exposed at this level and against top class bowlers.

In reply to hubert

I've always been partial towards the Oval....

Drinks WI 49-0

Brathwaite 35*
Louis 14*

Drinks
49/0 from 15
Kraigg 34*
Mikyle 14*

In reply to mikesiva

The Oval is 2nd on my list

Braff 2.0
looking to score and not block block block

#braffball

60/0 from 19

In reply to doosra


Kraigg gets his half century!

WI 73-0

50 fi Paint
Bat on

In reply to doosra

In reply to Chrissy

Louis c Smith b Atkinson for 26

Fishing outside the offstump again.

WI 76-1

Gawn

Mikyle Louis c †Smith b Atkinson 26
76/1

Louis nicks off...work to do on the backfoot play and leave

good opening stand

In reply to doosra

McKenzie badly needs some runs today...off the mark with a boundary! And another!

WI 88-1

Brathwaite 54*
McKenzie 8*

Kirk lunch coming - yuh haffi bat all afternoon

92/1 from 24

In reply to Chrissy

Clataax !

Inswinging

Beaten

I saw dis coming
Clataaaax - stupid stupid out before lunch
Gawn fi three fours
93/2

In reply to Chrissy

McKenzie bowled by Wood for 12...beaten for pace.

WI 93-2

I suspect Kirk may need a rest during the SA tour.

In reply to LBW375
Cyan seh mi nebba did a warn him

In reply to mikesiva

was a great delivery though....would have dismissed better players than him!

Another one bite the dust. Foolish shot going to lunch

But everyone will just pile on McKenzie tho

In reply to CCW

Poor choice of shot by Athanaze.

Out played on to Atkinson for two.

WI 97-3 at lunch.

Dem men nuh have head
Clataaaax Athanaze
Stewwwwps.
Gives it away fi lunch
97/3

loose loose

In reply to mikesiva

Nice wicket to bat on. No seizing the opportunity from Athanaze.

In reply to Chrissy

Agree..Did anyone tell him that lunch is near ?
Did not want to lose another wicket b4 lunch...
I just don't know.

In reply to CCW
True but some better players would not be thinking attack minutes to lunch.

just let the 2 more go and come back out

inexperience?

In reply to mikesiva

Don’t know how WI has the knack for losing wickets in groups - 3 wickets in less than 4 overs 15 mins just before lunch

75/0 to 97/3

Don’t they understand how to play out a session?

In reply to Chrissy

From WI win toss and batted...I called out from my voluntary job.

Now I am ticked off with loss of 3 wickets..won't be a good day for me.

In reply to Acid

It is mental. They can score runs against anyone but they need to develop a mindset where they have much more discipline. Until then, it is a continued story of talent unfulfilled.

WI fans like to pile on Kraigg Brathwaite, calm him paint, etc

Man is a warrior tho, stand up and bat

In reply to LBW375

I would take him and his 12 test centuries over any of these flash in the pan batsmen that look more attractive to the eye but cant mek even 20 against quality bowling

In reply to velo

I wish half of them had half his determination and concentration skills...West Indies batting would be in a much better state. Overall, they are young and very inexperienced so hopefully, time will prove beneficial in the learning process. There is a long way to go.

In reply to mikesiva

These fellas carry the clinging hope of a Nation - in this case, Jamaica.

With the challenges of diminishing cricket in Jamaica, he has continued to put more nails in their coffin.

Don't worry, Hodge got this!

Day 1: 2nd Session

WI 110/3 (2 CRR: 3.93

Kraigg Brathwaite 61(85)
Kavem Hodge 8(6

In reply to hubert

Kraigg gawn now fi 61

115/4

What a soft dismissal by Brathwaite - such a poor shot right after lunch

28.5
Mark Wood to Brathwaite, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! Jamie Smith holds on for dear life! Disappointment for Brathwaite as he falls after a good start once again. He gets past 50 this time but can't turn it into a big one.

Brathwaite c Jamie Smith b Mark Wood 61(86) [4s-8]

Geez...

