Cricket

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

kp on

kp smacked for six

games heading for a draw. Dunno why KP is bowling and Broad isn't. Why?

a wicket or 2 now and games changed. KP isn't going to take wickets, he's just easy runs for 2 good batsmen.

cant see where a wicket is going to come and you know who is still to bat

well well. fred gets the edge. Hinds out. But sarwan looks in awesome form and guess who is in next.

If we can get Chanderpaul out now, we should bundle them out for under 300 I think.

and if we dont 500+

and he doesnt fail wo innings in a row very often. crucial period this

*two

Puttin' money on another 700+

Oh my!!!

We need Freddie to give him a bit of the old chin music, a la that over to Ponting at Trent Bridge, 2005:

no need. broad got him before you posted that hence my oh my!!

Yeah great stuff!

haha the crowd have had some strange outfits on this test match and I just spotted Spongebob Squarepants

That Flintoff over above still sends a shiver down my spine.

broad just dropped a C&b

Good height too. Sarwan wouldve been a great wicket. He's playing very well. Will probably be made to regret that.

Sarwan out on 94. He had a touch of the KP disease there. Tried to bring up his century with a 6 and hits straight to fred. He looks utterly disgusted with himself.

He smashed his bat into the ground

well well swann on a hattrick!

Aggers will be smug I bet

new ball in 4 overs .

Fred takes a few wkts to bowl WI out but clearly isnt fit. Really struggling so a remarkable effort by the big man. Harmison is clearly quite ill but bowled manfully too with decent pace (and making himself more sick in the process) was unlucky not to get a few wickets.
Not enforcing follow in since the bowlers arent fit. Botham and co are moaning like fuck but you cant blame strauss. Im sure they know more about how ill/injured they are than botham and willis in their comfy chairs.
Now lets hope england dont give away cheap wkts chasing quick runs. Add a quick 150 by lunch tomorrow is i assume the plan. Lets see what happens. Lose a couple tonight and batting again will have been the wrong decision.

time for that first duck!

Recent posting partnerships:
Pfunkboy-Neil S . 14-2
Pfunkboy-Tom D . 1-1
Pfunkboy-Neil S . 10-3

Hogging the strike a bit there.

not time for that first duck!

lol good luck with the 20 million challenge this year englanders

Umpires consistent with their (wrong) decisions. Shah hit on the foot infront of the stumps and given not out.