Cricket

Neil> yeah he could explode any minute, but he has all day to bat. If he is still there after tea there will be fireworks. WI haven't bowled badly today. Not too many loose "given up" deliveries that Harmison and Anderson can be prone to.

I like Fidel Edwards. Always looks the bowler with most potential when I see him. Benn impresses me too. Taylor is a good bowler too.(and gets KP out)

Cant see us getting 600 now

Would take getting another quick 150 and having a bowl tonight maybe.

fred out. no 600

no 500

Pitch doing crazy stuff though!

If england dont get 500-600 theres less pressure on WI batting, esp if the openers fire.

Nah only taylor is making it do stuff. Would you trust Harmison to have that effect? I bet jimmy gets the new ball ahead of him

Actually Harmison might be particularly effective on this pitch I think. Obv remains to be seen though...

He cant be trusted though, I do think he's worth persevering with as he isn't as bad as he was last year BUT it's not like he does the odd amazing test match followed by bad ones. He has tended to be bad or bowled ok but not getting loads of wickets. Jimmy does do the hot n cold thing to a tee mind you. Cant see Broad bowling a team out (maybe in a few years)

if colly is out here then umpires are a joke. ball hit ground 1st

not out. good decision.

fifa/uefa take note

er it was pretty fkn blatant from the first replay that it hit the ground, i'd discredit the 3rd umpire for wasting 3 minutes of play

Anyone remember Wayne Phillips getting out by hitting the ball into allan lambs boot and gower taking the catch at short leg in 1985?

Excellent century by Colly. 3rd in 9 innings since he came back fron being dropped last year. He had to work hard as fidel edwards and jerome taylor had some terrific fiery spells on a pitch that has kept low at times.

Now to score as quickly as they can and get 10-12 overs in tonight.

Athers and Beefy want 14/15

FFS how did the umpire miss that thick edge? Useless cunt.

When was the last time a batsmen walked? I cant even remember the last. Musta been YEARS ago.

Not that long ago

I cant think of any. It's something that noone seems to do now. I wonder if it really did happen back in ye olde days.

It did. Hardly ever though. I'm sure I saw someone do this in the last few years.

Gilchrist walked regularly.

Funnily enough, I thought it was an Australian

If Monty did it, LJ would probably accuse him of bring thick.

I imagine it would be OK for Gilchrist to do it, I'm sure if almost anybody else tried it they'd get a right bollocking

Fred has injury problems and has gone off after no training today,not bowling early on and now only 4 overs in his spell, Harmison had to leave the field after being sick afte 4 overs. Not what you need when you have to get 20 wkts to square the series.

I think Yuvraj Singh walked recently.

At last, Powell finally out. Good catch from Colly at slip.

Interesting, another 2 wickets couldve fallen in that over if the referrals system had been up.

Happy Birthday to Ryan Hinds, who should have been given out first ball. Equally, though, a reprieve is deserved by a man born on this finest of days.

Gilchrist and Lara were both walkers

haha bob willis just said both umpires are not very good and swann needs to appeal more like Monty, as swann didn't appeal for one that was actually a stonewall lbw.

a gay leg before wicket? :-)

"I met Adam Ant in a bar in Camden over the weekend. We discussed cricket briefly - he called Panesar 'basic at best' and said Swann was the better bowler of the two."
Tanters, Central London, in the TMS inbox

Stand and Deliver (Some Innocuous Left-Arm Spin)

I guess adam isn't trying to saaaaaaaaaaaaaaave the gorilla's anymore

King Pair of the Wild Frontier (sorry)

Ashwell Prince Charming (even sorrier)

Breaking news - Sir Allen Stanford has been arrested for "fraud of shocking magnitude" ... more soon

Not just that, a "fraud of shocking magnitude that has spread its tentacles throughout the world" - do the florid language justice

You mean other than England's performance in the Stanford 20-20 Super Series final?

Harmison bowling fairly well atm beating the bat a few times. 86 mph which i think is the speed where he bowls best. But so far the west indies look like getting past the follow on. If they do that, they have a very good chance of not losing the series. Now as I say this harmison looking as if he is gonna be ill again. No sign of fred bowling. Think Broad is probably gonna get a bowl next replacing Harmison next over. Harmy looks ill.

He's the Cap'n Bob of cricket.

hottest day of the year apparently. Get him off to avoid heatstroke

cant afford to be without harmison or fred but certainly not both. WI must fancy getting a draw now.

Harmison off the field. Looks really ill. Fred's on but not the usual fiery fred. He's struggling. Hip injury apparently.

wont be surprised if this goes to 350-3