My goodness this team just needs to come home this is embarassing .

Proper shite delivery to get a wicket with.

The only thing I don't like about Hodge is his first name.

Kavem, what the heck is that?

BTW, the usage of 'heck' wasn't my choice, AI supplied it.

Oops, him gawn now.

Clataaaaax
Hodge gawn now
115/5

Nuts to this

Very disappointing performance on a good pitch, in this series once to opening partnership is broken the WI batting usually fall apart.

In reply to velo

Yeah come home...man leave alone an inch outside off

29.1
Woakes to Kavem Hodge, out Bowled!! He's left a straight one! Oh he won't be looking at the replays of that anytime soon. Superb setup from Woakes though. He'd bowled outswingers all over in the last one, Hodge thought he had another one coming as it was in the channel, only this time it was the wobble-seam delivery and it cut back in off deck. Hodge watched it crash into the top of off-stump.

Kavem Hodge b Woakes 13(11) [4s-2]

This fight Kraig talks about is a load of crap. I see nothing but poor decision making in all 3 tests so far.
Any swing or seam, we struggle.

From 76/0 to 115/5

Sadly, all too familiar. They have scored at a decent rate, not been under too much pressure but they lack it between the ears...no discipline, Brathwaite aside lacking in focus.

Left alone and bowled

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

Not sure if they understand that scoring at a decent rate counts for nothing if you lose with days to spare

Michael Atherton just said “beautiful pitch for batting”

In reply to Acid

beautiful pitch for batting for anyone but us. I really believe that these guys fight and then think they ain't got to fight no more that everything will come easy and are mentally weak.

129/5 from 34

Stuart Broad in the commentary box:
The criticism of WI is the lack of thought process close to the End of sessions and breaks. It is poor to lose 3 wickets in the last few overs before day 1.

Essentially they undid the hard work they put in for 1 hr and 45 mins

* before lunch on day 1

Day 1: 2nd Session

WI 130/5 (35) CRR: 3.71

Jason Holder 5(25)
Joshua Da Silva 8(12)

England review.

Close shout for lbw is turned down
35.3
Woakes to Joshua Da Silva, no run, review lost, Joshua Da Silva got into trouble here, was a short of length delivery that just skidded through, was stuck to his crease looking to pull and it wasn't short enough, bat came around and across, got nowhere near the ball as it smashed into the pad just above the knee-roll, ball-tracker shows it did too much though and it would've gone down leg

In reply to Acid

Mid stump at that.

This must be a record.

In reply to Drapsey

With the balls swinging so much you have to play with bat and pad close

They are playing down the line of the ball but the lack of experience playing swing shows. That’s why if you are going to England, the camp should have gone a month earlier and played 3 practice matches not a rushed 3 day match a few days before the 1st Test

140/5 from 41

The young brigade are one-hit-wonder or wah...

In reply to Cricket_101

They still have us wondering

154/5 from 45

50 partnership

Holder is playing very tight and compact

Half our runs are in boundaries, young brigade just needs to be tighter and more patient, have the shots but not the judgement and defense, hopefully it is just not yet.

Run rate very good.

All those crappy outs

This is DaSilva’s 6th Test vs England
1. 32 & DNB
2. 33 & 30*
3. 100* & DNB
4. 0 & 9
5. 82* & 14
6. 35* at Tea Day 1

Aggregate 335
Average 67.0

In reply to Acid

Tea

West Indies 194-5

Holder 42*
da Silva 35*

In reply to Brerzerk

Add to this, we need to improve our concentration before and after major breaks in play. The lapses are too glaring.

Much better session

In reply to mikesiva

200 up

In reply to Chrissy

Boundary to da Silva...200 up.

DaSilva is playing the leg side shots much better than Brathwaite

Oh, that facting BRUTE named Wood!

Surya must be very happy watching all that uncalled for hostility being meted out against the West Indies.

In reply to Acid

Holder gets his 13th half century...the value of experience.

Good 50 Holder!

