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

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

catch aside, what the fuck was that shot

this is also a bad review but i guess they get refreshed in two overs

yeah, figured it was more psychological than hopeful

Blackwood looks in the mood to get this over quickly

Cook has dropped another one. Hope on 106

12 to win

6 to win. come on, big wallop!

I am starting to feel cautiously optimistic we might win this.

wicket, ooh now then