Cricket 2017 : Day/Night tests C/D? (England vs West Indies)

5-0 at close

BBC seemed to be of the same view

With Stokes and Malan at the crease, England were cruising in the afternoon session, but three quick wickets for spinner Roston Chase put the match back in balance.

Stokes was caught at long-off from the first ball after a drinks break, Malan was bowled two overs later, and Jonny Bairstow followed soon after as he was bowled playing a reverse sweep.

That brought Moeen and Woakes together, and they survived until tea, when England were seven wickets down with a lead of 188.

At that point the match could have gone either way, but it was England who took control as they added 133 in just 28 overs.

Moeen was his typical attacking self, hitting a series of flowing boundaries through the off side in a 117-run partnership.

Woakes contributed just 31 to that stand but was the perfect foil for Moeen, and took the upper hand alongside Stuart Broad when Moeen was caught in the deep.

Shortly after Woakes became the sixth player to score a half-century in the innings, Root boldly declared, his side having reached their highest ever score without a player hitting a century.

Only thing missing from that report is the line "west indies bowling after tea was a load of shite"

watched the 30 minutes before and hour after tea in a salisbury pub (home now)

it was a curious mixture of elation at hero moeen's strokeplay and utter, crushing despair at the quite staggeringly dreadful cricket from the windies

Moeen was fantastic. I really did think W Indies had a great chance of winning if they got him out quickly and only had to chase 200 or so, but they were truly awful in the last session. England almost handed it to them on a plate with stupid shots by Stokes/Bairstow but what the hell were they doing after tea? 1st over after tea with England on the ropes and they give Brathwaite a bowl???

The seamers wre knackered and Bishoo wasnt bowled. as soon as he came on he had moeen out as it may not have been a no ball after all (the argument there will go on). West Indies wouldve been confident of getting 200 or so. I cant see them scoring 317 tomorrow they must be so deflated. Plus Brathwaite and Hope need to repeat their centuries to do it. Will be a lot harder on a 5th day pitch that is turning.

Mind you, it's a pitch once you get in you don't look like getting out unless you do something stupid. I dont see them crumbling to a 150 run defeat.

the moment i knew they'd lost the plot was when they reviewed an lbw against ali that i could tell from first view on tv was missing leg by maybe six inches

actually opening with brathwaite after tea was before that haha

also, with the caught behind no ball, ali would have heard the shout of no-ball before he played the shot i think?

they said that technically that is why it cant be reviewed but the ex-players said that it isnt really the case and would've played that shot anyway.

Holder makes a lot of mistakes as captain but fuck me they are even worse when he is off the field. He is clearly the best of a bad bunch. Decent player though and it cannot be easy captaining that team

You take 3 quick wickets with a spinner, you have a team that's been behind all of the game so far, they've been doing well then it starts to go qrong your seamers are knackered, you have a leggie thats decent what do you do?

You dont bring on a knackered seamer. Imagine they had got ali or woakes out in that 20 mins before tea? they might have been chasing 160 or so.

Even at tea leads still only 188. You dont bloody bowl Brathwaite. West Indies fans should be bloody furious.

holder should bat at 7 and bat properly. his shot to get out was completely terrible and a turning point. he'd batted excellently to put WI in control but another 50 or so runs would have made it virtually insurmountable. he took his foot off the throat - it was lazy, complacent and stupid all at once. he's a useful test cricketer and should certainly be in the side, but darren sammy was a far better captain for all his weaknesses as a player

holder, 3 actual good pacemen, an actual good spinner (miller? portly hero cornwall?) or another quick-bowling all-rounder and chase to round it off. they need a keeper to bat 6 and that should be their team balance. one more good fast bowler is needed.

in other news, Australia are struggling against the Tigers at Mirpur. Can Bangladesh get their first test victory against the Baggy Greens?

Is it still raining at Headingley?

would be a shame if rain spoiled a brilliant test match

they've just started, it's muggy with cloud cover

It's been steady drizzle here all morning, I was wondering about Leeds

Cook drops Brathwaite . He's the key wicket too

England will win around tea regardless of that drop

Powell caught by Stokes off Broad.

yay

lol

saw this happen to david gower

broad drops the simple c&b but the ball crashes into the stumps with kyle hope stranded

Boycott says the ball was hammered at him, c&b is always difficult for a fast bowler unless it's e.g. a leading edge. Bonus wicket!

seen the replay, yeah he should have caught it

I've seen him take those before, he's a good enough fielder.

I'm just glad for a change it wasn't an England player out like that because it really is the worst way to get out. So flukish

Australia look like they're gonna win They've closed on 109-2.

smith was given not out stumped first ball when i reckon he was out, doesn't really take away from the partnership though

meanwhile, west indies' first-innings heroes are together, what can they do

If they stay together to tea they will win I guess

big if obviously

They're going very well atm looking comfortable.

hmm!

everyones very quiet

well within their grasp now, I'm saying definite Windies win here

Brathwaite out for 95. W Indies still favourites but y'never know with nerves

new batsmen and pressure. Hope should still take them home but get him out and its back in the balance

think its tea

nope, not yet

2 more deliveries then tea

great effort, whatever happens from here...

that review was every bit as desperate as bishoo's yesterday

Aye, they might regret it too

Winviz now have England 1% to win

Oh what a fucking catch!

Sub fielder too!

Wow

the 2 best strokemakers are in next so they should actually take them over the line