In reply to mikesiva

Key statement!

In reply to mikesiva

Boom !

In reply to LBW375

Woakes gets da Silva for 49.

Pity!

His shot selection was so good, until then.

That was a leave Josh

Josh gawn fi 49 ouch

Good partnership wid Jason
224/6
Jason 54*

In reply to mikesiva

All it takes is one mistake

Poor shot, DaSilva.

Atherton, Azzari cannot bat.

Holder needs to throw the bat now at least get to 300

In reply to Chrissy

was really really hoping they could bat out the day...

sigh

DaSilva was batting well - didn’t have to poke at that one

AlJo gives it away
244/7

Mad man shite..gets out the same way every time.

That is your vc smh

In reply to Chrissy

As always. This guy has sh*t in his head for a cricketer with experience.

swing fellas swing...

whatever we get we taking..

9 down..

some pitiful stuff watching these fella learn on the spot.

but its our team...

Men need to learn to keep eyes on ball, sway and duck, in fronta bowling machine @90mph.
It nuh look gud

Shamar looks better than Kirk with the bat.
So far he has made twice the number of runs than Kirk in this series and counting.

It's a decent score, hopefully they bowl well. For the next series against South Africa, some middle order changes should be done, they cannot be getting fifty plus runs opening partnerships then collapsing.

Not a two-day test for sure.

Gone! just don't bowl too straight to often Seales, 6th stump, 6th stump

In reply to Brerzerk

Gone again! Aljo get the other opener. Keep going guys

2 quick wickets......

Brilliant catch!!!
31-3

Another

Can we hopefully get ONE MORE before close of play ?

By the way, only a dog would have referred that catch for double checking

In reply to Halliwell

no, labrador said it was out...his owner with a stick and dark glasses even said it was out

Close of Play:

West Indies 282 all out
England 38/3

A decent fight back so far

In reply to Chrissy

Missed most of the day, deliberately for the most part. But good to see
the Poms have lost 3 wickets late on the day.

Hoping for Shamar to get his mojo back and rattle dem brits..

In reply to Cricket_101

It will likely take a bit of time but the good thing is that he was judges healthy / fit enough to play. Having been idle for so long, he needs games, miles in the legs.

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

Concur!

39/3
Wickets allyuh

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

Shamar and Seales opening the bowling this morning....

Should've taken that review. Damn!

Pope bowled Shamar played on for 10!

England 51-4

Brook c da Silva b Seales for two!

England 54-5

In reply to mikesiva
CLATAAX
Shamar strikes
51/4

Gawn Brook gawn. Jayden strikes
54/5

when vc comes in he needs to follow up with a good spell

see what i mean

vc comes in

4 down legside
4 short and driven

12 runs off the over

pressure eased

phew

2 - 0 - 18 - 0

not tight enough

come on Jo

AlJo serving up fours

3 - 0 - 24 - 0

man giving up all the pressure

phew

In reply to Chrissy

Morning!

Windies might regret not taking that review.

Drinks

England 101-5

Root 39*
Stokes 18*

55-5 and he serves this up

very poor

106/5
Wicketsallyuh

In reply to doosra
Very poor is kind

Leh we go Motie

In reply to doosra

Root gets his half century....

England 125-5

Why some players shirts blue???

100 partnership
Loud stewwwps

In reply to Chrissy

Lunch

England 157-5

Root 58*
Stokes 48*

In reply to mikesiva
Disappointing after a great start

In reply to WIfan26

They have a special "Blue for Bob" day at the ground, raising awareness and donations for a charity related to prostate cancer, which took the life of England's Bob Willis in 2019. Spectators wear blue, players too.

In reply to Chrissy

Indeed. Just as batsmen need to work on their focus, so do the bowling attack as a unit. Shamar looks better in each spell, only that pace is still a bit short of where it should be. Once he gets a bit fitter, hopefully during the South Africa series we will see him back to his peak. Seales was impressive again and is having another good series. Alzarri Joseph has a serious issue, it is plain for all to see. His action, approach & skill set are all fine...but that mental concentration is clearly lacking. Holder has been very disappointing with the ball. Motie looks a threat, hopefully they get control again after lunch.

