The England v West Indies 2012 Test Thread
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The England v West Indies 2012 Test Thread
After what seems an age we have test cricket back on English soil and as ever the first test is always too early for the British weather
The Windies have to go back to Bangladesh in November 2011 for the last test series they won whereas we are the number 1 team in the world
The Windies have lost Gayle, Bravo and Narine to the IPL and that's bound to have an effect
Still don't know why we don't get a 5 match series but we'll take the wins where we can get them.
The Windies have to go back to Bangladesh in November 2011 for the last test series they won whereas we are the number 1 team in the world
The Windies have lost Gayle, Bravo and Narine to the IPL and that's bound to have an effect
Still don't know why we don't get a 5 match series but we'll take the wins where we can get them.
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Just driving back from a meeting and I was thinking you'd been abducted by aliens as there had been no thread
I read they may go with 4 seamers, even so we should win this 3-0 looking at the state of their team.
What will be interesting is how many jumpers they'll be wearing if it's chilly IIRC it was a minimum 2 each 4 years ago at the test held at Durham !!
I read they may go with 4 seamers, even so we should win this 3-0 looking at the state of their team.
What will be interesting is how many jumpers they'll be wearing if it's chilly IIRC it was a minimum 2 each 4 years ago at the test held at Durham !!
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If it's one of those Pendolino trains watch the Khazi, last time I went up to OT I pressed the button to close the electric door but didn't realise there was another button to lock it, anyway there I was mid stream when the door swooshes(is that even a word) open and there's a young lady standing there as well as various other passers by !
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If it's one of those Pendolino trains watch the Khazi, last time I went up to OT I pressed the button to close the electric door but didn't realise there was another button to lock it, anyway there I was mid stream when the door swooshes(is that even a word) open and there's a young lady standing there as well as various other passers by !
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A stiff lesson in class served up today by the boys
That Bravo dismissal was a shambles by both them and us but we stuck with it and got the job done.
Great innings by Chanderpaul though, reminiscent of Alistair Cook
That Bravo dismissal was a shambles by both them and us but we stuck with it and got the job done.
Great innings by Chanderpaul though, reminiscent of Alistair Cook
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Cook was unlucky to get out towards the end
A great first test. Just the right amount of tension and tactics. Chanders playing a good old fashioned test innings
We did the job and won convincingly in the end
A great first test. Just the right amount of tension and tactics. Chanders playing a good old fashioned test innings
We did the job and won convincingly in the end
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2nd TEST
A quick turnaround for this one, we start again tomorrow
According to Wikipedia the ground has some impressive records attached to it....
Lets hope we can get close to some of those. My view is that we will probably wrap up the series.
According to Wikipedia the ground has some impressive records attached to it....
- In Test matches held at Trent Bridge, the highest team total is 658 for 8 declared, scored by England against Australia in 1938.
- The lowest team total is 88, scored by South Africa against England in 1960.
- Denis Compton scored 278 against Pakistan in 1954, and Bernard Bosanquet (the bowler who first developed the googly) took 8/107 for England against Australia in 1905.
- Sachin Tendulkar also passed the 11,000 run mark in the npower 2nd Test on Trent Bridge.
Lets hope we can get close to some of those. My view is that we will probably wrap up the series.
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Originally Posted by Tom Fordyce, BBC Sport's Chief Sports Writer
"Trent Bridge like some sort of CGI version of a perfect Test cricket ground in summer - unblemished blue sky, pitch a beige strip on a rich green outfield, beaming patrons smearing on sun-cream and glugging down early liveners. Tawdry worries of the real world, you have no place here."
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Hot, cloudless and dry. Yet still the make a mess of it.
I'm going to say it here..... I'd love the Windies to regain the #1 title. They are my 2nd favourite test playing team and I have such strong memories of the way they used to be that it's heartbreaking to see them in their current form.
I'm going to say it here..... I'd love the Windies to regain the #1 title. They are my 2nd favourite test playing team and I have such strong memories of the way they used to be that it's heartbreaking to see them in their current form.
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We've had the high's and lows in this game. Thought we'd won it on the first morning, then thought we'd lost it, expected an England batting collapse and then saw the Windies crumble while we finish on a nelson
We've had the high's and lows in this game. Thought we'd won it on the first morning, then thought we'd lost it, expected an England batting collapse and then saw the Windies crumble while we finish on a nelson