Cricket

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.

Pitch doesn't appear to have deteriorated

Shah out for 14. Eng 97-3. Things going slowly and I dont think England will have enough time to bowl out WI the way things are going. Pitch seems fine maybe a lil slow.

Hope KP is in better form. Need a lot of runs from him quickly.

I dont think England will have enough time to bowl out WI the way things are going.

dude, this is the most volatile and liable-to-crack team in world cricket* we're talking about here

*since Pakistan basically retired from the game

Herman, you're the most pessimistic cricket fan I've ever conversed with, and by the standards of English cricket fans that is really saying something!

I genuinely think this phase of play is the worst Test cricket I've ever seen :D

Freddie underlining my point beautifully there :D

:D

(just thought you needed some support)

when kp is on bowling the only thing you know is going to happen is that he gets hit around the ground. 10 off that over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/2009/02/ecb_hit_for_six_by_stanford.html

Anyone finding the sanctimony coming from the massed ranks of the British press over Stanford a little hard to take?

I always find Mihir Bose very hard to take, whatever he's talking about

He also has a way of stating the bleeding obvious whilst coming across as if he's stating facts of earth-shattering importance.

Draw it seems.

England seem incapable of winning these kind of matches at the moment. We seem to be better in low-scoring games, for whatever reason.

Plenty of time to go, surely?

25 overs lost, apparently light might be a factor later. Still, you'd think we'd be able to take 7 wickets in 70-odd overs.

Flintoff still crocked tho?

Only if you get shiv or sarwan out early. And that's not looking likely. Shiv doesnt fail 3 innings in a row. This is the kind of innings hes made for.
Fred is injured

Broad and Anderson wont bowl anyone out so we need a fit fred. Harmison obv cant be relied upon either. My guess is if we win it will be because a spinner does it. Come on Swanny!

if the referral system had been in place this game wouldve been over yesterday as WI got the benefit this time. Sods law suggests they will get the benefit of it next test.

Certain draw. These 2 will probably be there at the close.

Finally a wicket.

BOLLOCKS harmison couldnt get near that top edge from shiv. WI have the luck. games a draw.

if he had got there it woulda been the greatest catch of all time

Not over yet, Windies not exactly the most robust batting line-up from here on in

well now broad has got his man you are right. No guarantee England will win either. nicely poised now!

When I saw him edge it I was crapping myself incase Prior dropped it!

yer sphincter's pretty quick on the draw

Nash out, England might just do this.

How long to play?

Another 35 overs tops.

argh another wrong lbw decision. cant these umpires get anything right?

Koertzen gave that Nash decision though. Admittedly I'm listening to TMS.

the umpire who gave the Nash decision is not the umpire who just gave Ramdin not out

Harper then.