And if only the umpire had given Root out...England would be serious trouble, instead...the momentum is slowly leaving the tourists...

I cannot be upset with Da Silva and Seales, to the eye that ball looked to be going down leg. Just an unlucky one...against one of the game's all time greats

first over after lunch

short and all over
10 runs and then vex with people

steupssss

come on VC

something special called for now

Aljo Strikes - Stokes gawn

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

In reply to doosra
You got it
169/6

Finally Alzaari decdied to be useful after conceding more than 1/3 of the runs in just 10 overs.

In reply to Chrissy

that is all we asking for

something likkle special

1 more jo

and we into the tail

208/6 from 43
Wickets allyuh

48.2
Motie to Root, out Lbw!! Root turns and walks! Huge wicket for the West Indies and Motie has got Root for the second time in the series. In similar fashion too, it was floated up full on on middle, just went on with the arm and didn't turn as Root pressed forward to defend, beat the inside edge and hit him pretty dead in front.

Root lbw b Motie 87(124) [4s-7]

Root trapped
Motie

come on boys

In reply to Chrissy

You got it!!!! LBW, in front, Root got to bat twice and still could not make his century!!!

In reply to Emir
PHEW and before the ton

Day 2: 2nd Session

ENG 243/7 (51) CRR: 4.76

England trail by 39 runs

Jamie Smith 41(50)
Chris Woakes 7(9)

Jayden Seales
13-1-48-3

55.3
Holder to Jamie Smith, FOUR, another impressive knock from Jamie Smith, he gets to fifty! Pitched up full and on the pads, easy pickings there as Jamie Smith whipped it through wide mid-on

These days Tailenders always put Windies to the sword

In reply to XDFIX

Smith is NOT a tailender

You guys forgetting WI wee 115/5 and the lower order put some respectability to the total .....

Joseph irritates ne

leaking after tea just like after lunch

phew

Back to SSDD

In reply to doosra

identical to post lunch

poor poor poor

62.6
Alzarri Joseph to Woakes, FOUR, 17 off the over. Another short ball and Woakes gets a thick top-edge that sails over the keeper for a one-bounce boundary

Alzarri Joseph
16-2-106-2

In reply to doosra

Smith is taking the game away from the Windies....

England 316-7

Smith 81*
Woakes 39*

Partnership: 100(114)

ENG 331/7 (67.1) CRR: 4.93

England lead by 50 runs

67.1
Shamar Joseph to Jamie Smith, FOUR, Smith into the 90s now. Fuller on the pads, Jamie Smith says thank you and creams the flick along the ground in the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket

69.2
Shamar Joseph to Jamie Smith, out Bowled!! Hands on the back of the head for skipper Stokes. Probably sums up the mood in the dressing room. Jamie Smith deserved a maiden hundred, but he will have to walk back. Tries his best not to show any emotion, but there's plenty of it in the dressing room as they rise and applaud what has been a phenomenal knock from the Surrey man. Off-cutter angled in from a length outside off, kept really low and snuck past the under edge on the attempted pull

Jamie Smith b Shamar Joseph 95(109) [4s-12 6s-1]

Day 2: 3rd Session

ENG 338/8 (69.3) CRR: 4.86

England lead by 56 runs

71.2
Shamar Joseph to Woakes, 2 runs, 7th fifty in Test cricket for Chris Woakes. Ben Stokes is seen applauding the hardest in the dressing room

Day 2: 3rd Session

ENG 358/8 (72) CRR: 4.97

England lead by 76 runs

Chris Woakes 57(69)
Gus Atkinson 8(

Shamar Joseph
13-0-63-2

73.3
Alzarri Joseph to Woakes, out Caught by Brathwaite!! Alzarri Joseph has his third. Woakes jumps out of his crease looking to cut this short ball, but only ends up finding the fielder at short extra cover. Got it off the splice and placed it much squarer than he would have liked.

Woakes c Brathwaite b Alzarri Joseph 62(7 [4s-7]

74.4
Motie to Gus Atkinson, 1 run, he's safe! Full outside off, knocked towards cover for a quick single, Joshua Da Silva didn't collect the throw properly before he broke the stumps

75.2
Alzarri Joseph to Gus Atkinson, SIX, that's gone all the way!

75.3
Alzarri Joseph to Gus Atkinson, SIX, two in a row! Back of a length on middle, Gus Atkinson stands tall and hammers it over the deep square leg ropes! Superb hitting

Alzarri Joseph to Gus Atkinson, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

75.4
Alzarri Joseph to Gus Atkinson, out Caught by Motie!! Taken this time! Back of a length on middle, Gus Atkinson hangs back looking to heave it away once more, this time it hit him high on the bat, ended up popping it to Motie at mid-wicket.

Gus Atkinson c Motie b Alzarri Joseph 21(16) [4s-1 6s-2]

Joseph get the f off the field man

Finally all out...I see Al Jo has made a 3rd ton in four innings..

come on allyuh

let us get a 200 lead

bat till the chips done fry

Day 2: Innings Break

WI 282
ENG 376 (75.4) CRR: 4.97

England lead by 94 runs

Joseph 17.4 2 122 4
Jayden Seales 19 1 79 3
Shamar Joseph 13 0 63 2
Jason Holder 7 0 31 0
Gudakesh Motie 19 2 61 1

0.4
Woakes to Brathwaite, no run, oh my word, that was close to off-stump! Good length delivery just outside off, was the scrambled seam and it nipped back in as he shouldered arms

0.6
Woakes to Brathwaite, out Bowled!! That's a dream delivery! An absolute jaffa! Good length delivery on off-stump, angles in and shapes away, squared him up completely and there was enough movement to beat the outside edge before going on to hit the top of off-stump. It simply does not get any better. Brathwaite can walk back knowing 10/10 batters would've got out to that

Brathwaite b Woakes 0(6)

In reply to Narper

yall saw KBs wicket coming , right?

from the time he left that ball alone...I said oh ramsgate..steupse..

0 for 1

Bowled like a ?

3.6
Gus Atkinson to Kirk McKenzie, FOUR, he's crunched that! Length delivery outside off, width on offer and he frees his arms to send this sizzling through to deep cover with a slap

4.3
Woakes to Mikyle Louis, 3 runs, Stokes has put it down! This was straightforward, not in the least for Stokes at least, full outside off, Louis drove this uppishly towards mid-off and Stokes only had to move a little to his right, didn't get his hands in the right place and it went straight through

Day 2: 3rd Session

WI 19/1 (5) CRR: 3.8

West Indies trail by 75 runs

Kirk McKenzie 6(15)
Mikyle Louis 12(10)

Chris Woakes
3-1-8-1

take advantage of this chance Mikyle

In reply to Narper

Let the chance count youngster, see off the deficit

In reply to Narper

Gotta make use of that Life...c'mon Louis stay there till close.
You have reached double figures in all six innings..time to go big..
Hang in there.

5.4
Gus Atkinson to Kirk McKenzie, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! Kirk McKenzie's nightmare tour is brought to an end! Good length delivery just outside off, zipping through at pace and Kirk McKenzie just hung his bat out to dry. He didn't need to play at that, it caught a faint nick and went through to Smith who was never putting that down. England have two early. The West Indies in a spot of bother.

Kirk McKenzie c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson 8(1 [4s-1]

WI 23/2 (6) CRR: 3.83

West Indies trail by 71 runs

Mikyle Louis 13(12)
Alick Athanaze 1(1)

Gus Atkinson
3-0-15-1

Hopefully this is the last we have seen from McKenzie - not up to red ball cricket standard

8.6
Shoaib Bashir to Mikyle Louis, 1 run, direct-hit and he was in trouble! Tossed up full on off-stump, Mikyle Louis pushed it straight to mid-off and set off for a single, Duckett was quick to throw at the non-striker's end but he didn't hit

WI 27/2 (11) CRR: 2.45

Alick Athanaze 1(17)
Mikyle Louis 16(26)

Shoaib Bashir
2-0-2-0

11.1
Mark Wood to Mikyle Louis, no run, review retained! That's a corker yorker from Wood! Fired in fast and straight on middle, Mikyle Louis got well forward and his pad got in the way as it angled in, bat couldn't come around in time and it hit him just above the boot. There was a massive appeal and it was turned down, nothing on UltraEdge, ball-tracker shows it would've hit leg-stump on umpire's call! Mikyle Louis had lost his balance, fallen over and thrown his bat away by the time he was done playing that

Hope Louis make this count

Umpire’s call

Day 2: Stumps

WI 33/2 (14) CRR: 2.36

West Indies trail by 61 runs

Mikyle Louis 18(3
Alick Athanaze 5(23

Chris Woakes 4 2 8 1
Gus Atkinson 4 0 16 1
Shoaib Bashir 3 1 2 0
Mark Wood 3 1 6 0

I have never seen a guy so from footed than louis in attack and defence .just cant seem to play off the back foot

another day ahead

just take it one at a time

don't give up guys

by lunch WI could be in the lead and more comfortable

test cricket is hard

Shamar seems to be getting better…

Wonder how McKenzie feels knowing that he'll be 'enshrined' in the annals of history as the last Yardie to play test cricket for the West Indies.

In reply to Cricket_101

He does...hopefully he will be closer to full tilt when the Saffers pad up!

I would "rest" Alzarri for a game and be tempted to give Isai Thorne a match if he shows well in the warm-up game. That boy has raw talent, along with the very promising Johann Layne, two good young quicks of different style for the future.

In reply to 4REALQUICKS

Alzarri has regressed. Can’t remember an experienced player bowling almost 20 overs and going for close to 7 runs/over and this is when you had the opposition 50-something for 5 at one point.

Seems as if he is trying to bowl 2 fast and his control is slipping from middle to leg side. I hope the coaches are showing him videos of his line and length

Test matches are finishing with days to spare so they should have ample time to watch videos.

In reply to Drapsey

Very disappointing performance from McKenzie, I hope that he will spend time in the nets, then “wheel and come again”.

In reply to Drapsey

Responding to your last Jamaican to play test for West Indies, you should know never to write off Jamaicans especially in sports, if we can enter the Winter Olympics, and recently won an Ice Hockey tournament in Canada, then it’s will not be difficult for us to find West Indies next great batsman, just give it some time.

In reply to Slipfeeler

West Indies 52-2

Athanaze 11*
Louis 27*

Difficult chance dropped off the Dominican in the slips.

Athanaze lbw Bashir for 12.

Windies 53-3

In reply to hubert
Gawn
57/3

Scores level
94/3

In reply to Chrissy

Drinks

West Indies 96-3

Louis 39*
Hodge 30*

Good to see Mikyle playing some backfoot shots this morning....

Louis hits Bashir over his head for six to reach his half century!

WI 112-3

Louis 51*
Hodge 34*

Nice 50 Louis!

folk

there is a lead of 24 on the board with 7 wickets on hand

just bat bat bat bat

In reply to doosra

That's all. Just bat bat bat.
Congrats on de 50 not our Louis. Bat on bat on

Caught same way. Got to know how to leave that ball

In reply to Acid

Louis c Crawley b Stokes for 57

Pity!

I was hoping he'd go on to three figures.

Fishing outside offstump again. Something he needs to work on, or this weakness will be exploited by the Saffer pacers.

Louis gawn fi 57
125/4

In reply to mikesiva

Dis - after a good 57 - bad habit

In reply to Chrissy

A real real bad habit. Man won't leave those balls out there alone. Is like they calling he name out there he needs to learn to ignore them

In reply to positiveg

it's not habit in the habit sense

it's skill deficiency

he has to work on it and i hope CWI can get him the appropriate help to improve on that

In reply to mikesiva

Did the hard work for 90 mins of the session and needed focus for the last half hour - this is the critical period in a session when WI tend to lose their way.

Luck for Holder with a dropped catch - keep the focus, Lunch is close.

50 for Hodge and 50 lead

In reply to Acid

Good half century for Hodge....

Holder given lbw, reviews. Upheld.

Holder lbw Atkinson for 12

Windies 146-5

Fifty fi Hidge - bat on

Holder class for an lbw review

Gawn lbw146/5

Same thing I saying - end of a session is close and we loss a wicket

This match is done as a contest

Lunch: 150/5
Hodge 52*
DaSilva 2*

That Holder wicket was a bad bad one

In reply to doosra

Was it as bad as athanaze sweeping a ball on middle stump

In reply to velo

that was a bad choice as well

In reply to doosra

Bad decision I thought

In reply to velo

If we could get 120 more somehow I would give us a shot

In reply to GMA

Need a shamar miracle again

Thought they might have sent in Shamar ahead of Alzarri

Playing across the line Josh. Play straight.

In reply to WIForever

i don't understand it

why keep trying to whip to midwicket or square leg

at least until the reverse is off

51.4
Mark Wood to Jayden Seales, out Bowled!! Push him back and rip the stumps out next ball! Just two stumps left standing after that, Mark Wood is unstoppable, he's got 4 wickets in his last 6 overs.

Jayden Seales b Mark Wood 0(3)

51.5
Mark Wood to Shamar Joseph, FOUR, to deep backward point

gawn

51.6
Mark Wood to Shamar Joseph, out Caught by Harry Brook!! A fifer for Wood and they've all come after lunch! What a spell of fast bowling! He switched to round the wicket for this one, pitched it up full outside off, enticed the drive and Shamar Joseph went at it with all hands, just enough shape away again to catch a healthy outside edge and Brook took a good catch diving to his right at second slip. Mark Wood, take a bow!

Shamar Joseph c Harry Brook b Mark Wood 4(2) [4s-1]

Day 3: 2nd Session

WI 175 (52) CRR: 3.37

-ENG NEED 82 runs to WIN

In reply to Narper

Hope they lose at least 5 wickets in getting there

the whitewash is on

Stokes and Duckett are at the crease.

Stokes is on strike.

Alzarri Joseph will open the attack

0.2
Alzarri Joseph to Stokes, no run
0.1
Alzarri Joseph to Stokes, no run

In reply to hubert

I am hoping for 10 wickets....another Shamar magic

0.4
Alzarri Joseph to Stokes, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket
0.3
Alzarri Joseph to Stokes, FOUR, to sweeper cover

0.5
Alzarri Joseph to Stokes, byes, FOUR, now they're donating runs too!

i really would dump alzharri for the next series dont care if he took four wickets in the match the man has been truly awful whole england series and he is your experienced fast bowler

In reply to Narper

Too much to ask. Folks here have it in for Zari

New Test Rankings. WI dropped to last place and England displaced WI from the 6th spot:

1. India
2. Australia
3. NZ
4. SL
5. Pakistan
6. England
7. SA
8. Bangladesh
9. WI

2 biggest disappointment

Jason Holder
Kirk McKenzie

Can't cuss Kirk much, being tossed into test cricket with his FC record is ridiculous. 1 ton and 28 average

Jason Holder should be producing a lot more. More wickets, more runs

I ain't bashing Alzaari much, he has the goods, lack proper coaching ??

I like Louis, only 9 FC matches, want to see him up the ante in the next FC season. Hodge is a serious player and hopefully will improve. Hope the ton wet his appetite for wanting more

In reply to LBW375

Holder did fairly well with the bat, agreed he’d have taken a few wickets - but in the big picture, we played three seamers in which didn’t performed well… Shamar is game rusty, but Seales and Aj performed poorly